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Young Americans waste no time qualifying for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bump Day at Indianapolis followed the script. No surprises, no drama and no drivers getting bumped. On a day devoid of tension and rumors, all nine drivers who made attempts on the second and final day of Indianapolis 500...Tags: Services and Shopping, Juan Pablo Montoya, Vehicles, Swiss Confederation, Marco Andretti
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Diana, Princess of Wales, U.S. Congress, U.S. Army, Harry of Wales, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Prince William and Kate expecting first baby
LONDON (AP) — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting their first child. St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton —...
Tags: Diana, Princess of Wales, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), Religion and Belief, Morning Sickness, Malaysia
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Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle in Britain
LONDON (AP) — Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers have been caught up in their own lengthy, embarrassing and expensive phone-hacking...Tags: Journalism, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, News of the World, Abusive Behavior
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Activist girl's dad vows she'll return to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The father of a 15-year-old Pakistani activist girl who was shot and wounded by a Taliban gunman vowed Thursday that she would return home after finishing medical treatment abroad despite new insurgent threats against her. Since...
Tags: Shootings, Head Injuries, Hospitals and Clinics, Pakistan, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The first abortion clinic on the island of Ireland opened Thursday in downtown Belfast, unleashing angry protests on the street and uniting Catholic and Protestant politicians in calls to investigate the new...
Tags: Social Issues, Republic of Ireland, Hospitals and Clinics, Religion and Belief, Abortion Issue
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TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children
LONDON (AP) — For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television — an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children's shows and a tireless charity fundraiser. When he died last year at 84 — by then knighted as Sir Jimmy...Tags: Social Issues, Sex Pistols (music group), Jerry Sandusky, England, Documentary (genre)
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Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding
CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks....Tags: Libya, Politics, Thailand, Malaysia, Dick Cheney
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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: Scientific Games Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Australia, Lifestyle and Leisure
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British police deploy in force after lion sighting
LONDON (AP) — Outside the idyllic English village of St. Osyth, police are hunting a lion. A small army of officers and tranquilizer-toting zoo experts, along with a pair of heat-seeking helicopters, are spending their Monday combing the woods,...Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, England, Cornwall
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Olympic track and field: Uceny, Huddle take shot at history
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentIt took Morgan Uceny 27 years to get to this point. Funny, then, that it will all be over in about four minutes. The intense training, the sacrifices, the career plans put on hold, it all comes to a head at 3:55 p.m. this afternoon when the self-...Tags: Slovakia, Television Industry, Television Stations, Awards and Prizes, Molly Huddle
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'Family Feud' TV host Richard Dawson dies at 79
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s TV comedy "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has...Tags: Television Industry, CBS Corp., Satellite and Cable Service, GSN (tv network), Marilyn Monroe
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