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Rome – Pope Benedict XVI made his first trip outside the Vatican amid tight security on Sunday – three days after he was floored by a reportedly deranged woman at midnight mass in St Peter’s Basilica. The 82-year-old pontiff visited the Catholic community of Sant’Egidio community area of Trastevere …
Monsters and Critics · December 27, 2009, 5:17 AM (PST)
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Snow and rain storms that have battered much of the country for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas. Storms from Texas to the Upper Midwest dumped 23.9 inches of snow in Grand Forks, N.D., and 18 inches near Norfolk, Neb. In the East, higher temperatures …
CBS 2 · December 27, 2009, 5:25 AM (PST)
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DETROIT (AP) – The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight from overseas. The suspect who claimed ties to al …
USA Today · December 27, 2009, 5:17 AM (PST)
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Percy Sutton, who rescued the Apollo Theater in New York City from extinction eight years ago, poses under the Marquee in this file photo. NEW YORK – Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and …
FOX News · December 27, 2009, 4:56 AM (PST)
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A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said the flooding Saturday was ankle deep in the terminal C baggage claim area. Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton says terminal C was open again Sunday morning. However, she says all US Airways flights before 10 a.m. have been canceled …
FOX News · December 27, 2009, 3:16 AM (PST)
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The alleged Christmas Day terrorist had been in one of the U.S. government’s many terror databases since November, which is when his father brought him to the attention of embassy officials in Nigeria. However, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab came to the attention of intelligence officials months before …
NPR News · December 27, 2009, 4:56 AM (PST)
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Urban Meyer shocked college football yesterday by resigning as Florida’s coach after five seasons and two national titles because of health concerns that came to light when he suffered chest pains following the SEC championship game. The 45-year-old Meyer will coach his final …
Honolulu Advertiser · December 27, 2009, 5:25 AM (PST)
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ABU DHABI/SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean consortium won a $40 billion deal to build and operate four nuclear reactors for the United Arab Emirates, beating U.S. and French rivals to one of the Middle East’s biggest ever energy contracts. Under the deal announced on Sunday, the first nuclear plant …
MSN Money · December 27, 2009, 4:20 AM (PST)
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(AP) — How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage – plus who will pay for it – will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama’s health care remake. Pocketbook concerns join abortion and whether Uncle Sam should peddle insurance as the …
PhysOrg · December 27, 2009, 5:17 AM (PST)
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Vic Chesnutt, the folk-rocker whose sometimes dark reflections on life were influenced in part by a car wreck that left him paralyzed, has died. He was 45. Family friend Christina Stuckey, who answered the phone at Chesnutt’s home, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. Chesnutt’s record label …
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle · December 27, 2009, 5:10 AM (PST)
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