N.Y. town still baffled by teens' mysterious tics
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:45:55 EST
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In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.
Prosecutors drop Lance Armstrong doping investigation
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:52:42 EST
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Justice Department prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Komen apologizes, restores Planned Parenthood funding
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:36 EST
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The foundation apologized for decisions that cast doubt on its mission to save women's lives and said it would keep funding Planned Parenthood grants.
Pardoned DUI convict faces more charges in fatal accident
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:31:46 EST
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Unraveling the complex back stories of the more than 200 pardons issued by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is revealing serious questions about how pardon review decisions were carried out.
Second teacher removed from L.A. school in lewd bondage probe
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:44:23 EST
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A second teacher has been removed from a classroom at Los Angeles' Miramonte Elementary School, where another teacher has been charged with 23 felony counts of lewd acts on pupils, authorities said Friday.
Teacher must remain in custody over alleged beheading plot
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:25:16 EST
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A federal judge on Friday ordered a North Carolina teacher to remain in custody until her trial over an alleged plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist.
Major snow storm targets Denver area
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:13 EST
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Light snow started falling in Denver on Thursday as it braces for a major winter storm that is expected to blast some areas with up to two feet in a few days.
Nevada housing: No silver lining
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:33 EST
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Republican presidential candidates are campaigning for votes in a state with an unwelcome, eye-popping first-place record. The foreclosure crisis has a seemingly endless ripple effect felt by Nevadans regardless of whether they are homeowners.
Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:04:52 EST
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Legendary cornerman Angelo Dundee, the man who helped motivate Muhammed Ali and many other boxing champs, died Wednesday, a source close to Ali said.
Why Don Cornelius mattered
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:32:03 EST
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Gene Seymour says that Don Cornelius was in the vanguard of black popular culture's flowering in the 1970s, with a TV show so electrifying that its appeal crossed racial, ethnic and even generational lines.
U.N. Security Council may vote on response to Syria
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:44:15 EST
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The U.N. Security Council could vote Saturday on a draft resolution that would pressure the Syrian government to stop a sustained, bloody crackdown on dissidents.
Romney poised to win Nevada caucuses
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:45 EST
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Mitt Romney has a chance on Saturday to do what no Republican presidential candidate has done so far this cycle: win two contests back to back.
Martin: Why don't candidates see poor?
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:30:28 EST
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In the 1,257 GOP debates we have had to sit through, poverty and the poor have rarely come up, so it was no surprise that Mitt Romney would be dismissive of them in an interview this week with CNN's Soledad O'Brien.
2nd teacher at L.A. school arrested
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:44:23 EST
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Another teacher has been arrested at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on allegations of lewd acts on young pupils, authorities said.
Police: Suspect on run kills Ala. officer
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:02:53 EST
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An Alabama robbery suspect fatally stabbed a police officer in jail, escaped in a stolen patrol car and wounded another officer before he was killed, authorities said Friday.
WikiLeaks: Soldier faces court martial
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:37:16 EST
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Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who is suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, will be court martialed on charges that could lead to a sentence of life in prison, the Army said Friday in a statement.
Lance Armstrong doping case dropped
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:52:42 EST
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Federal prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation into alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs by champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges.
Komen restores Parenthood funding
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:36 EST
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The foundation reversed its decision after a deluge of opposition, including pressure from lawmakers.
Opinion: Women's care not just breasts
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:06:25 EST
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If you travel to the island of Delos in Greece, you might be surprised to visit ruins dominated by statues of gigantic stone penises. Even in its ancient, mythological context, it's jarring to see such a disembodied representation of the human form. Women, of course, are perhaps a bit more accustomed than men to being reduced to a collection of body parts. Even so, it was startling to hear earlier this week that one of America's largest and wealthiest advocates of women's health appears to be fixated on breasts, rather than on the women to whom they are attached.
Men sentenced in lesbian's slaying
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:56 EST
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Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian.
Syrian deaths rise before likely U.N. vote
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:46:57 EST
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A Syrian opposition group says 217 people were killed in Homs over the past day, as the U.N. Security Council weighs a draft resolution against the crackdown.
Dozens killed at South Sudan peace meeting
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:33:02 EST
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At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation.
Anger flares in Egypt after deadly riot
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:23:24 EST
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Egyptians clashed with police, leaving two dead in the city of Suez and at least 900 injured near the Interior Ministry headquarters in Cairo, officials said Friday.
Officials: 2 kidnapped Americans released in Egypt
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:18:45 EST
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Two American tourists have been kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a security official said Friday.
Iran's leader warns U.S. on war
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:23 EST
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The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States.
Men sentenced to 18 years for slaying S. African lesbian
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:56 EST
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Gay rights advocates in South Africa hailed a judge's sentencing of four men to 18 years each in prison for brutally slaying a 19-year-old lesbian.
Hackers release private FBI call about hackers
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:43:15 EST
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The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released a recording Friday of a telephone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that it claims to have recorded surreptitiously.
More than 100 missing in ferry sinking
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:19:44 EST
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Some 246 survivors have been rescued in the aftermath the sinking of a passenger ferry off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, authorities said Friday.
U.S. accuses Sudan of bombing civillians
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:30:24 EST
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The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly-created independent country of South Sudan.
Underwater search of Italy cruise ship halted
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:47:17 EST
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The search of underwater areas of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia has been suspended for safety reasons, the head of Italy's civil protection agency said Thursday.
