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UPDATE 9-Tornadoes, storms rip US South, at least 295 dead
29/04/2011 09:56
Tornadoes and violent storms ripped through seven Southern states, killing at least 295 people and causing billions of dollars of damage in some of the deadliest twisters in U.S. history. President Barack Obama described the loss of life as "heartbreaking" and called the damage to homes and...
Armadillos, people and leprosy: There's history here
28/04/2011 10:02
Researchers at the National Hansen's Disease Program in Baton Rouge, La. -- a federal government program that studies leprosy and treats 3,600 Americans with the disease -- announced Wednesday that they had figured out the source of some mysterious cases of the illness in the Southern United...
Bernanke Says Fed to Keep Stimulus, Further Easing Unlikely
28/04/2011 09:56
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled the Fed will maintain its record monetary stimulus after ending large-scale bond purchases in June, while the need to contain inflation means further easing is unlikely. “It’s not clear that we can get substantial improvements in payrolls without...
Judge's Proposition 8 Ruling Contested .
26/04/2011 11:26
Supporters of California's Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, filed a motion Monday seeking to reinstate the law because the judge who overturned the ban recently disclosed he is gay and in a relationship. In a brief filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, lawyers for a group defending...
Another Competitor Falls on Dancing with the Stars
26/04/2011 11:21
Three weeks ago, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Kirstie Alley hit the ballroom floor. Read on to find out if history repeated itself or if another pair had a similar fate. This time perennial leaders Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff suffered the mishap when Smirnoff tripped over Macchio and fell during...
'Melo Can't Carry Knicks to Victory .
25/04/2011 14:29
For one half, Carmelo Anthony did his best Game 2 impression. The Knicks star did everything he could to keep his on-the-brink team alive. He hit long-distance threes, played a little point guard and did his part in rebounding the basketball, just as he did in his 42-point, 17-rebound performance...
"Die Walküre" at the Metropolitan Opera
25/04/2011 14:23
Battles that cause seismic shifts in the balance of power between men and gods and change the world forever form the nucleus of Richard Wagner’s epic four-opera “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” In “Die Walküre” (“The Valkyrie”)—the second installment of the “Ring Cycle”—we begin to see the conflicts...
CDC Study: Bullying Begins at Home
23/04/2011 11:15
The CDC teamed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to look at data gathered across a state that has been thrust into the bullying spotlight, and a state that responded with one of the more strict anti-bullying laws nationwide. Both 15-year-old Phoebe Prince of South Hadley in 2010...
Man now called 'possible suspect' in mall bomb investigation
23/04/2011 11:04
In the photo, the middle-aged man is seated and leaning back, the pose and a couple bags next to him suggesting he's catching his after breath after a rigorous round of shopping. But investigators said Friday they consider the man as potentially involved in something sinister -- the planting of a...
Prayers test Syria's Assad's response to protests
22/04/2011 10:31
The Syrian army deployed overnight in the flashpoint city of Homs, witnesses said, ahead of Friday prayers that have been marked by intensifying protests in the last five weeks against authoritarian rule. The prayers will test whether President Bashar al-Assad's decision Thursday to lift emergency...
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