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Northeast storm leaves half-million without power (AP)

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:38:27 +0000

AP – Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses, delaying and diverting flights, and stranding about 500 passengers on a train for more than five hours.

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US mom: Daughter held in Ireland ‘lost her mind’ (AP)

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:19:44 +0000

AP – Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christine Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told her family they’d go to hell if they didn’t follow in her steps.

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Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill (AP)

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:06:09 +0000

AP – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she’s confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that she did not have enough votes for the measure.

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Catholic hospitals support health care bill (AP)

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:51:37 +0000

AP – A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama’s health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role.

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Vatican officials defend pope on abuse (AP)

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:36:12 +0000

AP – The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland. It also insisted that church confidentiality doesn’t prevent bishops from reporting abuse to police.

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Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders (AP)

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:23:29 +0000

AP – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election’s all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation.

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Bar brute charged with attempted murder

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:43:54 +0000

The hardhat charged with mercilessly mauling a young nurse inside the ladies’ room of a Midtown pub claimed the beatdown was in self-defense, prosecutors revealed Saturday.

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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard (AP)

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:07:39 +0000

AP – An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he went ahead at prayer time.

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Modern Yankee Heroes: Mariano Rivera

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:32:28 +0000

To understand how Mariano Rivera developed into baseball royalty, how he became the pitcher with the mystifying cutter who has dominated for years yet remains humble to a fault, deeply religious, and who is revered by teammates and foes throughout baseball – you have to step back in time with him.

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Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:53:46 +0000

AP – A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.

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