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President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years - 60 percent - and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. In worrisome signs for Republicans, the president's standing improved not just on foreign policy but also on the economy, and

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Israel's recently retired spy chief says a military strike against Iran's nuclear program would be "stupid," Israeli media reported Sunday. His remarks challenge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position that Iran won't curb its nuclear ambitions unless it thinks it is threatened with military action. Israel considers Iran to be its most formidable foe and like the West, does not

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LONDON (AP) -- The fortunes of Britain's wealthiest individuals appear to have turned. The 1,000 richest people in Britain increased their collective wealth by 18 percent in the past year and are now worth 395.8 billion ounds ($647.8 billion), according to a list published by the Sunday Times newspaper. The newspaper will release in its Sunday edition its annual rundown of Britain's 1,000 richest

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OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Norway used to be China's top fresh salmon supplier, sending steadily growing volumes to exclusive restaurants in Beijing and Shanghai. But since the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Norwegian salmon exporters say their fish is being held up for days or even weeks by Chinese food safety inspectors - devastating

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PSAGOT, West Bank (AP) -- Perched atop a West Bank hill, the Binyamin region visitors center invites travelers to look past the military jeeps patrolling the surrounding area and enjoy nature, archaeological sites and bucolic vineyards. Jewish settlers are promoting tourism to draw Israelis who might otherwise never set foot in the West Bank, an occupied area Palestinians want as part of a future

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Repayment of bailout aid and losses from the earthquake and ensuing tsunami that ravaged Japan's northeast coast led to a first-quarter loss at American International Group Inc. The global insurance company on Thursday reported a loss, after paying preferred dividends, of $543 million, or 35 cents a share. That compared with net income of $359 million, or $2.66 a share, a year

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has no "definitive evidence" that Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden had been living in the compound where Navy SEALs killed him, but the Pakistanis must now show convincingly their commitment to defeating the al-Qaida terrorist network, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday. Michele Flournoy, the top policy aide to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, told reporters that the

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ORIENTA, Okla. (AP) -- A man wanted in the bombing of a Florida mosque was shot and killed Wednesday when he brandished a weapon as agents tried to serve an arrest warrant in northwest Oklahoma, FBI officials said. Sandlin Matthews Smith, 46, of St. Johns County, Fla., pulled out a firearm as federal and state law enforcement officers approached him in a field at Glass Mountain State Park near

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The daring nighttime raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan draws a sharp contrast between President Barack Obama and a field of potential Republican challengers who have comparatively scant foreign policy experience. That field includes at least six current or former governors, and three current or former House members. The Senate, an incubator for international affairs

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable TV company, on Tuesday said earnings exceeded estimates for the first quarter, helped by healthy results both in its cable operations and the newly acquired NBC Universal business. Comcast says it lost just 39,000 cable TV customers in the quarter, its lowest attrition in four years. Cable companies have been losing customers to

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Raising prices and selling more products in Latin America, its largest market, helped cosmetics seller Avon Products Inc. more than triple its first-quarter profit, the company said Tuesday. Avon's net income and revenue beat expectations, and the company's stock rose more than 4 percent. Investors were reassured that two large markets for Avon showed signs of recovery after

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ROME (AP) -- Some 150 Gypsies whose camp was dismantled have taken refuge in one of Rome's most ancient basilicas, creating a standoff Saturday with city officials trying to get them out. Italy is struggling to deal with hundreds of Gypsies who live in illegal trailer settlements on the city's outskirts. Weeks ago, four children died in their sleep as a blaze tore through a shack in an illegal

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday marked the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in Turkey nearly a century ago by calling it a "horrific" slaughter, but once again stopped short of branding it genocide. In a written statement, Obama said the 1915 killings of some 1.5 million Armenians represent "one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century." But for the third straight

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DETROIT (AP) -- Fiat will spend $1.3 billion to raise its ownership stake in Chrysler, the first time the Italian company will invest cash in the Detroit automaker. It's a sign that Fiat sees profits ahead for the once-troubled maker of Jeeps and minivans and wants a bigger cut now that Chrysler is rebounding from its 2009 bankruptcy. Fiat already has acquired 30 percent of Chrysler in exchange

