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Struggling With a Brown Water Problem, Greenville, Miss., Is Wondering When Obama Is Going to Delive

Meer: Struggling With a Brown Water Problem, Greenville, Miss., Is Wondering When Obama Is Going to Delive | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:33
GREENVILLE, Miss. -- In the blur of his campaign, it was just another overnight stop: a Holiday Inn Express in Greenville, dead in the heart of this forsaken land called the Delta. In the lobby, atop the front desk, a card in a plastic frame greeted guests. It served as an alert, a quaint warning of...
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Conservation Groups Purchase Easements on Historic Montpelier Estate

Meer: Conservation Groups Purchase Easements on Historic Montpelier Estate | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:33
More than 700 acres of land at James Madison's historic Montpelier estate in Orange County will be protected after easements on the property were purchased by two Virginia conservation groups.
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Coroner Attributes Michael Jackson's Death to Propofol

Meer: Coroner Attributes Michael Jackson's Death to Propofol | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 -- Michael Jackson died in his rented mansion June 25 from a deadly dose of the powerful anesthetic drug propofol, according to an affidavit unsealed Monday.
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Army Officer, 2 Civilians Indicted in Government Contracts Scam

Meer: Army Officer, 2 Civilians Indicted in Government Contracts Scam | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
An Army officer and two other men were indicted in Maryland federal court Monday on charges that they stole $4 million by faking government contracts.
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European Cyber-Gangs Target Small U.S. Firms, Group Says

Meer: European Cyber-Gangs Target Small U.S. Firms, Group Says | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
Organized cyber-gangs in Eastern Europe are increasingly preying on small and mid-size companies in the United States, setting off a multimillion-dollar online crime wave that has begun to worry the nation's largest financial institutions.
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Girl Killed by Wave in Maine Had Been Adopted From China

Meer: Girl Killed by Wave in Maine Had Been Adopted From China | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 -- Huge waves churned up by the remnants of Hurricane Bill turned deadly for a New York family vacationing on the Maine coast on Sunday, when a 7-year-old girl was swept out to sea by a 20-foot wave and drowned. Her father was hospitalized in intensive care Monday after being...
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CIA Report Calls Oversight Of Early Interrogations Poor

Meer: CIA Report Calls Oversight Of Early Interrogations Poor | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
A partially declassified CIA report released Monday by the Obama administration describes the early implementation of the agency's interrogation program in 2002 and 2003 as ad hoc and poorly supervised, leading to the use of "unauthorized, improvised, inhumane and undocumented" techniques.
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Martha's Vineyard Plays Proud Host to Obamas

Meer: Martha's Vineyard Plays Proud Host to Obamas | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
OAK BLUFFS, Mass., Aug. 25 -- The sign in the window of the Carousel Ice Cream shop here perfectly captures the mood of this island.
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Higher Levels of Herbicide Found in Drinking Water May Pose Health Risk

Meer: Higher Levels of Herbicide Found in Drinking Water May Pose Health Risk | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:32
CHICAGO, Aug. 24 -- Drinking water containing a common herbicide could pose a greater public health risk than previously thought because regular municipal monitoring doesn't detect frequent spikes in the chemical's levels, according to a report released Monday by the Natural Resources Defense Cou...
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Swine Flu Could Infect Half of U.S., Panel Estimates

Meer: Swine Flu Could Infect Half of U.S., Panel Estimates | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-25 22:23:31
Swine flu could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, hospitalizing up to 1.8 million people and causing as many as 90,000 deaths -- more than double the number that occur in an average flu season, according to an estimate from a presidential panel released Monday.
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On Wheels: 2010 Ford Taurus Limited

Meer: On Wheels: 2010 Ford Taurus Limited | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:56
It helps to be behind the wheel of a car you believe in, one that feels solid, safe, comfortable and substantially more than competent. That means it's also fast -- get-out-of-the-way fast, the kind of fast more designed to avoid collisions than it is to win races, a kind of strategic acceleration bountifully available in this week's subject automobile, the 2010 Ford Taurus Limited.
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Judge Allows Access to Guantanamo Detainee

Meer: Judge Allows Access to Guantanamo Detainee | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:56
A federal judge has ordered the government to allow attorneys for a detainee challenging his confinement at Guantanamo Bay to submit questions about his case to Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Md. Medical Helicopter Faced Problems in Air and on Ground Before Fatal Crash

Meer: Md. Medical Helicopter Faced Problems in Air and on Ground Before Fatal Crash | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
Tall and imposing at nearly 300 pounds, Stephen Bunker had a personality that matched his frame. Outgoing, proud of his three grown children, eager to share his love of flying, he had been a helicopter pilot for the Maryland State Police for more than two decades, making mostly trauma trips.
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CIA Officer Disciplined for Alleged Gun Use in Interrogation: Bush Officials Filed No Charges Over T

Meer: CIA Officer Disciplined for Alleged Gun Use in Interrogation: Bush Officials Filed No Charges Over T | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
A CIA officer who allegedly used a gun to intimidate a captured al-Qaeda suspect was formally disciplined for violating the agency's rules for conducting interrogations, but Bush administration Justice Department officials ultimately declined to file charges against him, according to two former...
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Grass-Roots Reform Battle Tests Weary Obama Supporters

