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ROME — Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.
The two were arrested in an early ...
World
An argument over a subway seat erupted in deadly violence early Saturday when a straphanger stabbed a stranger on a D train in Manhattan.
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In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), AARP CEO Addison Barry Rand backed the leader's health care bill and urged the chamber to vote yes to end a filibuster and move to a floor debate on Saturday.
"We strongly urge the Senate to vote for cloture this Saturday to begin ...
Congress
Harry Reid
Blanche Lincoln
Fred Schulte, a senior reporter for the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, talked with NPR's Scott Simon Saturday morning about the overlooked technology companies that stand to make huge profits in the push to digitize the nation's medical records.
"The government's $45 billion plan to ...
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Fred Thompson
Last night the Houston Rockets and surprising Atlanta Hawks were locked up at 103-103 with mere seconds left on the clock. With three seconds remaining, Hawks guard Mike Bibby fired off a shot that rattled off the rim and backboard, appearing to send the game to overtime. Yet forward Josh Smith ...
Congress
Lamar Smith
On Friday night, Bill Moyers played clips from the Lyndon B. Johnson tapes on his PBS television show . Moyers drew correlations between the factors facing President Johnson in his decision to send more troops to Vietnam, and President Obama's conundrum with respect to the war in Afghanistan. ...
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Barack Obama
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Game has lost a lot of luster.
Ohio State has beaten Michigan five straight times, its best winning streak and the longest in the series since the 1920s.
The ninth-ranked Buckeyes (9-2, 6-2 Big Ten) have already clinched at least a share of their fifth ...
Congress
(Lucky?) Playgirl.com members now have access to even more beefcake shots of former Alaskan First Grandbaby Baby Daddy Levi Johnston.
The first Playgirl photo was released last week, and now, via gawker, are two more (tamely cropped) shots.
But, for those who pay, there is some more body ...
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PERUGIA, Italy — Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game – charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."
In their closing arguments, the ...
World
Italy
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Bit by bit, the natural resources of Madagascar -- a biodiversity hotspot known for its unique vegetation and wildlife -- are being plundered.
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DUBLIN — Ireland has given up hope of a World Cup playoff replay against France because of Thierry Henry's hand ball.
Henry's deliberate handling set up a goal for William Gallas in Wednesday's 1-1 draw that sent France to next year's tournament and knocked out Ireland. The Irish ...
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France
GENEVA � Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
The nuclear physicists working on the Large Hadron Collider were surprised that they ...
World
In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges.
But ...
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Iraq
United States
Forever a part of American electoral history, Joe Wurzelbacher--better known as "Joe the Plumber"--is hitting back at the media for its coverage of him over the past year, telling Editor & Publisher the reporting has been "poorly done."
In a wide-ranging interview with E&P;, Wurzelbacher ...
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Sarah Palin
HAVANA — The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.
As he promised earlier on his blog, Reinaldo Escobar went to ...
World
Fidel Castro
BEIJING — A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them.
China's mines are the world's deadliest, and the blast shows the difficulties the government ...
World
China
Western corporations have often behaved embarrassingly in China, sacrificing any principles to ingratiate themselves with the Communist Party authorities. Yahoo was the worst, handing over information about several email account holders so that they could be arrested -- and then dissembling and ...
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China
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