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- No quiet retirement for Delahunt
- Jamestown well yields pipes made 400 years ago for Colonial, British elites
- N.J. governor defends Florida vacation
- Word wonks want ‘viral,’ 13 others banned
- Ambiguity snarls pardon for Billy the Kid
- Marine’s killer used drugs, report suggests
| Tornadoes kill at least 6 in the South, Midwest Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:43 PM PST Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the South and Midwest yesterday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more across Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.            |
| After 2010 setbacks, US environmentalists plot change in course Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:48 PM PST After a bruising year, US environmentalists are engaged in their most profound bout of soul-searching in more than a decade.  |
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| N.D. senator spurs major gains for American Indians Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:47 PM PST By any measure, 2010 was a banner year on Capitol Hill for American Indians.  |
| No quiet retirement for Delahunt Posted: 31 Dec 2010 09:49 PM PST After four decades in public office, Representative William Delahunt is ready to take a spin in the private sphere.  |
| Jamestown well yields pipes made 400 years ago for Colonial, British elites Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:56 PM PST Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who's who of early 17th-century Colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America's first permanent English settlement.  |
| N.J. governor defends Florida vacation Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:55 PM PST New Jersey's governor, Chris Christie, criticized for vacationing in Florida as a blizzard pummeled the East Coast, defended his trip and praised his state for its response to the storm, which dumped nearly 3 feet of snow in some parts.  |
| Word wonks want ‘viral,’ 13 others banned Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:55 PM PST It's official: Viral went viral, and now it's been virtually vaporized. Michigan's Lake Superior State University features the term linked to popular online video clips in its annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. The 2011 list, compiled by the university from nominations submitted from across North America ...  |
| Ambiguity snarls pardon for Billy the Kid Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:52 PM PST The rehabilitation of Billy the Kid lies dead in the dust. In one of his last official acts before leaving office, New Mexico's governor refused to pardon the Old West outlaw yesterday for one of the many murders he committed before he was gunned down in 1881. Bill Richardson cited ambiguity surrounding the pledge of a pardon 130 ...  |
| Marine’s killer used drugs, report suggests Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:51 PM PST An Afghan security contractor convicted in a Marine's fatal shooting was a frequent drug user who may have smoked opium or hashish hours before the killing in one of Afghanistan's top opium-producing regions, a US military investigation suggests.  |
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