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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Philosophy, Euthanasia, Tobacco Addiction, University of Pennsylvania, Politics
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5 things to know about the election in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Here are five things to know about Election Day in Michigan: 1. MUST-WIN FOR OBAMA No Republican presidential nominee has won in Michigan since George H.W. Bush in 1988. If Mitt Romney breaks his party's losing streak, it will be...Tags: Dan Benishek, Polls, General Motors Corp., Tea Party Movement, Mitt Romney
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The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.
"I don't think there were any newspaper articles about it or anything...Tags: Galileo Galilei, Conservation, University of Cambridge, Kyoto (Japan), Politics
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No stemming red ink: Federal deficit to hit $1.5T
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from slowing, the government's deficit spending will surge to a record $1.5 trillion flood of red ink this year, congressional budget experts estimated Wednesday, blaming the slow economic recovery and last month's tax-cut law....Tags: Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting, Wages and Pensions, Jimmy Carter, Washington, DC
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Boy Bands Back At Mohegan Sun
The Hartford CourantMohegan Sun presents a lineup of former boy bands on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and 29, and Friday, May 31. New Kids On The Block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men share the bill in this trip down memory lane. Each show begins at 7:30 p.m. NKOTB is...Tags: Shawn Stockman, Band of Brothers (tv program) , Donnie Wahlberg, Drew Lachey, The O'Reilly Factor (tv program)
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The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich
The Baltimore SunThe public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....Tags: Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Dwayne Johnson, Elections, Sandra Day O'Connor
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...Tags: Jerry Brown, Prisons, Democratic Party, Politics, Abusive Behavior
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Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier deck into flight
For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast with its X-47B...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Military Equipment, Air Transportation, Virgin Group, Ltd., Aircraft Carriers
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Drone is catapulted off aircraft carrier in milestone flight test
In a historic feat for the U.S. Navy, a stealthy bat-winged drone was catapulted off an aircraft carrier's flight deck before it soared above the Atlantic and into the blue sky. On Tuesday morning, the X-47B experimental drone was launched from the...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Military Equipment, Aircraft Carriers, Medical Research
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EE.UU. lanza por primera vez con éxito un "drone" desde un portaaviones
La Fuerza Naval estadounidense lanzó hoy por primera vez con éxito desde un portaaviones un avión no tripulado o "drone", que regresó luego a tierra sin problemas, indicó el ejército estadounidense. La prueba se llevó a cabo sobre el portaaviones...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Human Rights, Politics
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: U.S. Congress, George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Labor Legislation
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: Eric Holder, Jimmy Carter, Economy, Business and Finance, George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service
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