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NEW YORK (AP) -- AES Corp. will buy the regional power company DPL Inc. for about $3.5 billion in cash, continuing the steady consolidation of the utility industry. Utilities have been trying to get bigger to help them spread the costs of making their power plants cleaner in response to tightening environmental regulations on emissions. Also, low power prices and weak demand have cut into utility

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Health insurance plans can look like an added fixed cost that you may not actually need. Nevertheless, health insurance may be helpful for a number of argues. You can search through health insurance plans to find the greatest one for you, whether it is something that only covers the a few and far-between doctor's visits you may need throughout the year, or disability coverage that takes into

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BERLIN (AP) -- NATO's secretary-general said Friday that he soon expects member nations to provide extra ground-attack aircraft to strike Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya even though a two-meeting summit of the alliance led to no concrete commitments. France's defense minister, meanwhile, suggested that any move to oust Gadhafi might require a new U.N. Security Council resolution. But he

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The six-month anniversary age 26 on your health plan if he or she can't get coverage through a job. New policies can't deny coverage for children up to age 19 based on pre-existing medical circumstances. "Grandfathered" plans can, even so, they as well can determine annual dollar circumscribes on coverage and ask patients to aid pay for a few preventive services. Most people in the individual

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A space shuttle worker fell to his death Monday at the launch pad, the first fatality there in decades, NASA officials said. Medics rushed to the pad, but were unable to revive him. He was identified as James Vanover, an engineer for United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor. Neither the company nor NASA released any details, including where he was working on the pad

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BEIRUT (AP) -- Tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon's pro-Western opposition thronged downtown Beirut on Sunday, demanding that the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah give up its weapons. The rally was a potent show of support for Lebanon's toppled prime minister Saad Hariri, who moved into the opposition after Hezbollah and its allies forced his government to collapse in January. "We

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Britain's Prince William will travel to New Zealand and Australia to visit with residents in areas devastated by recent natural disasters. A spokesman for the royal family says the grandson of Queen Elizabeth will travel on March 17 to Christchurch, New Zealand, where he will spend two days viewing the damage caused by last month's 6.3 magnitude earthquake. The prince will attend a memorial

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A federal appeals court has agreed to act swiftly in considering a Florida judge's ruling that President Obama's health care overhaul is unconstitutional. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said Friday that it had agreed to expedite the appeal, setting a faster timetable than even the federal government had requested. The decision means the federal government must file its first set of

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Internet search giant Google said it is working with the Nelson Mandela Foundation to publish thousands of never-before-seen documents belonging to the anti-apartheid icon through a $1.25 million grant given to Mandela's foundation Tuesday. The money will allow the foundation to scan more than 10,000 of Mandela's personal records, including unreleased notes written during his

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Yahoo! Sports is reporting Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was informed that some of his players had sold memorabilia to the owner of a tattoo parlor more than eight months before the school said it was made aware of improper transactions. The website, citing an unidentified source, reports Tressel received information as early as April 2010 that players were selling items to Edward Rife,

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When Jay Ricker, owner of the BP gas station off Interstate 70 in Plainfield, Ind., set the price of unleaded gasoline at $3.44 per gallon on Monday of last week, it was 4 cents higher than the Friday before. That alone might have been irritating to drivers paying the highest gas prices in more than two years. It was even more so because it happened on a day when the price of crude oil, which is

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Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have launched air strikes and engaged in ground fighting with rebel forces advancing from the eastern part of the country. Fighting in Libya is now well into its third week with both sides claiming successes. Around the central town of Bin Jawwad, fighting intensified Sunday as government forces pushed back rebels who previously had gained ground.

