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Plenty of Shame
At the very same moment one evening last week I heard my wife shouting at the television the same thing I was at the same time, “what are you doing?” So who where we shouting at? It was Brian Williams of the NBC Nightly News, one of the...
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2 foreign firms among 4 interested in Ind. lottery
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two foreign companies are among four firms competing for a chance to become the Indiana lottery's first private manager. The Indianapolis Star reports (http://indy.st/RxofxH ) the four firms have submitted information to Hoosier...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Scientific Games Corporation, United Kingdom, Lotteries
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Cross country tour rides through Middlebury to honor emergency responders
MIDDLEBURY – A special group of cyclists from the United States and Australia are teaming up to ride across the country in honor first responders, and they're getting help from a local RV company. The Tour of Duty is riding across the U.S. from San...
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Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role. Compared to those conceived...Tags: Medical Research, Birth Defects, In Vitro Fertilization, Cornell University, Health
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Diver killed by shark off southwest Australia
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Police say a man has been killed by a shark while diving with his brother off a beach in southwest Australia. It's the fourth fatal shark attack in Australia since September, all of them off the continent's southwest corner.... -
Man to face Alabama trial in wife's honeymoon diving death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama. An Alabama man who already served prison time...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Justice System, Lawyers, Murder
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Oops! Forklift smashes $1M worth of Australia wine
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — An unsteady forklift dropped a container full of fine Australian wine worth more than $1 million, smashing most of the bottles. The winemaker says he's "gut-wrenched, shocked and numb" after the loss of his flagship...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Murder
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Father: Abandoned Michigan snorkeler unnerved but OK
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The father of a U.S. tourist accidentally left behind by a dive boat company while snorkeling on Australia's Great Barrier Reef says it wasn't the way his son expected to cap off a year down under. Jim Cole said...Tags: Michigan
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'60s counterculture icon 'Bear' Stanley dies in Australian car crash
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — 1960s counterculture icon and once prolific LSD producer Owsley "Bear" Stanley has died in a car crash in his adoptive country of Australia. A police statement said a man in his 70s died Saturday when a car he was...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Psychedelic (genre), LSD, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Alabama man wants charge dismissed in bride's death
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man accused of killing his wife during a honeymoon diving trip in Australia has asked a judge to dismiss murder charges. Gabe Watson's attorneys asked a judge this week to dismiss the charges because they are the...Tags: Alabama, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Justice System
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Jimmy Buffett falls off stage at Australia concert
SYDNEY (AP) — Singer Jimmy Buffett fell off a stage at the end of a concert in Sydney and was rushed to the hospital. Australia's Daily Telegraph reports that audience members saw the 64-year-old fall face first off the stage and hit his head....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sydney (Australia), Jimmy Buffett, Health
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What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months?
NEW YORK (AP) — Susan Maushart lived out every parent's fantasy: She unplugged her teenagers. For six months, she took away the Internet, TV, iPods, mobile phones and video games. The eerie glow of screens stopped lighting up the family room....Tags: Science and Technology, Mass Media, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone
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