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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
ZURICH — FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time. "In the reply, FIFA states that the result of the match cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed," FIFA said in a statement. "As...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants Friday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said, the second attack this week in an area believed to hold many insurgents who fled from an army offensive elsewhere in the Afghan border region. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told visiting CIA director Leon Panetta that any new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan must...
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The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Think of the children! Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska . Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers. The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed...
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Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON--After a stall, the Senate voted 59-39 Thursday to confirm U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton--who now presides in an Indiana courtroom--to the Chicago based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
First mammograms. Now _ in an apparent coincidence _ Pap smears. New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hung in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning more toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW ORLEANS -- A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
LIMA, Peru — A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist. Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Col. Jorge Mejia, chief of Peru's anti-kidnapping...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors yesterday assailed the Democrats' newly minted health-care legislation as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts, and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Defense secretary says that as soon as Obama makes his decision, forces can begin flowing into Afghanistan • No Afghan Troop Decision Before Thanksgiving • 13 Killed in Homicide Bomb in West Afghanistan • Fox News Poll: President's Approval at New Low • Majority Dislikes Obama's Policies | VIDEO
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Software Reviews and Download (Free subscription) | yesterday
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CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Firing coach Dick Jauron was merely the start of a major overhaul Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson is prepared to conduct this offseason to make his team a contender again.
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Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON | The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks. “It is prudent to determine immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings in the department that could make us vulnerable,”...