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Animal Kingdom roars in stretch to win Derby

Posted: 07 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Animal Kingdom sped past the leaders in the turn at Churchill Downs on Saturday and roared down the middle of the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby.




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Tigers' Verlander throws second no-hitter of career

Posted: 07 May 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander works against Toronto on Saturday.Justin Verlander threw his second career no-hitter and the second in the big leagues this week, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 9-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.




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Volunteers flood tornado-tossed Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT

Heavy traffic rolls slowly down McFarland Blvd. past tornado damage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, as volunteers flooded into the tornado ravaged parts of Alabama in such great numbers that the governor's office warned people to be patient with traffic jams.Thousands of volunteers flooded the hard-hit home of the University of Alabama with chainsaws, wrecking bars and food Saturday to aid tornado victims.




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Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant

Posted: 07 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Protesters march at an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo May 7, 2011. More than 1,000 people rallied on Saturday, one day after Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan call for halt at the Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan, due to worries a strong earthquake could cause another nuclear crisis. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonSeveral thousand Japanese anti-nuclear protesters marched in the rain on Saturday, welcoming a call from the prime minister to shut down a plant in central Japan and urging him to close more to avoid another nuclear crisis.




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Weirdest mothering tricks in the animal world

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:54 PM PDT

From moms who turn their bodies into food to others who encourage their young to become cannibals, here are the weirdest mothering techniques in nature.




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NH man killed after dayslong standoff with police

Posted: 07 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Police in Manchester, N.H.,are seen in an ally , Friday, May 6, 2011 during a standoff with an armed gunman. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)A New Hampshire man holed up in his apartment with a child during a dayslong standoff has been shot and killed by police, officials said Saturday




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Activist: Police fire at Yemeni protest, 1 killed

Posted: 07 May 2011 09:59 AM PDT

Anti-government protestors, shout slogans  during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)One demonstrator was killed and 11 injured on Saturday in a southern town when police descended on thousands rallying for the ouster of Yemen's longtime president, an activist said.




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How lasers can help save world's forests

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:18 PM PDT

An ultra-high resolution land topography measurement. It produces very cool images!If a country can show that it has reduced its level of deforestation (and the related carbon pollution), then it will receive payments. Great idea, but only if you can accurately draw up a balance sheet of carbon-in, carbon-out. An unlikely solution: lasers being shot from planes at 200,000 photons per second.




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Posted: 07 May 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Video: Rising Mississippi may hit record levels

Posted: 07 May 2011 06:35 AM PDT

May 7: NBC's Jay Gray reports from Memphis, Tenn., where residents are bracing for what could be record water levels along the Mississippi River. (Today Show)NBC's Jay Gray reports from Memphis, Tenn., where residents are bracing for what could be record water levels along the Mississippi River. (TODAY)




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Taliban unleashes major assault on Kandahar

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT

An Afghan security personnel checks a car at the empty street after gunmen launched an attack on the compound of the governor of Kandahar province in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday.The Taliban unleashed a major assault on government buildings throughout Afghanistan's main southern city, an attack that cast doubt on how successful the U.S.-led coalition has been in its nearly yearlong military campaign.




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Obama tries to reassure public on economy, jobs

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:51 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is reassuring the public that jobs and the economy are his top priority.

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New threat to oyster trade: Mighty Mississippi

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Raw oysters are served to customers at the oyster bar inside the Acme Oyster House in New Orleans.Just a year after the BP oil spill crippled Louisiana's oyster industry, the fishermen face a new problem. Freshwater is set to be diverted from the mighty Mississippi River into the salty waters where the shellfish grow, potentially killing them.




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Syria forces open fire on women's group

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Syrian tanks attacked the mostly Sunni Muslim city of Banias on Saturday, a rights campaigner said, raising sectarian tension in a country gripped by protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Mighty Mississippi wrapping Memphis

Posted: 07 May 2011 03:49 PM PDT

The Mississippi River began wrapping Memphis and rising to record levels Saturday as flood-wary residents from Tennessee to Louisiana made plans to evacuate if necessary.

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Videos show bin Laden's secret life

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Video footage recorded at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, shows the al-Qaida founder watching himself on TV, The Associated Press reported.

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Taliban attack Afghan government offices in south

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:30 PM PDT

An Afghan security personnel checks a car at the empty street after gunmen launched an attack on the compound of the governor of Kandahar province  in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, May 7, 2011.  (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)The Taliban unleashed a major assault Saturday on government buildings throughout Afghanistan's main southern city, an attack that cast doubt on how successful the U.S.-led coalition has been in its nearly yearlong military campaign to establish security and stability in the former Taliban stronghold.




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Posted: 07 May 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Costa Rica finds body of US student missing at sea

Posted: 06 May 2011 06:54 PM PDT

Costa Rican rescuers on Friday found the body of a third U.S. high school student who was swept out to sea while taking a beach break during a religious mission.

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Plane carrying 27 crashes in eastern Indonesia

Posted: 07 May 2011 05:31 AM PDT

A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashed Saturday as it was about to land in bad weather in Indonesia's eastern province of West Papua, likely killing everyone on board, officials said.

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