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A D.C. Superior Court judge today sentenced a District man to 23 years in prison for shooting a teenager in the head and the back as the youth was walking away from an argument. Judge Geoffrey M. Alprin gave Daniel Richard Proctor Jr., 21, just...(more)
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world's richest philanthropist and a major force in education and global health policy, today called on President-elect Barack Obama and Congress to increase federal deficit spending to stimulate the economy and bolster investment in programs that help the most vulnerable...(more)
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After a trip that included talks in the Middle East on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a farewell speech to NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stopped at Buckingham Palace for a classical musical recital with Queen Elizabeth II, above right, at which...(more)
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Reuters - Black women with advanced and recurrent cervical cancer tolerate "platinum-based" chemotherapy drugs better than do their white counterparts, according to a pooled data from three studies, researchers report.
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The economic downturn took a turn for the worse after the market shocks in October, and in November the problems only became worse, according to the Fed’s “beige book.”
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Stocks fell this afternoon as new economic data pointed to a deepening recession. After taking a significant dive this morning, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.8 percent, or 70 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 0.5 percent, or 4 points....(more)
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ROME (Reuters) - Man-made noise in the world's seas and oceans is becoming an increasing threat to whales, dolphins and turtles who use sound to communicate, forage for food and find mates, wildlife experts said on Wednesday.
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AP - Oft-injured Mike Hampton finalized a one-year, $2 million deal with the Houston Astros on Wednesday, hoping to resurrect his career in the place where he became a prominent big league pitcher.
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Mac OS X, mythically immune to common computer plagues, has actually always welcomed antivirus software. Or, uh, maybe not. Confused? No worries—here's how OS X and Windows differ on resisting viruses and other nasties. It's not a matter of opinion: OS X is less susceptible to...(more)
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Odetta, 77, the folk and blues singer whose renditions of civil rights anthems accompanied historic events and made history themselves, died last night in New York. Afflicted for years with heart and lung ailments, she died at Lenox Hill Hospital, which she had entered at...(more)
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A July shooting spree that wounded four people and killed a 13-year-old boy in the Trinidad section of Northeast Washington was the work of five men from another part of the city who opened fire indiscriminately, D.C. police said today. In a news conference announcing...(more)
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Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, agency review teams for President-elect Barack Obama have swarmed into dozens of government offices, from the Pentagon to the National Council on Disability. With pointed questions and clear ground rules, they are dissecting agency...(more)
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