 Panel: All adults should get whooping cough shots
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 22.02.2012 18:11  1 views  0 comments
AP - A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough. Read more »
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Ex-mine official charged in fatal W. Virginia blast
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22.02.2012 18:09 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - The former superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion was charged on Wednesday with felony conspiracy for impeding mine safety enforcement efforts before the blast, federal authorities said. Read more »
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Obama helps break ground on black history museum
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22.02.2012 18:08 1 views 0 comments
AP - President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as "not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life" as he marked Wednesday's groundbreaking of the long-sought-after museum on the National Mall. Read more »
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High court torn over law banning lie about medals
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22.02.2012 17:54 1 views 0 comments
 AP - The Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors.
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Geithner: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate
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22.02.2012 17:54 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the current business tax system is bad for business and for job creation and says a plan by President Barack Obama to reduce corporate tax rates would make the tax system more globally competitive.
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NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island mosques
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22.02.2012 17:46 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Americans living and working in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department's effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark was so secretive even the city's mayor says he was kept in the dark.
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Childhood comic collection expected to fetch $2M
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22.02.2012 17:45 1 views 0 comments
 AP - A comic collection that includes a staggering array of some of the most prized issues ever published was headed for auction Wednesday in New York City, where it was expected to fetch more than $2 million.
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High court rules for power company over Mont. dams
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22.02.2012 17:43 1 views 0 comments
AP - The Supreme Court sided with a power company Wednesday in a dispute with Montana over who owns the riverbeds beneath 10 dams sitting on three Montana rivers. Read more »
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Jurors get murder case of ex-Va. lacrosse player
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22.02.2012 17:41 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Less than 90 minutes into their deliberations, jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player had a question for the judge.
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Obama helps break ground on black history museum
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22.02.2012 17:39 1 views 0 comments
AP - President Barack Obama says a new national black history museum will help future generations remember the sometimes difficult, often inspirational role, that African Americans have played in the nation's history. Read more »
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Ex-mine official charged in fatal West Virginia blast
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22.02.2012 17:38 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - The former superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion was charged on Wednesday with felony conspiracy for impeding mine safety enforcement efforts before the blast, U.S. federal authorities said. Read more »
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Wounded vets regain bit of camaraderie in kitchen
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22.02.2012 17:29 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Julio Gerena is in a wheelchair, his long career in the U.S. Navy and Army forever behind him. But the 52-year-old recaptured some of the old military camaraderie while peeling potatoes and chopping cilantro in a crowded kitchen.
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W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud in deadly blast
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22.02.2012 17:20 1 views 0 comments
AP - The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking Massey Energy employee to face criminal prosecution so far over the deadly blast. Read more »
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Ex-director: Local NJ police didn't spy on Muslims
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22.02.2012 17:05 2 views 0 comments
AP - A former police director of New Jersey's largest city says no local officers were used in a spying operation that monitored and catalogued his city's Muslim neighborhoods. Read more »
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Panel: Seniors should get whooping cough shots
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22.02.2012 16:59 2 views 0 comments
AP - A federal advisory panel is recommending that all Americans age 65 and older get vaccinated against whooping cough. Read more »
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NH jury being picked in Rwanda genocide case
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22.02.2012 16:47 2 views 0 comments
AP - Jury selection is under way in federal court in the case of a New Hampshire woman charged with lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Read more »
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Ex-mine official charged in fatal West Virginia blast
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22.02.2012 16:34 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Federal authorities on Wednesday charged the former superintendent of a West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion with felony conspiracy for impeding mine safety enforcement efforts before the blast. Read more »
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NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island mosques
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22.02.2012 16:34 2 views 0 comments
AP - Americans living and working in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department's effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark was so secretive even the city's mayor says he was kept in the dark.
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Asked about NYPD spying in NJ, ex-chief hangs up
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22.02.2012 16:22 4 views 0 comments
AP - A former New Jersey police chief is refusing to comment on his decision to allow the New York Police Department to monitor and catalog his city's Muslim neighborhoods. Read more »
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Jurors get murder case of ex-Va. lacrosse player
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22.02.2012 16:15 4 views 0 comments
AP - Jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player began deliberations Wednesday, deciding whether he battered his ex-girlfriend to death in a drunken, jealous rage or if his intent to simply talk spiraled out of control, leaving her bleeding and dying in her bedroom.
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