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 Australia/Indonesia trip cancelled by Obama
Baltimore News.Net
US President Barack Obama has cancelled forthcoming trips to Indonesia and Australia so he can stay home to oversee controversial healthcare legislation.
 Iran offers to exchange uranium with the West
Baltimore News.Net
The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, has told local television the country will make concessions to the West by exchanging Tehran's low-grade uranium for highly enriched uranium that it needs for its medical research
Nebraska Scores Again In Health Care Endgame
Washington Times
Rowan Scarborough The Obama administration has delivered another budget plum to Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson and the state of Nebraska, adding more than a half-billion dollars for a new veterans hospit...
Export Ban On Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Rejected
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A sushi chef picks a fillet of red tuna, or "akami," next to fillets of high-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna, or "o-toro." middle row, and medium-quality fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna, or "chu-toro,...
Psychiatrist Says Church Was Warned About Priest
International Herald Tribune
Pope Benedict XVI ignored repeated warnings in the early 1980s by a psychiatrist treating a priest accused of sexually abusing boys that he should not be allowed to work with children, the psychiatris...
Pm Offers Mutual Steps By Israel, Pa
Jerusalem Post
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over the phone Thursday night. The two discussed the Ramat Shlomo construction crisis, and Netanyahu proposed mutual ...
Obama Postpones Trip To Aust
New Zealand Herald
US president Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible vote on his health care overhaul on Sunday. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said tod...
Rocket From Gaza Kills Farm Worker
New Zealand Herald
Shrink JERUSALEM (AP) – A farm worker has been killed by a rocket fired at Israel by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. His death is the first fatality from such an attack since the Gaza offe...
Video Shows Uk Truck Pushing Woman In Car 530m
New Zealand Herald
A woman driving down the UK's A1 motorway was pinned to the front of a truck in her car for over 530 metres. The video of the incident on YouTube has been posted on news sites around the world. The
Priest, Teen Allegedly Taped Having Sex
CNN
(CNN) -- A police investigation continued Thursday into a Catholic abuse scandal in Brazil, which erupted last week when a network aired a video that it said showed a priest having sex with a 19-year-...
Leprechaun Suspect Linked To Santa Robbery
C News
In this image made from surveillance video provided by Gallatin Police Department, David Christopher Cotton, dressed as a leprechaun, is seen during a robbery of First State Bank in Gallatin, Tenn., W...
Netanyahu Offers 'to Build Trust'
BBC
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Mr Netanyahu clarified Israel's construction policy in East Jerusalem and proposed "tr...
Dragon Breathes Fire At Non-doms
BBC
Duncan Bannatyne has added fuel to the non-dom debate after accusing fellow Dragon's Den judge James Caan of having an "unfair" advantage in business.Mr Caan is a non-dom, and as such pays t...
Body In Italian Church Linked To Uk Murder
Sky News
Police investigating the brutal murder of a British woman eight years ago have a potential new lead after the discovery of a teenager's body in a church in Italy.
Bullock's Husband Begs For Forgiveness
The Australian
SANDRA Bullock's husband has apologised to his wife and children amid reports he had a months-long affair with a heavily tattooed model.
Dutch Reject Gay Army Link To Massacre
The Australian
THE Netherlands has rejected a retired US general's claim that Dutch UN troops failed to prevent the 1995 Srebrenica genocide because their ranks included openly gay soldiers.
Gaza Rocket Kills Farm Worker In Israel
The Australian
A Palestinian group claiming responsibility for the attack, which killed a Thai labourer working near the Gaza border, linked it to clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police in Jeru...
Mother Jailed For Killing Six Babies
The Australian
Celine Lesage, 38, risked a life jail sentence with no possibility of parole for 18 years for first degree murder. Prosecutors had demanded a 16-year-jail term.Lesage, a petite brunette who has a teen...
Public Back Sarkozy Mp's Brothel Plan
The Australian
Chantal Brunel, who was appointed last month to head the national watchdog on sexual equality, is arguing that crime would be cut and sex workers would benefit from "sexual services centres"...
Netanyahu, Clinton Talk After Settlement Crisis
Reuters
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks during a joint news conference with USecretary of State Hillary Clinton before their meeting in Jerusalem in this October 31, 2009 file photo.
Data Puts Another Prius Crash In Question
CBS News
Toyota Defect Disputed Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 mph on a freeway. Dean Reyn...
Al Qaeda Running Or On The Rise In U.s.?
CBS News
Lone Gunmen Feats May Shift Qaeda Strategy (CBS) Two U.S. citizens were in federal court Thursday to answer charges that they helped plan terror attacks overseas. As CBS News chief legal correspondent...
Retired General: Gays Weakened Dutch Army
CBS News
In this July 4, 2009, file photo, military personnel join the march during an annual gay parade organized by Pride London, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender charity, in central London. A ret...
Obama Deploys Personal Presidential Touch
CBS News
The final drive for health care reform is on, and President Obama has shifted into high-gear. But unlike the fired-up speeches he delivered recently in the suburbs of Philadelphia, St. Louis and Cleve...
Unplugged: Health Care Countdown
CBS News
Bill Plante spoke with Capitol Hill Correspondent Nancy Cordes on the CBO's report on health care and what to expect from this weekend's vote. Plus; Politco Click on Wednesday's RTNDA dinner.
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Philadelphia Daily News
Greg Heffley deserves a special headstone in the graveyard of buried hopes that is middle school. A foot shorter than most of his classmates, Greg (Zachary Gordon) is that picklepuss walking next to ...
Gay-marriage Advocates In N.j. Resume Legal Fight
Philadelphia Daily News
TRENTON - Advocates for gay and lesbian couples are headed back to New Jersey's Supreme Court to resume their attempt to legalize same-sex marriage. Lambda Legal, a gay-rights legal group, filed a mo...
Oprah Clears Her Schedule For Defamation Case
Philadelphia Daily News
Oprah Winfrey has rearranged her television production schedule in the expectation of spending two weeks in Philadelphia fending off defamation charges. If the suit, by the former headmaster of Winfr...
S.j. Democrat Gives Thumbs Down To Health-care Reform
Philadelphia Daily News
Rep. John Adler (D., N.J.) Thursday announced that he will be voting against the final version of health-care overhaul legislation because, he said, it does not do enough to control costs. "Sinc...
Police: Catholic School Principal Stole Designer Shades
Philadelphia Daily News
The principal of Christ the King Regional School in Haddonfield who was placed on unpaid administrative leave this week allegedly stole two pairs of designer sunglasses while impersonating an FBI agen...
Pa. Couple Thinks Aruba Photo Shows Human Remains
Philadelphia Daily News
LANCASTER, Pa. - A newspaper is reporting that a Lancaster County couple believes an underwater snapshot they took off the coast of Aruba reveals human remains on the ocean floor. The Intelligencer J...
Is Sidibe Ok At Her Weight,or Obesity's Poster Girl?
Philadelphia Daily News
I APPLAUD Gabourey Sidibe's confidence and talent. Girlfriend tore up the big screen with her stellar debut performance in the Academy Award-winning movie "Precious." Sidibe portrays a dark...
Still Deliberating, Veon Jurors Show Signs Of Strain
Philadelphia Daily News
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Fess Parker, Star Of 'davy Crockett,' Dies At 85
New York Post
Actor Fess Parker, who mesmerized children in the mid-1950s portraying frontiersman Davy Crockett on television and then won a new audience in the 1960s as Daniel Boone, died Thursday at 85, the Los A...
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