Meer: Grass-Roots Reform Battle Tests Weary Obama Supporters | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
RACINE, Wis. -- The last three years had unfolded in an unrelenting series of what Jeremy Bird called Big Moments, and here began the latest on a sweltering afternoon earlier this month. Another rental car, another unfamiliar highway, another string of e-mails sent from his BlackBerry while driving...
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen Says Situation in Afghanistan Is ÂDeteriorating'

Meer: Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen Says Situation in Afghanistan Is ÂDeteriorating' | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
The situation in Afghanistan is "serious and deteriorating," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday, as the Obama administration awaits an assessment by the new U.S. commander there and a possible request for more troops.
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Angled Surfaces Trigger Gecko's Super-Strong Grip

Meer: Angled Surfaces Trigger Gecko's Super-Strong Grip | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
Put a gecko on a level piece of glass and it might slip all over the place. Tilt that glass about 10 degrees and it will stay in place. This is because the gecko's grip is triggered by gravity, a recent discovery made by scientists at the University of Calgary and Clemson University in South Caro...
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Maryland Abandons Auction to Buy Crabbers' Licenses as Watermen Refuse to Sell

Meer: Maryland Abandons Auction to Buy Crabbers' Licenses as Watermen Refuse to Sell | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
The Chesapeake Bay, raked by storms and swimming with things that pinch and sting, has always been brutal on wooden boats, old lighthouses and ungloved fingers.
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Vacation Time for the First Family

Meer: Vacation Time for the First Family | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:55
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass., Aug. 23 -- Seven months after taking the oath of office, President Obama on Sunday began his first vacation, traveling to this tony hideaway for celebrities, politicians and other rich and powerful people.
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Swine Flu Strategists See Schools on Front Line

Meer: Swine Flu Strategists See Schools on Front Line | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:54
One of the main battlegrounds in the fight against an expected resurgence of swine flu this fall will be the schoolyard, a place where the disease could, well, go viral.
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Clunker Owners Seek Last-Minute Trade-Ins as Program Winds Down

Meer: Clunker Owners Seek Last-Minute Trade-Ins as Program Winds Down | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:54
Customers looking to take advantage of the U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" trade-in program hit car dealerships over the weekend, trying to get in before it ends on Monday.
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Recession Sparks a Modern-Day Gold Rush

Meer: Recession Sparks a Modern-Day Gold Rush | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-24 09:34:54
COLUMBIA, Calif. -- Maybe it was the nail in Ray's head. Maybe it was the economy. His wife said one as much as the other drove the decision to auction off everything that wouldn't fit in the trailer and leave Vermont for the mother lode.
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Key Senators Discuss Trimming Health Bill

Meer: Key Senators Discuss Trimming Health Bill | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
Senate health-care negotiators agreed late Thursday to ignore the increasingly strident rhetoric from Republican and Democratic leaders and to keep working toward a bill that can win broad support from the rank-and-file in both parties, according to sources familiar with the talks.
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Global Economy 'Leveling Out,' Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke Says

Meer: Global Economy 'Leveling Out,' Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke Says | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
JACKSON, Wyo., Aug. 21 -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke rendered his most positive assessment of the economy yet in a speech Friday and gave credit in part to his own institution's handling of the worst economic crisis in decades.
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Some Dealers Stop Taking 'Clunkers'

Meer: Some Dealers Stop Taking 'Clunkers' | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
Some car dealers stopped accepting new vehicles under the U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" program Friday because they said they want time to finish processing their paperwork before it shuts down Monday.
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Helicopter Crash Victim: Erin Reed

Meer: Helicopter Crash Victim: Erin Reed | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
Erin Reed was a flight nurse, daughter, older sister. She taught her friend Paula Roberts how to drive a stick shift; Roberts taught Erin how to eat sushi. "There was an abiding love and zest for living just being with Erin," Roberts recalled in a memorial to her after she died in a 2005 helicopter...
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Helicopter Crash Victim: Todd Hellman

Meer: Helicopter Crash Victim: Todd Hellman | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
Todd and Sandy Hellman met in Elko, Nev., and were married in 1995. The plan was to have children right away, but when the children didn't come, they became foster parents and decided to adopt. They went from one foster child to eight, with the ages spanning a dozen years.
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LifeFlight of Maine Embraces Safety to Protect Its Helicopter Crews, Patients

Meer: LifeFlight of Maine Embraces Safety to Protect Its Helicopter Crews, Patients | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
LEWISTON, Maine -- Nights don't come much darker than Maine's. From a speeding helicopter, the sky blends seamlessly into the ground even in clear weather.
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Helicopter Crash Victim: Darren Bean

Meer: Helicopter Crash Victim: Darren Bean | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | | 2009-08-22 21:52:02
Smart and skilled, 37-year-old Darren Bean was considered a rising star in emergency medicine. In medical school, he was chosen the most likely to succeed. During a three-year residency, he received teaching awards and was named intern of the year. One of his research papers was considered...
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