Last Minute News Topics » years http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Giants top Pats for 2nd Super Bowl in 4 years (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/giants-top-pats-for-2nd-super-bowl-in-4-years-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/giants-top-pats-for-2nd-super-bowl-in-4-years-ap#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:21:00 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/giants-top-pats-for-2nd-super-bowl-in-4-years-ap New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, right, hands the Vince Lombardi Trophy to quarterback Eli Manning after their 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP – Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/giants-top-pats-for-2nd-super-bowl-in-4-years-ap/feed 0 ‘Barefoot Bandit’ sentenced to 6 1/2 years (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/barefoot-bandit-sentenced-to-6-12-years-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/barefoot-bandit-sentenced-to-6-12-years-ap#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:54:05 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/barefoot-bandit-sentenced-to-6-12-years-ap FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Colton Harris-Moore, also known as the 'Barefoot Bandit,' glances at the courtroom gallery as he walks to the defense table, in Island County Superior Court, in Coupeville, Wash. Harris-Moore is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in a U.S. federal court for his two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP – After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous “Barefoot Bandit” — says he’s lucky to be alive.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/barefoot-bandit-sentenced-to-6-12-years-ap/feed 0 ‘Mad’ Maks gets 200 years for rampage slays http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/mad-maks-gets-200-years-for-rampage-slays http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/mad-maks-gets-200-years-for-rampage-slays#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:17:09 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/mad-maks-gets-200-years-for-rampage-slays MAD MAKS got hit with the max Wednesday after a raucous court hearing where he insulted the judge, trashed his victims — and insisted, “I’m not the bad guy here.”

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/mad-maks-gets-200-years-for-rampage-slays/feed 0 Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/conflict-between-rich-poor-strongest-in-24-years-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/conflict-between-rich-poor-strongest-in-24-years-ap#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:22:25 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/conflict-between-rich-poor-strongest-in-24-years-ap AP – Tensions between the rich and poor are increasing and at their most intense level in nearly a quarter-century, a new survey shows. Americans now see more social conflict over wealth inequality than over the hot-button topics of immigration, race relations and age.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/conflict-between-rich-poor-strongest-in-24-years-ap/feed 0 Selig back for 2 more years http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/selig-back-for-2-more-years http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/selig-back-for-2-more-years#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:56:15 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/selig-back-for-2-more-years Bud Selig is putting academia on hold and re-upping for two years as commissioner of Major League Baseball, confirming a report in Sunday’s Daily News.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/selig-back-for-2-more-years/feed 0 New year’s resolutions failed? Try these 5 mobile apps  http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/new-years-resolutions-failed-try-these-5-mobile-apps http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/new-years-resolutions-failed-try-these-5-mobile-apps#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:17:13 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/new-years-resolutions-failed-try-these-5-mobile-apps Falling behind on keeping up with your new year’s resolutions? There’s an app for that.

Whether your resolution was to be on time more, diet or cut back on the money flying out of your wallet, desktop and mobile apps can help keep resolution-makers on track — and get those who are already slipping up back to where they want to be.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/new-years-resolutions-failed-try-these-5-mobile-apps/feed 0 Education law’s promise falls short after 10 years (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/education-laws-promise-falls-short-after-10-years-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/education-laws-promise-falls-short-after-10-years-ap#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:24:20 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/education-laws-promise-falls-short-after-10-years-ap FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2002, file photo President George W. Bush, seated, signs into law a sweeping federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. Cast as a symbol of possibility, the law offered the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. Yet after a decade on the books, Bush’s most hyped domestic accomplishment has become a symbol to many of federal overreach and Congress’ inability to fix something that’s clearly flawed. In the image from left are Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Education Secretary Rod Paige, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, woman at right unidentified. Children with Bush are Tez Taylor, left, and Cecilia Pallcio, right. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP – The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/education-laws-promise-falls-short-after-10-years-ap/feed 0 Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/japan-plans-to-scrap-nuclear-plants-after-40-years-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/japan-plans-to-scrap-nuclear-plants-after-40-years-ap#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:32:28 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/japan-plans-to-scrap-nuclear-plants-after-40-years-ap CORRECTS DATE WHEN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TO JAN. 6, 2012 - FILE - This Nov. 12, 2011 photo shows a view of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Japan. Japan said Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by the March 11, 2011 tsunami. Concern about aging reactors has been growing because the three units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that went into meltdown following the tsunami were built starting in 1967. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)AP – Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by last year’s tsunami.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/japan-plans-to-scrap-nuclear-plants-after-40-years-ap/feed 0 Kicking our butts: Still smoking after all these years http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/kicking-our-butts-still-smoking-after-all-these-years http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/kicking-our-butts-still-smoking-after-all-these-years#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:37:08 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/kicking-our-butts-still-smoking-after-all-these-years Tobacco kills close to a half million Americans each year, with one in every five U.S. deaths the result of smoking.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/kicking-our-butts-still-smoking-after-all-these-years/feed 0 Mom reunites with biological child 77 years later (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/mom-reunites-with-biological-child-77-years-later-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/mom-reunites-with-biological-child-77-years-later-ap#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:06:17 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/mom-reunites-with-biological-child-77-years-later-ap In this Dec. 28, 2011 photo, 100-year-old Minka Disbrow stands in her apartment in San Clemente, Calif. Disbrow, who was raped at age 16, has lived to be 100 - long enough to meet the daughter she gave up at birth 77 years earlier and learn about the six grandchildren she didn't know she had. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP – For most of her 100 years, Minka Disbrow tried to find out what became of the precious baby girl she gave up for adoption after being raped as a teen.


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