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Arctic trek brings scare, swim, struggles

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:30 +0000

Adventurer Eric Larsen has set off to reach the North Pole — part of his goal of becoming the first person to trek to both poles and the top of Mt. Everest in the same year.

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Fear grips Mexican border families

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:58:41 +0000

Parents in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, are afraid to venture into the streets amid a turf war between two powerful drug cartels.

Analysis: Flap adds to Obama’s Mideast woes

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:56:22 +0000

Analysis: President Barack Obama faces a tough path to peace in the Middle East after the rage over an Israel plan to build housing in east Jerusalem and the diplomatic slap that ensued.

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Group decries textbooks on Islam as inflammatory

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:44:11 +0000

A series of children’s textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portraying its followers as inherently violent and deserving of suspicion, according to a Muslim civil liberties group.

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Taliban launch fear campaign in Marjah

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:54:50 +0000

After losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban are fighting back, launching a campaign of assassination, threats to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its allies.

Man accused of disabling 100 cars over Internet

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:41:58 +0000

A man fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles sold at his old workplace, police said Wednesday.

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Irish at home, worldwide cheer St. Patrick’s Day

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:56:06 +0000

Dancing Dubliners and New York City parade goers wearing kilts and green body paint led the world in celebrating St. Patrick on Wednesday along sun-warmed parade routes in gatherings large and small.

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Leprechaun-garbed suspect dies in shootout

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:41:35 +0000

Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, are shot dead after a St. Patrick’s Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee, authorities say.

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Newsweek: How common are pharmaceutical drug heists?

Tommy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:41:34 +0000

The director of intelligence at FreightWatch International, a security firm that tracks cargo theft, talks about how common thefts of prescription drugs are, how they usually work, and what happens to any recovered meds.

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A guide to the health care procedural dance

Tommy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:56:22 +0000

If the music and lyrics seem a little baffling to you, you’re not alone. Deeming? Whipping? Reconciling? Even staff members on Capitol Hill are trying to keep the steps straight: Whip, vote, vote, sign, debate, vote, sign.