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Marines' Iraqi donkey headed for Nebraska

Posted: 14 May 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Smoke the Donkey takes part in a Freedom Walk event at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. The donkey is now a U.S. resident. It took subborn determination by a group of animal lovers, but a donkey from Iraq is now a U.S. resident.




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Slate: Century of disasters — how you can cope

Posted: 14 May 2011 03:54 PM PDT

The day after tomorrow? A grounded ship is perched amid tsunami debris in the port town of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on April 11.Slate: Meltdowns. Floods. Tornadoes. Oil spills. Grid crashes. Why more and more things seem to be going wrong, and what we can do about it.




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PBT: Rose's game evolving before our very eyes

Posted: 14 May 2011 07:25 AM PDT

PBT: Derrick Rose has been special, attacking the rim with reckless abandon, winning the MVP and carrying the Bulls to the East finals. But he's changing, and that's good.PBT: Derrick Rose has been special, attacking the rim with reckless abandon, winning the MVP and carrying the Bulls to the East finals. But he's changing, and that's good.




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NC sheriff blames cheese for false drug test

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:23 PM PDT

An enzyme found in cheese triggered false drug test results that led North Carolina deputies to think a man with 91 pounds of tortilla dough was carrying that much cocaine, the sheriff said.

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Pig escapes from minivan, is tasered, then shot

Posted: 14 May 2011 02:45 AM PDT

A 500-pound pig escaped through the window of a minivan and was shot to death after a state trooper's stun gun failed to slow the animal.

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NASA clears Endeavour for Monday flight

Posted: 14 May 2011 02:33 PM PDT

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour awaits its final liftoff from Launch Pad 39A.NASA officials have given the space shuttle Endeavour a "go" to launch on its final space voyage Monday (May 16).




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Pakistan threatens to cut NATO's supply line

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

A Pakistani boy holds up a placard during a rally organized by members of a civil society in support of Pakistan's army and the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, ISI, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday. Members of Pakistan's Parliament slammed the United States on Saturday for the raid that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden on their soil. Pakistani lawmakers demanded an end to American missile strikes against Islamist militants on their soil Saturday, and warned that Pakistan may cut NATO's supply line to Afghanistan if the attacks don't stop.




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Posted: 14 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

NC teen dies during warmup with football teammates

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:05 PM PDT

A 16-year-old boy has died while exercising with his teammates on a football team for homeschooled children in North Carolina.

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Libya buries 9 men reportedly slain in NATO strike

Posted: 14 May 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Mourners carry coffins during funeral for nine of 11 clerics allegedly killed in a NATO airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, May 14, 2011. NATO said Saturday it cannot confirm the government's claim about the deaths. Mourners vowed revenge and rattled off heavy gunfire in a Tripoli cemetery on Saturday as they buried nine men they said were Muslim clerics and medics killed in a NATO airstrike in mostly rebel-held eastern Libya.




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Colombian sports official shot to death

Posted: 14 May 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Police say Colombian sports official Sergio Rodriguez Jaramillo has been shot to death in Medellin.

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Infected Android apps can hijack your texts

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:51 AM PDT

At least 11 Android apps contain malware that is rigged to automatically send text messages from your Google Android smartphone to phone numbers in China.

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Cops: Homeless man dies in recycling truck

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Police in southwest Ohio say a homeless man was apparently crushed to death in a recycling truck that had picked up material from a shopping center's recycling bin where he had crawled inside and fallen asleep.

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Huckabee to announce 2012 plans on show

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Mike Huckabee took his presidential tease to a new level on Saturday, leaving his closest advisers in the dark as the former Arkansas governor prepared to announce on his Fox News Channel show whether he would move toward another White House bid.

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Fox parent company to disclose political giving

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:13 AM PDT

The directors of media conglomerate News Corp., the owner of Fox News Channel, have quietly put in place a policy to disclose corporate political donations on the company's website.

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NYC terror plot suspect says he is innocent

Posted: 14 May 2011 09:18 AM PDT

One of the two men accused of plotting to bomb a New York City synagogue proclaimed his innocence in a jailhouse interview and blamed his legal troubles on being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Posted: 14 May 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Fla. imam, 2 sons charged with aiding Taliban

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:39 PM PDT

A Miami imam and two of his sons were arrested Saturday on charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization, officials said.

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Pentagon: No quick review of bin Laden photos' bid

Posted: 14 May 2011 07:58 AM PDT

CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, leaves after briefing members of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on  May 3. Some members of Congress are making appointments at CIA headquarters to view graphic photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse. But the American people might have to wait decades to see images of the al-Qaida leader who was killed in Pakistan by Navy SEALs during a daring middle-of-the-night raid. The Defense Department is refusing to do a speedy review of a Freedom of Information Act request for graphic photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse, setting the stage for a protracted battle over access to the images.




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New president takes power in struggling Haiti

Posted: 14 May 2011 08:42 AM PDT

One day before the inauguration of Haiti's President-elect Michel Martelly, Haitian police try to prevent demonstrators from burning a symbolic coffin bearing the name of the outgoing Haitian President Rene Preval, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 13.Charismatic pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly takes over Haiti on Saturday promising to rebuild its earthquake-devastated capital, develop the long-neglected countryside and build a modern army.




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