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This time, no ‘elite’ talk from Super Bowl MVP

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:52:59 +0000

He started Super Bowl XLVI with a record-setting nine straight completions. He ended the game the way he has finished so many others: By leading the Giants to a come-from-behind victory.

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US confirms possible release of Taliban from Gitmo (AP)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:55:57 +0000

AP – U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an incentive to bring the Taliban to peace talks.

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Michelle Williams taking a break from acting

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:39:26 +0000

Her career may currently be at an all-time high, but Michelle Williams is ready to take a break from Hollywood.

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Kiwanukas learn from crash course

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:57:09 +0000

Inside the darkened garage of Deodata Kiwanuka’s two-story brick home, a midnight-black Honda CBR 1000 motorcycle leans behind a row of storage boxes, propped up by a kickstand and covered by a jacket lined with protective padding.

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Kiwinukas learn from crash course

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:15:01 +0000

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A bonus from Duncan

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:22:25 +0000

Mayor Bloomberg’s bold plan to pay the best teachers much more — via $20,000 salary hikes doled out to top performers — is winning friends in high places.

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Pregnant orangutan mother and child rescued at last minute from bounty hunters

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:26:13 +0000

It’s a remarkable photograph: A pregnant orangutan protectively clutching her five-year-old child as death seems imminent at the hands of bounty hunters armed with knives.

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Cancer survivor suspended from school for long hair

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:29:51 +0000

A high school cancer survivor was kicked out of school for growing out his shoulder-length hair to send it to Locks of Love.

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Taxpayers still owed $132.9B from bailout: report (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:46:08 +0000

AP – A government watchdog says U.S. taxpayers are still owed $132.9 billion that companies haven’t repaid from the financial bailout, and some of that will never be recovered.

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Arizona Gov. Brewer gets book critique from Obama (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:18:07 +0000

AP – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.

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