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NYC Bank Heist Makes For An Unexpected Tweet

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:43:30 GMT

"My bank was just held up -- with me in it. HSBC 34 and 8," the 26-year-old Web producer tweeted her 1,900 or so followers just after 9 a.m. under her Twitter name.

'Half-Blood Prince' Is Witty, Spectacular And One Of The Best

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:42:15 GMT

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is spellbinding, even though it is more grounded in reality and less fanciful than previous installments.

Old Man Barks, Scares Bear

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:43:10 GMT

The animal was apparently searching for a little late-night snack.

Review Planned For Terror Alert System

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:54:40 GMT

British Girl's Heart Heals Itself After Transplant

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:48:20 GMT

After 10 years with two blood pumping organs, Hannah Clark's faulty one did what many experts had thought impossible.

National Zoo Baby Boom

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:49:10 GMT

It was an exciting and busy 24 hours at the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., last week as three births took place just hours apart.

Recreating The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:20:00 GMT

A new web site is recreating the historic moon mission in real time

Report: N. Korea's Kim Has Pancreatic Cancer

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:22:22 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, days after fresh images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health was worsening.

Dance The Night Away? Not In Des Moines, Please

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:08:38 GMT

Dancing the night away in Des Moines doesn't seem to be at the top of many must-do lists. Maybe because it's illegal.

Pets Get Own Airline

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:46:40 GMT

Pet Airways says its "pawsengers" will fly in the main cabin and not in the cargo hold of its converted turbo-prop planes.