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VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) -- A new vent has opened at one of the world's most active volcanoes, sending lava shooting up to 65 feet high, scientists at Kilauea volcano said Sunday. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the fissure eruption was spotted shortly after the floor at the Pu'u O'o crater collapsed around 5 p.m. Saturday. It occurred along the middle of Kilauea's east rift zone, about 2 miles

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German federal prosecutors investigating the fatal shooting of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport said Friday there is no immediate evidence linking the suspect to an organized militant group. Prosecutors say Arid Uka from Kosovo, 21, confessed to Wednesday's shooting before his scheduled appearance in a German court on Thursday. Two other U.S. airmen were wounded, one critically, when the

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A leading member of Zambia's main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) party dismisses media reports that his group has severed an alliance with the United Party for National Development (UPND) ahead of this year's general elections. Wynter Kabimba, general secretary of the PF party says his group wants a strong alliance, but expresses concern that recent insults and pronouncements by some junior

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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, warned that the country's antiquity sites were being looted by criminals amid the country's political upheaval as he announced he would no longer serve in his ministerial post in the government. Hawass was quoted in the Friday editions of Cairo's dailies as saying he would not participate in the new government to be led by prime minister

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FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Svetlana Cojochru feels insulted. The Moldovan has lived here seven years as a nanny to Italian kids and caregiver to the elderly, but in order to stay she's had to prove her language skills by writing a postcard to an imaginary friend and answering a fictional job ad. "I feel like a guest," said Cojochru. She had just emerged from Beato Angelico middle school where she

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MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A U.N. anti-narcotics agency cited a worrisome rise in shipments of increasingly pure Mexican heroin to the United States, and said in a report Wednesday that Mexican cartels are an increasing threat in Central America. The International Narcotics Control Board says Mexican cartels are displacing Colombian traffickers, the traditional suppliers of much of the heroin consumed

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Strained state budgets and a new crew of Republican governors have combined to reopen the debate over Medicaid, the health care program for the poorest and sickest Americans. GOP governors want control of the purse strings and leeway to rewrite coverage and payment rules. So far President Barack Obama has turned them down, but he may be forced to give some ground if

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A boxing great, a model who survived an Indian Ocean tsunami and a grown-up "Karate Kid" will be hoofing it on the 12th season of "Dancing with the Stars." Welterweight champ Sugar Ray Leonard, model Petra Nemcova and Ralph Macchio of the hit 1984 karate movie will be among 11 celebrity contestants when the ABC show returns March 21. The cast was announced Monday by "Dancing"

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A new decree went into effect Friday that gives the Vietnamese government greater power to restrict the media. Rights groups in Vietnam say the law imposes vague new rules on journalists and bloggers that will make it harder for them to work. The decree establishes fines of up to $1,000 for writers and editors who do not reveal sources of information and fines of up to $2,000 for those who

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Celebrity watchers won't need to dress up to feel like they're at the Oscars this year. For $5, they'll be able to gaze around at whomever they wish, focus in on a dress or a bowtie and watch A-listers brush past them up the steps to the Kodak Theatre - all on the Internet. And for the first time, viewers will be able to peek at an exclusive after-party called the Governors

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A prosecutor in the involuntary manslaughter case against Dr. Conrad Murray asked the judge Thursday to delay the trial, which is set to begin in a month. Murray, who is charged in the death of pop star Michael Jackson, invoked his right to a speedy trial within 60 days of his arraignment, but the prosecution complained the defense has not met its duty to share information

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(CNN) -- Ian Poulter's defense of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship did not extend past the first morning in Arizona as he lost at the first extra hole of a playoff to Stewart Cink. Matchplay specialist Poulter was two-up through the turn Wednesday against former British Open champion Cink until the American conjured up an unlikely victory. He had to make putts from 10 and 12 feet to

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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) -- Sears Holdings Corp.'s fourth-quarter net income fell 13 percent, but adjusted results topped Wall Street's expectations thanks to continued strengthening at its Kmart stores. Fixing the long-running weakness at Sears will be the challenge for new CEO and President Lou D'Ambrosio, named to the post Wednesday. The retailer led by billionaire Edward Lampert reported

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The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned the violent crackdown on protesters in the North African country of Libya and called for an immediate end to the violence. But as the council issued its statement Tuesday, the Libyan deputy U.N. Ambassador warned that new attacks have begun on civilians in the western part of the country. In a statement read by Brazilian Ambassador Maria Luiza

