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submitted by Gretchen Wright 16 hours 11 minutes ago
For months, Mark Wagner stuck by John McCain, even as the economy stalled and other Americans came to blame Republican leadership. Then, about three weeks ago, the deepening economic downturn pushed him to reconsider.
Now, the Florida salesman and staunch Republican has abandoned the GOP ticket. Sarah...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 16 hours 14 minutes ago
A wildfire burned about 500 acres of forest Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary north of Los Angeles, authorities said.
The blaze began about 2 a.m. in a rugged area about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, fire officials said. About 400 firefighters...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 24 weeks 4 days 2 hours 46 minutes ago
Daniel Escobedo was driving to school when he stopped for what he thought was a security check at a roadblock in the Mexican city of Juarez , across the border from El Paso, Texas .
Worried about being late for class, he hurriedly handed his driver's license...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 35 weeks 5 days 2 hours 33 minutes ago
Tornadoes across four Southern states tore through homes, ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses in a rare spasm of violent winter weather that killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more.
The twisters that slammed Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky were...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 1 week 5 days 3 hours 39 minutes ago
The latest forecast on Mars calls for morning fog and swift-moving clouds -- along with light snow.
The surprising weather report was part of the latest scientific findings from NASA's Phoenix lander, which has been taking measurements at the Martian north pole since May 25.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team All gossip, all the time 12 weeks 1 day 1 hour 46 minutes ago
It was utter madness at the Kress on a recent Friday night when Justin Timberlake arrived at the back entrance with Jessica Biel, prompting cocktail waitresses to run to the window for a look while a rush of clubbers tried to cram their way up a...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 20 weeks 6 days 6 hours 20 minutes ago
Daniel Bateman came to San Francisco from the San Fernando Valley to study nursing, but after Monday, he is thinking about a career change - to firefighting.
Bateman, a gangly 19-year-old who moved from Woodland Hills four months ago and spends his time skateboarding and flipping burgers...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 32 weeks 6 days 18 hours 24 minutes ago
Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Nobel Peace Prize winning environmentalist...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Breast cancer info 1 week 5 days 3 hours 53 minutes ago
California on Monday launched the most comprehensive program of any state to regulate chemicals that have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other deadly effects on human health.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two broad laws that shift the state away from a scattershot approach in which...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 12 weeks 1 day 1 hour 40 minutes ago
Sports figures are increasingly calling the pricey coastal city home. 'On everybody's street they have a Kings player,' said a blase-sounding resident.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 12 weeks 1 day 1 hour 43 minutes ago
State crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona's DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar genetic profiles.
The men matched at nine of the 13 locations on chromosomes, or loci, commonly used to distinguish people.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 35 weeks 1 day 4 hours 35 minutes ago
Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Illinois senator also won caucuses in the Virgin Islands, completing his best...(more)
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