Confidence vote in Czech government set for June 7
Prague - The Czech Republic's caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer is to face a confidence vote in the parliament's lower house on June 7, the CTK news agency reported Tuesday, citing House Speaker Miloslav Vlcek. In a bid not to turn t...
Weather Helped To Clean Air For Olympics
BEIJING (AP) ― Beijing's notoriously dirty air got cleaner during last summer's Olympic Games, but the weather played a larger role than the government's massive pollution control measures, a ...
Veterans Affairs to face questions on colonoscopies
WASHINGTON (AP) The questionable medical practices were first found at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, then at VA facilities in Georgia and Florida.
Promises, Promises: Indian health care needs unmet
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AP - 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. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt.
Obama to Name White House Cyber Security Official
President Barack Obama said he would name a top cybersecurity official to the White House as he released a report urging the government and private sector to work together to safeguard U.S. data netwo...
US coach 'dies in gym shooting'
A high school athletics and football coach is shot and killed inside his school gym in the US state of Iowa.
STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest
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AP - Counties suffering the most from job losses stand to receive the least help from President Barack Obama's plan to spend billions of stimulus dollars on roads and bridges, an Associated Press analysis has found.
Economy buffeting student pilots, flight schools
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AP - Ivan Nogalo can often hear small planes buzzing over his machine shop in Cleveland. "You want to be up there," the 33-year-old said.
NCAA, feds to discuss record-release rules
NCAA representatives will meet Monday in Washington, D.C., with federal education officials looking into the varying ways in which schools handle records of college athletes.
A thoroughly un-American institution
The notoriety which the School of the Americas earned came, in part, as a result of the bloody fruits of its academic record in Panama from 1946 through 1984. This is when the terms of the Panama Cana...
Feds to give $1B to struggling pulp and paper industry
The Canadian Press NEW YORK -- The federal government is set to announce a $1-billion package on Wednesday to help Canada's struggling pulp and paper industry by countering a U.S. subsidy for using a...
4 Sentenced To Die For US Diplomat Killing
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) ― A Sudanese court has convicted four people in the slaying of an American diplomat last year and sentenced them to death. John Granville and his Sudanese driver were kil...
Iran protests are 'beginnings of change' - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protests in Iran have led to the "beginnings of change" there, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday, echoing the central theme of President Barack Obama's 2008 pre...
Skilful dentists decorated ancient Americans
Washington, May 19 : Skilful dentists existed as far back as 2,500 years ago who helped ancient peoples of southern North America beautify their teeth with otches, grooves, and semiprecious gems.
Little-known American Barnes in front; Mickelson in touch
Farmingdale, New York - American Ricky Barnes found himself in an unlikely position at the top of the leaderboard midway through the second round of the US Open at Bethpage on Saturday. Barnes picked ...
La Paz Latin America
La Paz, Bolivia is one of the highest cities in the world, located 3600 meters above sea level. Leaving you lightheaded is not only from the altitude, but also from breathtaking views of the canyon tr...
Overnight Vigils For Jackson
As the public waits for autopsy results, fans remember Michael Jackson's music even holding vigils outside the Jackson family home in Encino, Calif. where Dave Price reports.
Sentence Madoff without delay
Bernard Madoff 's sentencing even though investigators have yet to determine how much money investors lost in the disgraced financier's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said.A fragmentary...
TV's Willy Mays, 1958-2009
Katie Couric reports on the life and death of TV salesperon Willy Mays, who died in his home at age 50. Mays captivated audiences with his unique selling style.
American troops in Iraq fade from major cities
BAGHDAD — The last American patrol in Baghdad?The 75-minute hike was walked Saturday night in the northwest sector of the capital. Armored and armed, 10 U.S. soldiers, two Iraqi national police...
Captain America rises from the dead for new series
But Marvel won't disclose how he rises from the dead. Executive Editor Tom Brevoort teases that the character has been "on a Vonnegut-esque metaphysical journey," including some soul-searching about h...
American Express, JPMorgan Price Stock Deals
JPMorgan Chase & Co. priced public stock offerings ahead of the market open Tuesday as part of their preparations to exit the federal bailout program, while
US releases video of Afghan grenade attack
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AP - The U.S. military on Wednesday released a grainy video of a grenade explosion that killed two Afghans and wounded more than 50, while President Hamid Karzai ordered a government investigation into the incident.
Guiding Children's Hospital to a $60M budget cut
Madeline Bell, chief operating officer at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, on her office balcony that overlooks Penn’s medical campus. In making the $60 million in budget cuts, she said, “we...
Washington diary
Matt Frei on the extraordinarily normal Obamas
Mom Admits To Playground Murder
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Chicago resident is first to die from swine flu in Ill.
A Chicago resident became the first person in Illinois to die of swine flu, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday. Melaney Arnold, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Publ...
Two NASA space probes near moon
Two space probes to begin collecting data from the moon Tuesday One probe will send back lilve video on the Internet Orbiter will collect data to be used to plan a lunar outpost
American arrives in Germany with mini arsenal
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police stopped an American at Duesseldorf airport on Friday for carrying a pumpgun, two pistols and a combat knife in his luggage.
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