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Some of the thousands of illegal Tunisian immigrants who have landed in Italy this month have headed on to France, where they have not exactly received a warm welcome. France has not experienced the same massive numbers of Tunisian immigrants who have overwhelmed the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. But some of them have since crossed Italy's border, hoping for a better life here. Refugee rights

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BEIJING (AP) -- China's main government news agency launched an Internet search site Tuesday, giving its own sanitized view of the Web following Google's closure of its China-based search engine last year over censorship. The Xinhua News Agency is operating panguso.com in partnership with state-owned China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by subscribers. The venture gives the ruling

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(CNN) -- World No.1 Yani Tseng continued her current dominance of women's golf as she coasted to victory in the LPGA Thailand tournament at the Siam Country Club in Chonburi. Tseng shot a final round 66 giving her a winning margin of five shots over America's Michelle Wie who could only manage a fourth round 70. Korea's In-Kyung Kim, who was tied for second with Wie after round three, finished in

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Firefighters have contained several blazes in the mid-Atlantic region that forced evacuations, knocked out power and prompted an advisory for some residents to boil their water, officials said Sunday. No deaths have been reported, though at least four firefighters were treated for minor injuries. Several homes, businesses and other structures in the Washington region were

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Somalia's U.N. Mission said Friday that pirates hijacked a yacht carrying four U.S. citizens in the Indian Ocean off the Somali coast. Omar Jamal, first secretary at the Somali mission, identified the yacht as the S/V Quest. He said the mission is calling for the immediate release of the hostages and all other captives who are in the hands of the pirates. Jamal said the

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When you are Selecting diamond engagement rings, select carefully as this ring is something that your future wife will hopefully wear for the rest of her life. Not all diamond rings are engagement rings. Diamond engagement rings commonly have one diamond larger than the rest or consist of a single diamond. These types of diamond engagement rings are called a solitaire. Years ago, women wore

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Madagascar's ousted president said Thursday he will attempt to return from exile in South Africa despite facing a life sentence in prison, as the regime that forced him out in a coup vowed to keep order on the Indian Ocean island nation. Democratically elected President Marc Ravalomanana said that he would return to Madagascar on Saturday, despite having been convicted in

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to cut nearly in half a $5.1 billion home heating aid program for the poor has drawn howls from some of his staunchest allies - Northeastern Democrats. The region is suffering through one of its harshest winters in years, and the lawmakers say the cuts could imperil more than 3 million families nationwide who need the money to stay warm. With

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One man posted a message to the White House website threatening to kill the president. "This is not a joke," he warned, and typed in his name. Another vowed in letters to a federal judge and the Justice Department to "kill your president." He dutifully wrote his return address, a Texas state prison cell, on each envelope. A third repeatedly sent threatening e-mails to the White House and said to

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European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has called on Iran to allow anti-government demonstrations as long as the protests are peaceful. She commented Tuesday, a day after witnesses in Iran said security forces fired tear gas and paintball guns to disperse activists who had gathered in the capital for an unsanctioned rally. In a statement released by her office, Ashton said freedom

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It is a dream of many Families to own a Newport Beach Home, because we all know Newport Beach is one of the world's best and luxurious cities to live. Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, United States 10 miles (16 km) south of Downtown Santa Ana. Newport Beach is one of the cities with lowest population density as its total population stands out to be

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This year, Valentine's Day falls on a Sunday, allowing us to spend some true quality time with our loved ones. Today's blog ideas are to help get your creative juices flowing to say "I love you" in a healthful way. Of course it's okay to indulge- remember everything in moderation- but here are some ideas to prevent overindulging. --Whether you're dining out or staying in, make smart choices. For

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Reporting from San Diego - Twenty-five people were injured when a cabdriver drove onto a sidewalk and smashed into a crowd in San Diego's Gaslamp district entertainment zone early Saturday, police said. Although 23 people were taken to hospitals, none of the injuries were life-threatening, said San Diego police Lt. Rick O'Hanlon. The most seriously injured was a 42-year-old woman whose leg was

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Tens of thousands of U.S. workers displaced by foreign competition face being excluded from a program to help them because of congressional disputes over federal spending and the administration's trade policy. Expansions to the half-century-old Trade Adjustment Assistance program incorporated in the 2009 economic stimulus act expired Saturday after efforts to extend them were rebuffed in the

