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Agency: Ga. suspect believed to have 8 hostages

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:22 PM PDT

The man suspected in the shooting death of a police officer is holding eight hostages at an Athens apartment, Georgia's top law-enforcement official said Friday evening as local and federal authorities tried to negotiate a peaceful surrender.

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Japan's radiation battle gets rougher

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The battle to stabilize Japan's stricken nuclear complex just got tougher, due to the radioactive water that is apparently leaking from the reactors. Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The battle to stabilize Japan's stricken nuclear complex just got tougher, due to the radioactive water that is apparently leaking from the reactors.




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Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:30 PM PDT

NYC marks 100th anniversary of Triangle fire

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 01:57 PM PDT

Members of the audience hold shirts with the names of victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire aloft as they listen to speakers during a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster in New York.The centennial commemoration of the Triangle factory fire became a rally for organized labor, as hundreds marched and vowed to resist efforts to weaken unions in state capitals across the country.




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Arc: Kentucky’s more than just talented freshmen

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:58 AM PDT



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US subs surface in Arctic tug of war

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PDT

U.S. Navy safety swimmers stand on the USS New Hampshire after it surfaced through thin ice during exercises in the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, on March 19.The U.S. is staging high-profile submarine exercises in the Arctic Ocean as evidence mounts that global warming will lead to more mining, oil production, shipping and fishing in the world's last frontier.




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Judge allows child visitation for paralyzed mom

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT

A judge issued a tentative written order Friday allowing a woman so badly brain damaged by medical errors during childbirth that she can no longer walk, talk or eat temporary visitation with her 4-year-old triplets.

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Solar eruption creates spectacular 'sun tentacle'

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:34 AM PDT

SDO captured this nicely rounded prominence eruption on March 19 as the prominence became unstable and erupted into space with a distinct twisting motion.A NASA spacecraft watching the sun has caught a dazzling view of a solar eruption that launched a vast tendril of magnetic plasma into space.




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Facebook vandal jailed for defacing dead kids' pages

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 12:14 PM PDT

A 29-year-old man has been jailed for defacing Facebook pages which served as tribute sites for two dead children by posting sexually-explicit comments and disturbing images — all while using another man's identity.

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Name dropper? Lindsay ditching the Lohan

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Actress Lindsay Lohan appears in court in February. Will changing her name make her problems disappear?Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is planning to join the ranks of Madonna, Prince and Bjork — by dropping her last name, according to her mother.




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Dow sees its best week since July

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Stocks rose for the third straight day Friday, capping the best week for the Dow Jones industrial average since July.

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Posted: 25 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT

First Thoughts: The handoff on Libya

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the U.S. handed over leadership of enforcement of the no-fly zone in Libya to NATO.Last night, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the U.S. handed over leadership of enforcement of the no-fly zone in Libya to NATO.




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Jesuits settle 500 abuse cases for $166 million

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

An order of priests agreed Friday to pay $166.1 million to hundreds of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who were abused at the order's schools around the northwestern U.S.

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Video: U.S. aircraft carrier decontaminated after radiation exposure

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:52 AM PDT

March 25: The USS Ronald Reagan was scrubbed down after it hit a radioactive plume while helping support humanitarian assistance missions in quake-stricken Japan. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (Other)The USS Ronald Reagan was scrubbed down after it hit a radioactive plume while helping support humanitarian assistance missions in quake-stricken Japan. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)




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FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend survival

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:07 AM PDT

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a breakthrough cancer medication from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that researchers have heralded as the first drug to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma.

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Craigslist sex trafficking scandal based on bogus stats

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 11:07 AM PDT

A study on underage prostitution that caused Craigslist to shut down its adult services section was based on bad science, the Village Voice reports.

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Man dies trying to revive dead wife

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Authorities in Washington state say a man who called 911 to report that his wife had collapsed apparently suffered a heart attack and died as he was trying to revive her.

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PGT: 53-footer helps Tiger surge at Bay Hill

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:17 AM PDT

PGT: Tiger Woods had his worst opening round at Bay Hill on Thursday since 1999, but he bounced back Friday with a 4-under 68 to move up the leaderboard.

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Japan disaster boosts interest in atomic tourism

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:36 AM PDT

A Terrier missile launcher is pictured in front of the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, N.M., last week.  The crisis in Japan has boosted interest in nuclear-related museums and plants around the U.S. The crisis in Japan has boosted interest in nuclear-related museums and plants, once-secret Manhattan Project complexes and areas laid waste by disaster.




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