Super Bowl Security: Robots, Toxin Monitors, F-16s
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:26:57 -0500
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Syrian Activists: 200 Dead in Government Assault
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:26:39 -0500
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Syrian regime unleashes new assault on Homs, killing more than 200 people, activists say
Romney, Gingrich Expect Romney to Win Nev. Vote
Posted: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:34:16 -0500
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Romney and Gingrich expect Romney to win Nevada caucuses, look at next set of contests
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Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could Strike Here
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:33:51 -0500
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Israeli facilities in North America -- and around the world -- are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC News that predicted the threat from Iran against Jewish targets will increase. "We predict that the threat on our sites around the world will increase ? on both our guarded sites and 'soft' sites," stated a letter circulated by the head of security for the Consul General for the Mid Atlantic States, Eliran Avitan. Guarded sites refers to government facilities like embassies and consulates, while 'soft sites' means Jewish synagogues, and schools, as well as community centers like the one hit by a terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people.
Komen Foundation Reinstates Planned Parenthood Funding
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:32:17 -0500
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Amid a firestorm of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation apologized for cutting off funding from Planned Parenthood and vowed to revise its policy that led to that decision. ?We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast...
Bradley Manning to Face Court Martial
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:30 -0500
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The Army has approved a court martial for PFC Bradley Manning the soldier accused of having leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks. A statement from the Military District of Washington said that Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington has referred all the charges against Manning...
Santorum Fails to Qualify for Ind. Ballot
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:30 -0500
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Rick Santorum did not fulfill the requirements to make the ballot in Indiana, the Indiana Republican Party announced Friday. The primary is not scheduled until May 8. Candidates needed 500 verified signatures from each of the nine congressional districts in the state. The Indiana GOP...
Major Storm Sweeping Across Colo.
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:19 -0500
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Flights canceled, lawmakers adjourn, stores busy as Colorado prepares.
Grosse Pointe Murder: Husband Passed New Polygraph Test
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:36:43 -0500
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The husband of murdered Michigan executive Jane Bashara said he has passed a new polygraph test to help prove he is not guilty in the face of mounting revelations about his extramarital love life and suspicion about his role in her death.
Killer of Girl Found in Landfill Gets Life
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:13:42 -0500
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Reluctantly, family of slain Fla. girl found in landfill agrees to plea deal, life for killer
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Micron CEO Killed in Plane Crash
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:07 -0500
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Steve Appleton, the CEO of the semoconductor maker Micron Technology, Inc., was killed in a small plane crash at the airport in Boise, Idaho today. He was 51.
Actor Ben Gazzara Dies at 81
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:51:03 -0500
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Actor Ben Gazzara, whose long and varied career spanned lead roles in the original 1955 Broadway productions of ?Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? and ?A Hatful of Rain,? television, and innumerable film roles including the 1959?s ?Anatomy of a Murder? and 1998?s ?The Big...
Bruce Wanted Demi to Get Help Long Ago
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:20:15 -0500
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Demi Moore?s ex-husband, Bruce Willis, was concerned about her health months before she was hospitalized. According to People magazine, Willis, who has three daughters with Moore, visited her prior to her November split from Ashton Kutcher and encouraged her to seek help. A source told...
Worst Bridezilla Ever?
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:01:29 -0500
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Can your bridezilla experience beat this?
Watch: GOP Presidential Race Heats Up; Super Bowl Ads Excite Fans
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:53:55 -0500
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Making It Work: Celebrity Marriage Secrets Revealed
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:26:11 -0500
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It may not be a reliable road to wedded bliss. But against the odds, Hollywood Boulevard is paved with more than a few stars who found enduring love. But celebrities are surrounded by opportunities to stray. Even Donny Osmond.
Tim Tebow on Football and Faith
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:29 -0500
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ABC News? Melinda Arons and Lauren Effron report: Although Denver quarterback Tim Tebow didn?t lead the Broncos to the Super Bowl, he continues to silence his critics over how he plays the game. ?No matter what happens, you?re always going to have those critics and...
Baby Lisa's Mom: 'It's Not a Circus'
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:52:52 -0500
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Missing Missouri 1-year-old baby Lisa Irwin's parents appeared on Dr. Phil today, breaking a nearly three month silence. The normally stoic couple vented their frustrations, and Lisa's mother Deborah Bradley was especially verbal about the misconceptions she believes the public has about her.
Photos: Fallen Marine's Heartbreaking Letter
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:23:10 -0500
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Sgt. William Stacey says 'It was all worth it"
Watch: Britney's First Husband: 'I Was in Love'
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:23:00 -0500
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Jason Alexander, who was married to Britney Spears for 55 hours, remembers.
Watch: Kobayashi Downs 337 Wings
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:33 -0500
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Competitive eating champ Takeru Kobayashi claims $20,000 prize.
Watch: How Much of the Super Bowl Is Made in America?
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:38:54 -0500
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David Muir looks into sourcing behind elements of the big game.
Photos: Willow Smith Shaves Her Head
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:17:54 -0500
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"Whip My Hair" singer has no more hair.
Photos: A Rabbit Gets Acupuncture
Posted: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:24:49 -0500
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A two-faced cat, an elephant who need an eye doctor, a Malayian sun bear with a ten-inch tongue, and other strange cases from the animal kingdom.
Photos: Tug-of-Love: Kids Taken from Immigrant Moms
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:34:07 -0500
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Children taken from immigrant mothers are placed in foster care, adopted.
Photos: Joel Osteen Blessed With 6-Pack
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:30:32 -0500
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Joel Osteen showed off his six-pack on the beach
Photos: Chelsea Handler's Bel Air Mansion
Posted: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:08:48 -0500
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Chelsea Handler reportedly bought a modern mansion in Bel Air, Calif. for $5.9 million in November 2010.
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