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ISLAMABAD - An anti-terrorism court judge issued an arrest warrant Saturday for former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, state-run television reported. The warrant is the latest legal trouble to face the retired general, a one-time U.S. ally who left Pakistan for Britain in 2008 after being forced out of the

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A 19-year-old man was gunned down by police Thursday after a tense, three-hour standoff at a bank in Cary, North Carolina. Five police officers fired at Devon Mitchell shortly after he walked out of the Wachovia bank with a gun pressed to the head of a female hostage. He appeared to be using the slight woman as a shield to the squadron of police snipers with their guns trained, FOX WRAL reported.

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DEVELOPING: Authorities said they have found a body in their search for a Florida mother missing since Monday. Orange County Sheriff Jerry L. Demings said investigators have not yet identified the remains but personal items found with the body indicate it is likely 36-year-old Michelle Dubois. Dubois' husband said he last saw his wife at around 9:45 a.m. Monday when he took the couple's 3-

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(CNN) -- Karim Benzema shrugged off his club troubles and a violent challenge to give France a 1-0 win over 10-man Brazil in Wednesday's prestige friendly in Paris. The Real Madrid striker netted the only goal from close range nine minutes into the second half of the rematch of the 1998 World Cup final at the same venue -- which France won 3-0. He was lucky to escape serious injury five minutes

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In 2004, NASA scientists announced that there was a chance that Apophis, an asteroid larger than two football fields, could smash into Earth in 2029. A few additional observations and some number-crunching later, astronomers noted that the chance of the planet-killer hitting Earth in 2029 was nearly zilch. Now Russian scientists estimate Apophis will collide with Earth on April 13, 2036. These

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India has begun the mammoth task of conducting a count of its billion plus population. More than two and a half million census workers branched out throughout the vast nation on Wednesday to document details of all Indians. The three-week phase of the census is the most challenging as it involves a physical count of the country's citizens. The mammoth exercise will be completed by the end of the

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Moscow (CNN) -- The man claiming responsibility for last month's deadly bombing at Moscow's main international airport is the self-declared mastermind behind numerous terrorist attacks and is described by the U.S. government as "the leader of the Chechen insurgency." Doku Umarov, who says he ordered the airport blast that killed 36 people, is the head of the Caucasus Emirate, a Chechen Islamic

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Russia's top Islamic fundamentalist warlord is taking credit for the suicide bombing at the international section of Moscow's busiest airport. Wearing military fatigues and a black skull cap, Doku Umarov took credit for the bombing in a video that appeared to be filmed in a tent in southern Russia's Caucasus region. Umarov promised to continue sending suicide bombers to Moscow until the Caucasus

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Longtime Rep. Jane Harman of California is quitting Congress to lead the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Fox News has learned. Two senior House Democratic officials confirmed that Harman has informed Democratic leaders, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., of her plans to retire. The Wilson Center, whose current head is former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., is expected

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A massive fire has swept through a warehouse district in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where costumes and floats used in the city's famed Carnival are made and stored. An official for the organizers of the annual festivities said the fire Monday was a tremendous loss. Most of the Carnival groups were nearly ready for the parades that are set to begin next month. A large plume of black

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(CNN) -- Aaron Rodgers inspired the Green Bay Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas Sunday night. It is the fourth time the Packers have claimed the Vince Lombardi trophy, holding off a comeback by the Steelers, who had trailed 21-3 approaching the half. Lombardi was a former coach of the Packers, leading them to the first two

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SANTA BARBARA, California -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a good friend and U.S. ally, and he urged the Obama administration to move cautiously as turmoil continued to shake that nation's government. Cheney's comments came a day after President Obama pressed Mubarak to consider his legacy and exit office in a way that would give his country

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In times of political unrest, governments frequently try to block international communications, but as technology evolves protesters continue to find more and more ways to get around government censorship. Just last week, activists in Egypt managed to use dial-up modems and satellite phones to get reports, images and video out of massive civil unrest in the country, despite the government's

