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Study: People worldwide living longer, but sicker
LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far...Tags: Family, Measles, Research, Physical Conditions, Tuberculosis
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GM gets new credit lines totaling $11B
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it has received $11 billion in credit lines from 35 financial institutions in 14 countries, boosting its available cash and credit to more than $42 billion. The company wouldn't say specifically what it plans to...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Credit and Debt, Moody's Corporation, Credit Ratings
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Battle re-enactments draw families of veterans
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterST. JOSEPH -- Chase Bartlebaugh is not an advocate for war or peace, but Saturday he joined about 300 to 400 participants at Tiscornia Beach for the re-enactment of the World War II European and Pacific beach landings. "I've been a fan of history...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps
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Notre Dame researchers help find 'God Particle'
WSBT TV Reporter(WATCH! Video shows WSBT-TV Reporter Kelli Stopczynski's pingpong balls/sugar/tray demonstration.) Scientists say they've made a huge discovery that could explain how and why the universe was formed, and researchers at Notre Dame played a role. The big...Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Higgs Boson Search, Applied Physics, Swiss Confederation
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Home sales bump, earnings send stock market higher
NEW YORK (AP) — On a day that brought both good and bad news about the economy, investors chose to see the glass as half-full. U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday, pushed up by a batch of bright earnings reports and encouraging news about home sales....
Tags: Real Estate Sales, Dow Chemical Co., Financial Markets, Money and Monetary Policy, Greece
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After seven decades, Pearl Harbor fresh in vets' minds
The crude oil was already 30 inches deep on Battleship Row by the time 18-year-old Harold Helser arrived on the shore, looking for a way to help. Overhead, Japanese planes continued to drop bombs and strafe with their machine guns, as the Dec. 7, 1941,...Tags: Weaponry, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II (1939-1945)
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Vacant land in Detroit turned into beer garden
DETROIT (AP) — A group of local artists, designers, writers and others has transformed a piece of vacant land in Detroit into a European-style beer garden. The Tashmoo Biergarten will pop up once a week and feature a rotating selection of beer by...Tags: Detroit, Minority Groups, Native Americans
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Amazon buys European movie rental service Lovefilm
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is buying Lovefilm, a European movie rental service akin to Netflix. Lovefilm operates in the U.K., Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Much like Netflix Inc., it is a subscription-based service through which people can...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Television, Rental Service, Arts and Culture, Netflix Inc.
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Usher delays Germany opening due to illness
BERLIN (AP) — Representatives for R&B star Usher say his European tour opening concert in Berlin has been delayed by a day due to illness. Usher apologized to his fans in a press release announcing the decision to push back the kickoff of his...Tags: Texas, Germany, Berlin (Germany)
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Continued slow growth ahead for South Bend, panel says
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - A Business Outlook Panel of economic experts at Indiana University South Bend on Friday predicted sluggish growth in 2012, with a bright-side note that threats of a double-dip recession have receded. “For the last couple of years, it...Tags: Finance, Indiana University, Economy, Business and Finance, Teaching and Learning, Global Expansion
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It Is Serious Now
Now a brief check of news from overseas. In France this has been the driest March through May in 50 years. And the warmest in 110 years. Several European Nations are rapidly preparing emergency plans to conserve water, give farmers millions of dollars...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Water Restrictions, France, Global Change
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Obama: Automakers inspire in face of 'headwinds'
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) -- Distancing himself from new economic sputters, President Barack Obama on Saturday declared that recent "headwinds" were the result of high gasoline prices, Japan's disastrous earthquake and jitters over a European fiscal crisis. He...Tags: Work Relations, Earthquakes, Lamar Alexander, Japan, Labor Markets
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