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Quake strikes northern Japan; tsunami advisories issued
There were no immediate reports of damage after northern Japan was hit by an earthquake which the Japan Meteorological Agency said had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8.
The epicenter of the quake was in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northern Japan,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Pacific Ocean, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Earthquakes
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For car buyers, it's harder to end up with a lemon
TOM KRISHER,AP Auto WritersDETROIT (AP) — Car shoppers today are less likely to end up with a lemon. In the past five years, global competition has forced automakers to improve the quality and reliability of their vehicles — everything from inexpensive mini-cars to...Tags: Vehicles, Corporate Performance, Prices, Nissan, SUVs and Crossovers
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Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011
NEW YORK (AP) — The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S....Tags: Terrorism, Barack Obama, European Union, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Niles veteran recalls Japan's surprise attack 70 years later
BUCHANAN — Certainly, Earl “Judd’’ Walls knows what transpired 70 years ago at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The problem, he says, is that few others do. “I think most of them have (forgotten),’’ he said Wednesday, in...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American Legion, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: World War II (1939-1945), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Weaponry, Germany, Human Interest
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Questions swirl around $6 billion nuclear lab
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — At Los Alamos National Laboratory, officials are moving forward with final design and initial construction plans for a new $6 billion nuclear lab. But questions continue to swirl about exactly what kind of nuclear and plutonium...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Defense Equipment, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Mich. man not found in search of mountain shelters
PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — The family of a western Michigan man missing on Japan's Mount Fuji doubts he'll be found alive. Writing on Facebook, Matt Johnson's family says "there is no longer any hope of a miracle" because of two weeks of below-zero...Tags: Eaton Corporation, Matt Johnson, Facebook
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Obesity or stem cell research could win Nobel
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists who unlocked mysteries linked to obesity or a professor who figured out how to make stem cells without human embryos are among potential candidates for the 2011 Nobel Prize in medicine. Canadian-born Douglas...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Weight, Agricultural Research and Technology, Obesity, Awards and Prizes
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Sony recalls 1.6 million LCD TVs worldwide
TOKYO (AP) — Sony Corp. says it is recalling 1.6 million LCD televisions globally because of a defect that can trigger overheating, smoke and melting parts.
Sony says has received 11 such reports in Japan, though none involved injuries or damage...Tags: Sony Corp., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Area Honda dealers hit again
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterWere it not for an earthquake and tsunami in Japan, what could have been a great year has been an OK year in new car sales for area Honda dealers. And this week, they got hit again. Honda announced Monday that parts shortages from three months of...Tags: Natural Disasters, Vehicles, Disasters, Honda, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Thousands gathering in Honolulu to float lanterns
HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands are gathering at a Honolulu beach to float candlelit lanterns on the ocean to remember loved ones and pay tribute to ancestors.
The annual Memorial Day ceremony is organized by the Japanese Buddhist sect Shinnyo-en. Now...Tags: Natural Disasters, Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents, Disasters, Memorial Day
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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: Unions, Barack Obama, Ohio, Tennessee, Work Relations
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