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A movie about a stuttering monarch, without sex, car chases or sinewy super heroes, hardly sounds like blockbuster box-office fare. But in a less flashy way, "The King's Speech" is about a hero, one who battles an invisible enemy that torments nearly 70 million people around the world. In demystifying the little-understood speech impediment, the award-winning film reveals myths and fascinating

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SEATTLE - State and federal agencies are watching for any sign of pollution from a fishing boat that sank in a marine sanctuary off the Washington coast with 3,800 gallons of diesel on board. The Coast Guard rescued all five crew members from the 80-foot "Vicious Fisher" Thursday night before it sank about 13 miles west of La Push, near the northwestern tip of the state. The boat sank in water

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NFL Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu may be famous for his defense skills (and his long hair) but he's doing more than just playing a part on the field at the Super Bowl this year. Last week Polamalu became the face of a Twitter-based charity auction, TwitChange which gives fans a chance to bid on an opportunity to interact with their favorite celebrities - like Alyssa Milano, Kim

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he is fed up with being the country's leader and would like to leave now, but fears Egypt would sink deeper into chaos if he did. In an interview Thursday with ABC News correspondent Christiane Amanpour, Mr. Mubarak also blamed the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement for the violence that has taken place in the capital over the past few days. The interview

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India's recent approval of a South Korean company establishing a giant steel plant is being seen as a business-friendly signal by one of the world's fastest growing economies. The $12 billion project is the biggest foreign investment project in the country and could ease concerns among foreign investors facing hurdles over planned investments. When Posco - the world's third largest steelmaker -

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Niger's electoral commission has begun releasing provisional results for Monday's presidential and parliamentary elections meant to hand the country back over to civilians after nearly a year of military government. Niger's electoral commission says it will announce provisional results for the presidential race late Wednesday, just 48 hours after polls closed. The commission began announcing

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Women don't hesitate to call 911 emergency help - for someone else. But when they're the ones having a heart attack, only about half will make the call that could save their own lives. A major new public health campaign launching today aims to change that. Make the Call, Don't Miss a Beat is "the first national campaign targeted to women to learn about the symptoms of heart attack, and to call

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There is a political storm raging in Turkey over the release of the leaders of a radical islamic Kurdish group from prison. Called Hizbullah, the group is blamed for the torture and killing more than 100 people in its battle with the Kurdish separatist organization the PKK. When the leading members of Hizbullah were sprung from jail in early January, their release caused shock around Turkey. "

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Ghanaian lawmakers say they have found a novel way to curb corruption, by doubling their own pay. The proposal has provoked a debate in this West African country still searching for ways to manage its newfound oil wealth. The 2,000 Ghana cedis that the country's parliamentarians take home each month could buy you roundtrip airfare to London or Cape Town, or about $1,300 at a foreign exchange

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European Union foreign ministers have imposed sanctions against Belarus in response to the violent arrests and imprisonment of opposition politicians following presidential elections last December. The sanctions target members of the government headed by President Alexander Lukashenko. The sanctions include travel bans to the European Union for 158 top Belarussian officials, including President

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In a small laboratory on an upper floor of the basic science building at the Medical University of South Carolina, Vladimir Mironov, M.D., Ph.D., has been working for a decade to grow meat. A developmental biologist and tissue engineer, Dr. Mironov, 56, is one of only a few scientists worldwide involved in bioengineering "cultured" meat. It's a product he believes could help solve future global

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The United States is stepping up calls for change in Egypt after nearly a week of massive demonstrations, chaos and violence engulfing one of America's closest allies in the Arab world. For days, U.S. officials have reiterated America's long-standing policy of encouraging political reform in Egypt. Appearing on U.S. television, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did so again in the most direct

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More than two years after an outside contractor was hired to run one of the city's most venerable schools, D.C. officials said Tuesday that Dunbar High remains plagued by a litany of troubles: Nearly half the senior class is not on track to graduate, more than 100 students are taking courses they've already passed and the campus is growing increasingly unsafe. Interim Schools Chancellor Kaya

