Posts Tagged ‘becomes’
Occupy Wall Street becomes NYC tourist stop (AP)
AP – Shawn Lahey, a ruler factory worker from Poughkeepsie, was watching the show. A dancing man held a pole marked “corporation,” attached to a noose marked “financial system” — from which another dancing man was “hanging.” Masked drummers provided a thumping soundtrack.
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S.A. girl becomes first black child diagnosed with progeria
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself “the first lady” and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps, another couple of years to live.
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Katia becomes Category 3 storm
Hurricane Katia strengthened into a major Category 3 monster Monday, threatening “life-threatening surf conditions” across the Atlantic coastline.
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Norway attacks: Youth camp becomes bloodbath, bombing rocks Oslo
A loud explosion shook downtown Oslo on Friday, shattering windows at the government headquarters and forcing the evacuation of several buildings.
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South Sudan becomes world’s newest nation (AP)
AP – South Sudan became the world’s newest nation early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of at least 2 million people.
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NY becomes 6th state to legalize gay marriage (AP)
AP – After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a nearly identical bill here two years ago.
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NY becomes largest state to approve gay marriage (AP)
AP – New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.
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