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US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard
AP
(21 November 05:57) |
| AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors s... |
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Levin May be more troubling emails from Hasan
AP
(21 November 05:56) |
| AP - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senat... |
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Oprahs departure presents problem for TV stations
AP
(21 November 05:35) |
| AP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night. |
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GOP Health test recommendations could affect care
AP
(21 November 05:35) |
| AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support... |
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Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba
Reuters
(21 November 05:16) |
| Reuters - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. |
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Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent
Reuters
(21 November 05:01) |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in th... |
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NFL union pans reporting on teammates concussions
AP
(21 November 04:46) |
| AP - The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying tha... |
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US to drop charges against one Blackwater guard
Reuters
(21 November 04:17) |
| Reuters - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civili... |
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Moderate Democrat boosts Senate health bill
Reuters
(21 November 03:52) |
| Reuters - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its... |
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Researcher Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
AP
(21 November 03:39) |
| AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. |
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Museum Galileos fingers tooth are found
AP
(21 November 03:39) |
| AP - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, a... |
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Afghan police are weak link in security force
AP
(21 November 03:38) |
| AP - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans s... |
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Floods devastate UK Lake District much of Ireland
AP
(21 November 03:38) |
| AP - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in t... |
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Police NC girl raped killed on day she was taken
AP
(21 November 03:38) |
| AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and ... |
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Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
AP
(21 November 03:38) |
| AP - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. |
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Swine flu may have hit one peak more to come
Reuters
(21 November 03:27) |
| Reuters - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. |
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Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real
AP
(21 November 02:00) |
| AP - A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by histor... |
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Mich police nab wrong-way driver twice in 3 days
AP
(21 November 01:58) |
| AP - Authorities in western Michigan arrested a person twice in three days for driving the wrong way down the highway Kalamazoo County deputies said they were alerted about 1:30 a.m. Friday ... |
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More states add jobs but many for temporary staff
AP
(21 November 01:44) |
| AP - In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment. |
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Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
AP
(21 November 01:43) |
| AP - The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself,... |
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Moderate Democrat boosts Senate healthcare bill
Reuters
(21 November 01:14) |
| Reuters - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad overhaul one day before its fi... |
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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC
AP
(21 November 01:02) |
| AP - Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. |
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No Obama decision on Afghan until after Thanksgiving
Reuters
(21 November 12:56) |
| Reuters - President Barack Obama's announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said F... |
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CDC Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in US
AP
(20 November 11:57) |
| AP - Health officials say swine flu cases appear to declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next. |
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Senate Dems moving ahead on crucial health vote
AP
(20 November 11:54) |
| AP - A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates wou... |
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Winfrey Prayer careful thought influenced exit
AP
(20 November 11:53) |
| AP - Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to he... |
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Somalia to join child rights pact only US outside
Reuters
(20 November 11:44) |
| Reuters - Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday. |
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Cautious optimism as job losses slow
Reuters
(20 November 11:32) |
| Reuters - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may... |
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EU leaders face flak as new president keeps low profile
AFP
(20 November 11:17) |
| AFP - Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile Friday as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe o... |
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Iran has not responded positively to nuclear offer
AFP
(20 November 11:15) |
| AFP - Major world powers expressed disappointment Friday that Iran has "not responded positively" to a plan for resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme or agreed to new talks. |
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Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan
AFP
(20 November 11:07) |
| AFP - Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war. |
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Jayson Williams plea hearing delayed indefinitely
AP
(20 November 10:41) |
| AP - Retired NBA star Jayson Williams will not be in a New Jersey courtroom Friday to enter a plea in the 2002 shooting death of a hired driver. |
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Powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear offer
Reuters
(20 November 10:00) |
| Reuters - Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran... |
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Winfrey says prayer thought influenced exit
AP
(20 November 09:51) |
| AP - Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying "prayer and careful thought" led her to ... |
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UK man cleared of wifes death during nightmare
AP
(20 November 09:39) |
| AP - A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death. |
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Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games
AFP
(20 November 09:33) |
| AFP - In what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine coun... |
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More than 20 killed in separate Afghan blasts
Reuters
(20 November 08:13) |
| Reuters - A suicide bomber in southwestern Afghanistan killed 17 people Friday, and an Afghan lawmaker escaped a separate blast on the outskirts of Kabul but five of his bodyguards were kill... |
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AP sources Giuliani leaning toward Senate run
AP
(20 November 07:44) |
| AP - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers. |
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Westwood shoots 69 for 2-shot lead in Dubai
AP
(20 November 07:19) |
| AP - Lee Westwood has shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, increasing his chance of winning the European money title. |
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Gunman opens fire on Pacific island Saipan 5 dead
AP
(20 November 07:18) |
| AP - A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan Friday, first at a shooting range and then at a World War II historical site, killing four people and wounding six othe... |
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New guidelines push back age for Pap smears
Reuters
(20 November 07:16) |
| Reuters - Women in the United States should start cervical cancer screening at age 21 and most do not need an annual Pap smear, according to new guidelines issued on Friday that aim to reduc... |
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India PM heads to US in test of ties with Obama
Reuters
(20 November 06:37) |
| Reuters - India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as ... |
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Bombers kill 18 in Afghanistan
AFP
(20 November 06:32) |
| AFP - Bombers on Friday killed 18 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term in office that underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led wa... |
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ElBaradei urges Iran to agree fuel deal by year end
Reuters
(20 November 06:22) |
| Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad by the end of 2009, and advised Western powers not to impose further ... |
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Leaders lambasted over low-profile EU appointments
AFP
(20 November 05:48) |
| AFP - European leaders chose a low-profile pair of Belgium's premier and a British peer to lead a revamped EU, triggering a storm of criticism on Friday for dropping plans to appoint diploma... |
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Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghanistan
Reuters
(20 November 05:28) |
| Reuters - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing 17 people, including a senior police official, a provincial ... |
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FIFA No replay for France-Ireland WCup qualifier
AP
(20 November 04:41) |
| AP - FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled t... |
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AP IMPACT Some lawmakers send few to academies
AP
(20 November 04:26) |
| AP - As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics... |
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Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan
AP
(20 November 04:25) |
| AP - A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, offici... |
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End of an era Oprah ending show after 25 years
AP
(20 November 03:03) |
| AP - Oprah Winfrey was set to announce Friday that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011... |
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