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss a claim by Ohio death row inmates that they have a constitutional right to last-minute consultations with their attorney. At issue is whether lawyers in Ohio can react quickly when they perceive something going wrong with an execution, as with a 2009 attempt in which an inmate was pricked repeatedly with IV needles before the execution

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Many artists are worried about artistic freedom in the US museums funded by Congress after a video was removed from one of them. Conservative lawmakers and a Catholic group had objected to the video's depiction of Jesus on the Cross. The removal was ordered by the head of the group of state-funded museums known as the Smithsonian Institution. Michael Iacovone is an artist. But recently he built a

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The Thai government is under increasing pressure from thousands of street protesters. Red-dressed anti-government protesters are holding monthly demonstrations to express anger at last year's bloody crackdown. And now yellow-dressed protesters have surrounded the seat of government, demanding tough action against Cambodia over a border dispute. Thailand's Red Shirts are back on the streets of

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden's communications director will become the next White House press secretary. Jay Carney, a former Time magazine reporter, will replace Robert Gibbs as the chief spokesman and one of the most public faces of the administration. Sources say Carney, 45, impressed President Obama, new chief of staff Bill Daley and senior advisor David Plouffe during the interview

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Davos, Switzerland (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told business and political leaders from around the world Wednesday that his nation is trying to modernize and recognizes it has work to do. "Russia is very often criticized. Sometimes the criticism is well deserved, sometimes absolutely not," he said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. "Russia is rebuked for the lack of

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ATOKYO - Sony said the successor to its PlayStation Portable machine will go on sale late this year, offering the quality of a home console in an on-the-go machine boasting a screen double the size of smart phones. The announcement Thursday of the "next-generation portable" underlines efforts at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company to ward off the formidable threat from Apple, which

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NEW YORK - A storm that had been predicted for days caught much of the East Coast off guard with its ferocity, tearing through with lightning, thunder and tons of wet snow, stranding thousands of road, rail and air travelers, and leaving more than 300,000 customers around the nation's capital without power Thursday. The storm had been forecast as dumping up to a foot of snow on parts of the

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Relief officials say better access to health care and family planning education can help reduce the number of malnourished children in Niger, where malnutrition rates remain above emergency levels, despite stronger rains and better harvests. Despite record harvests in October, more than 300,000 Niger children were treated for severe acute malnutrition. This is more than Niger's last major food

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PHILADELPHIA - An elderly Philadelphia man who spent most of the past four decades behind bars is free. Eighty-two-year-old Louis Mickens-Thomas was imprisoned for the 1964 murder of a Philadelphia girl. Legal advocates believe he's innocent, the victim of a rogue forensics expert. Those doubts led former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey to commute his life sentence in 1995, though he wasn't

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A new United Nations report urges a number of new measures to combat piracy, including the establishment of special courts. Jack Lang, appointed last year as a special United Nations adviser on legal issues related to Somali piracy, told the U.N. Security Council the piracy situation is serious, even worsening, with an increase of violence. The former French official said pirates are becoming the

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The British military has constructed a mock-Afghan village in the British countryside to give its soldiers a taste of the military and cultural challenges they will face in Afghanistan. Everyone is shooting blanks in a firefight to simulate an attack by Afghan insurgents, 8,000 kilometers from the front lines, on a special training ground in Britain. Operation Pashtun Panther is designed to get

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Tuesday, President Barack Obama will lay out his legislative agenda for the year in his second State of the Union address - the first since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. Democratic and Republican legislators agree on some broad economic objectives for the nation, but differ sharply on the policies needed to achieve those goals. Last week, President Obama spoke

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MULTAN, Pakistan - Police say relatives of a young Pakistani woman are suspected of electrocuting her for marrying a man against their wishes. Police official Afzal Lodhi says authorities arrested 21-year-old Saima Bibi's father and three of her uncles Sunday in a small village in eastern Pakistan. He says police a day earlier recovered Bibi's body, which had burn marks indicating she had been

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President Obama reaffirmed his support for abortion rights on Saturday, the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that established a woman's right to an abortion. "I am committed to protecting this constitutional right," Mr. Obama said in a statement. "I also remain committed to policies, initiatives, and programs that help prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant

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