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Politico - Thu Jul 2, 2009
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper's own reporters and editors. More...
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AFP - Wed Jul 1, 2009
PARIS - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had identified an intermediate class of black hole that could explain how supermassive, light-sucking monsters develop in the heart of galaxies. More...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sun Jun 28, 2009
Gwinnett County, GA - Gwinnett County police are increasingly shocking suspects with Tasers and have turned the weapons on people they have already handcuffed, according to reports obtained under Georgia's Open Records Act. More...
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Associated Press - Sun Jun 28, 2009
Larry Roberta's every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq: he can't walk a block without gasping for air. More...
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Reuters - Sun Jun 28, 2009
CHICAGO - A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E. More...
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Reuters - Fri Jun 26, 2009
SYDNEY - The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved: stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles. More...
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Associated Press - Wed Jun 24, 2009
COLUMBIA, South Carolina - After going AWOL for seven days, Governor Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. More...
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WXIA=TV - Wed Jun 24, 2009
Danny Wilson insists he never saw it coming: On February 16, the Waffle House waiter was chatting with two Gwinnett County police officers when a third officer approached, his taser set on stun. More...
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Associated Press - Wed Jun 24, 2009
The use of the powerful antibiotic streptomycin as a growth-promoting agent in turkeys also quickly promotes the growth of dangerous streptomycin-resistant coliform bacteria, according to researchers at University of California, Davis. More...
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Associated Press - Tue Jun 23, 2009
WASHINGTON - The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. More...
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Associated Press - Mon Jun 22, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - An Arkansas state prison lieutenant was fired after an inmate left lying naked in his own feces for a weekend nearly died from septic shock. More...
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Associated Press - Mon Jun 22, 2009
CLEARWATER, Florida - A former high-ranking Scientology official who handled the case of a mentally ill member who died under church care ordered the destruction of incriminating evidence to cover up missteps, a newspaper reported Monday. More...
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Associated Press - Sat Jun 20, 2009
ATLANTA - A suburban Atlanta principal who resigned during an investigation into cheating on students' standardized tests was arrested Friday and accused of altering public documents. More...
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Associated Press - Fri Jun 19, 2009
NEW YORK - Federal authorities are investigating a new outbreak of bacteria-triggered illness related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart - packaged raw cookie dough. More...
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CNN - Thu Jun 18, 2009
A federal jury Thursday found a 32-year-old Minnesota woman guilty of illegally downloading music from the Internet and fined her $80,000 each - a total of almost $2 million - for 24 songs. More...
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Space.com - Thu Jun 18, 2009
Several studies in recent years have claimed evidence for shorelines and other features that suggest ancient lakes on Mars. More...
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Associated Press - Tue Jun 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said Tuesday. More...
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Associated Press - Mon Jun 15, 2009
CROW AGENCY, Montana - Ta'Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. More...
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Associated Press - Fri Jun 12, 2009
On the Sunday before Memorial Day, David made the big time: Winning $10,000 in an online poker tournament made him eligible for the upcoming World Series of Poker, the game's premier event, where hundreds of players - amateur and professional - descend on Las Vegas from around the world to play for a multimillion-dollar pot. More...
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CNN - Thu Jun 11, 2009
Hate groups have intensified their rhetoric in recent months, but this new energy hasn't necessarily translated to an increase in the rate of hate crimes in the US, according to some researchers. More...
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CNN - Thu Jun 11, 2009
WASHINGTON - The suicide rate among US Army soldiers jumped in May - continuing a four-month upward trend and on a record pace for a second straight year, according to Army statistics released Thursday. More...
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Associated Press - Wed Jun 10, 2009
WASHINGTON - An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded US Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said. More...
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Daily Mail, UK - Wed Jun 3, 2009
UK - Darting silently in formation, the mysterious glowing orbs light up the night sky. More...
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Associated Press - Wed Jun 3, 2009
CHICAGO, Illinois - A hulking Chicago police officer who claimed he pummeled a female bartender half his size because he thought he was in danger was found guilty Tuesday of aggravated battery. More...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Jun 3, 2009
A Delta passenger charged with assault over a bathroom emergency got relief in court this week in an agreement reached with federal prosecutors. More...
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CNN - Tue Jun 2, 2009
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he does not believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the planning or execution of the September 11, 2001, attacks. More...
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CNN - Sun May 31, 2009
Doctor George Tiller, whose Wichita, Kansas, women's clinic has been the target of anti-abortion protests for years, was shot and killed at his church Sunday morning, his attorneys said. More...
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Associated Press - Fri May 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES, California - Phil Spector was sentenced Friday to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was shot through the mouth in the music producer's home six years ago. More...
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CNN - Thu May 28, 2009
Continental shelves beneath the retreating polar ice caps of the Arctic may hold almost double the amount of oil previously found in the region, scientists say. More...
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CNN - Thu May 28, 2009
DETROIT, Michigan - Renea Mitchell said her son Robert wanted "nothing to do" with police, a feeling she said is "nothing new" among teenagers in Detroit. More...
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Associated Press - Thu May 28, 2009
NEW YORK - The family of a woman who died on a hospital floor, struggling to get up while staffers ignored her, has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city for $2 million. More...
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HealthDay - Mon May 25, 2009
Low levels of vitamin D may contribute to cancer development, US researchers have found. More...
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AFP - Mon May 25, 2009
PARIS - The Church of Scientology and six of its French leaders went on trial on Monday on charges of organised fraud that could lead to an outright ban on the organisation in France. More...
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Associated Press - Sun May 24, 2009
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday, detouring from stormy Florida to sunsplashed California to end a 13-day mission that repaired and enhanced the Hubble Space Telescope. More...
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KPHO-TV - Thu May 21, 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona - The director of the Arizona Department of Corrections said an inmate who died after spending nearly four hours in the desert heat was left in an outdoor holding cell for twice as long as she should have been. More...
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WSB-TV - Thu May 21, 2009
DECATUR, Georgia - The judge who reviewed the circumstances surrounding the suicide of 11-year-old Jaheem Herrera released results of an internal investigation that found no evidence of bullying in connection with the 5th-grader's death. More...
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Associated Press - Mon May 18, 2009
Federal officials have been warning thousands of former patients they might have been exposed to infection at three Veterans Affairs facilities, yet other VA patients are not being warned about less serious mistakes with the same equipment at more than a dozen other VA centers. More...
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Atlanta Business Chronicle - Sun May 17, 2009
Hewlett-Packard is voluntarily recalling lithium-ion batteries used in HP and Compaq notebook computers because of fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. More...
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Associated Press - Sun May 17, 2009
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania - For the first time since a jaw-dropping scandal involving crooked judges and troubled kids, voters in northeast Pennsylvania are getting a chance to assert themselves at the ballot box — and, perhaps, to start fixing the problems that have turned this former hub of coal mining into a hothouse of corruption. More...
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Associated Press - Sat May 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - It's not all doom and gloom in the US economy - Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves. More...
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