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Gay Man Runs For Prom Queen, Wins
Gay Man Voted Prom Queen At Fairfax High School When Sergio Garcia saw that the requirements at his high school for Senior Prom kind and queen did not require a gender, he decided to run for queen. Th...
Feds aim to clamp down on Medicare schemes
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration Wednesday announced a mission to combat chronic Medicare scams operating from Miami to Los Angeles that are costing taxpayers billions of dollars a year.A new j...
Protest at Toronto Clinton-Bush debate festive
Posted: May 29, 2009, 3:47 PM by Rob Roberts By Giuseppe Valiante, National Post The protest outside a downtown event featuring Bill Clinton and George W. Bush is more festive than angry so far.Th...
Weather forecast iffy for shuttle landing in Fla.
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AP - Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew are trying to land in Florida, but bad weather is forecast there for a second straight day.
Obama taps political aide to lead court battle
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AP - President Barack Obama has named a seasoned Democratic political operative to guide his Supreme Court nominee on Capitol Hill.
South Korea Sidelined in U.S. Journalist Drama in Pyongyang
Editor's Note: American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee got a harsh sentence in North Korea but at least they got a trial. A few days after Ling and Lee were apprehended, a South Korean citizen wa...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,312
(AP) As of Saturday, June 13, 2009, at least 4,312 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure incl...
Dead or alive? Yucca Mountain still gets funding
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AP - These days, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid prefers nothing so much as a one-word description for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository long planned for his state: dead.
Urban renaissance in Latin America
by Alejandra del Palacio SANTIAGO, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Some 20 cities in Latin America have launched high-level urban projects in the past year and some other 20 cities have worked out plans to chang...
House narrowly passes major energy-climate bill
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AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy.
Feds sue Forum Shops over alleged discrimination
A federal agency has sued the owner of the Forum Shops at Caesars, charging that three to four years ago, Hispanic janitors there were subjected to discrimination including racial slurs. Simon Proper...
Rebuild US home prices to fix economy
There are tentative signs that the US housing market is approaching a bottom but it’s premature to declare that recovery is under way. Mortgage rates are low and tax credits to first-time buyers and...
to be a movie producer
By ANDREW MIGAASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry has made it in politics. Now he wants to be a movie producer. The Massachusetts Democrat has asked the Senate ethics panel if he...
How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2009': Islam can help
Find out more about J. Samia: J. Samia Mair, JD, MPH, is a freelance writer who has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in magazines, books, and scientific journals. She writes on a variety of t...
Feds pulled plug on MAPLE reactor too soon, MPs told
OTTAWA — The engineering team that built the MAPLE nuclear reactors at Chalk River, Ont., was four months away from fixing a technical problem that had kept them from getting a licence when the proj...
Judge to consider Chrysler franchise terminations
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AP - Chrysler heads back to bankruptcy court Thursday to ask the judge overseeing its case to allow it to terminate the franchise agreements of 789 of its dealers, despite the protests of many dealers who say the move could shutter their businesses for good.
New York Police uses cricket to bond with communities
New York, June 29 : The New York Police Department has chosen cricket as a way to foster relationships with newer immigrant communities.
Iranians vote in close-fought presidential race
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AFP - Iranians turned out in force on Friday for the Islamic republic's most hotly contested presidential vote with incumbent hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad facing a tough challenge from moderate ex-premier Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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...
G8 Countries Condemn NKorea's Missile Tests
TRIESTE, Italy (AP) ― Foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries on Friday condemned North Korea's nuclear and missile tests and called on the country to return to the negotiating table. ...
Murder charge tossed against Del. shooting suspect
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AP - The murder case against a man charged in a shooting two years ago at Delaware State University that left one student dead and another injured will be dismissed because prosecutors withheld key evidence, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Arrest ordered for mom of boy, 13, resisting chemo
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AP - Authorities sought to arrest the mother of a 13-year-old boy with cancer who refuses chemotherapy after she fled with her son and missed a court hearing Tuesday on his welfare. A judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered that Daniel Hauser be placed in a foster home and be sent for an immediate examination by a pediatric oncologist so he can get treated for Hodgkins lymphoma.
Clinton says Cuba not ready for OAS
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AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that Cuba shouldn't be allowed to rejoin the Organization of American States until it makes political reforms, releases political prisoners and respects human rights.
Persian radio in Holland gives Iranians news
A female newsreader for Radio Zamaneh who did not want to be photographed recognizable, reads newscasts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday June 24, 2009. Information comes from old friends and class...
Portion of parking deck collapses in Atlanta
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AP - Part of a parking deck near downtown Atlanta has collapsed.
Pentagon: Some released detainees return to battle
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AP - Five percent of Guantanamo Bay detainees have participated in terrorist activities since their release from the U.S. navy prison, the Pentagon said Tuesday. An additional 9 percent are believed to have joined — or rejoined — the fight against the U.S. and its allies, according to Defense Department data released amid a simmering political battle over where to send the detainees if the prison closes in January as planned.
Life sentence for former death row inmate
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia death row inmate whose case led to the national ban on executing the mentally retarded will spend life in prison because prosecutors withheld evidence in his 1998 trial, the...
First flu swine death in South America confirmed in Chile
Santiago - Chile - with a total of over 300 confirmed infections - became the first country in South America to confirm a death of the new influenza virus A(H1N1), the Chilean government said Tuesday. The dead man, 37, was a plumber from the southern...
EXTRA: Messi: 'The goal was to win and we achieved it'
Buenos Aires - Talented striker Lionel Messi admitted Saturday that Argentina did not play too well in their tight 1-0 win over Colombia in Buenos Aires, but he was happy with the result. The goal was to win and we achieved it, he said. The goal i...
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