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Obama Postpones Asian Trip to Focus on Health Care
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Read more »McCain's GOP Primary Challenger Trails Him by Just 7 Points
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Read more »Tommy Thompson Would Be Game-Changer in Wisconsin Senate Race
Bluefin Tuna: Opposition To A Trade Ban Grows At UN Meeting
pDOHA, Qatar mdash; Opposition grew Wednesday against a proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, with several Arab countries joining Japan in arguing it would hurt poor fishing nations and was not supported by sound science./p
pOther countries including Australia, Peru have expressed support for a weakened proposal which is expected to be introduced Thursday at the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES./p
pThey want the trade regulated for the first time by CITES but not banned outright as demanded by conservationists who contend the
Long Island Democrat to Switch Parties, Run for N.Y. Governor, Report Says
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Read more »Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces The Lord of the Rings: War in the North for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 ...
BURBANK, Calif.----Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces today that The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, an epic multiplayer action/RPG video game based on the renowned novels by J.R.R.
Read more »The Fault That Could Eat LA
pThe Puente Hills thrust fault, which appeared to be responsible for Tuesday's predawn magnitude 4.4 earthquake that shook much of the Los Angeles area, is capable of generating earthquakes up to magnitude 7.5 -- massive shakers larger than any in the modern history of the Los Angeles Basin./p
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Economic Experts Weigh in on How to help the Middle Class
"World News" asked a group of economic experts to give us their thoughts on what needs to be done to help the middle class. Middle class - People - Requesting Help - Social Sciences - Economic
Read more »Bancroft Prize For History Writing Awarded To Three Histories
pNEW YORK mdash; Biographies of Abigail Adams and Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange are among the winners of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for history./p
pColumbia University announced Wednesday that three authors will each receive $10,000 for the Bancroft./p
pThe prize goes to Linda Gordon for "Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits"; Woody Holton for "Abigail Adams"; and Margaret D.
Vote centers fall victim to politics
Local residents may be forced to return to the old-fashioned, expensive way of voting, thanks to state lawmakers, who chose politics over common sense.
Read more »Butler Beats UTEP 77-59 With Strong Second Half
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KABUL â The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Talibanâs No 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzaiâs advisers.
Read more »Entertainment Commission's party over
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission has accomplished a remarkable feat - it has managed to anger nearly everyone. The public complains the commission seems useless and corrupt because so many of its members have ties to the entertainment industry. The...
Read more »Pinnacle Entertainment names new CEO
Former long-time Harrah's executive takes over leaderhship of Pinnacle Entertainment
Read more »Obama extolls health bill's deficit reduction help
President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul would be the most significant effort to reduce the nation's deficit since the balanced budget act of the 1990s.
Read more »Universal Studios Singapore courts 8 for lucky launch (Reuters)
Reuters - The world's fourth Universal Studios welcomed its first visitors on Thursday with a lavish ceremony aimed at attracting luck, and repeat business, to the Singapore theme park which hopes to avoid the fate of loss-making Hong Kong Disneyland.
Read more »US fashion designers pick McQueen for NYC honor (AP)
AP - The fashion world has announced one more tribute to designer Alexander McQueen.
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Blind soldier 'sees' with his tongue - Yesterday, 12:16 A British soldier left blind by a grenade in Iraq has told how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to...
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