Tag: todays
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August 03, 2007 12:34 PM EDT --
Another little bundle of joy for a Little Rock, Arkansas couple. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child into the world on Thursday. A baby girl named Jennifer Danielle. . . . more
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August 01, 2007 11:18 AM EDT --
What they knew about Army Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman's death by friendly fire -- and when they knew it. Two key questions a House panel is asking former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and three retired . . . more
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October 08, 2006 09:07 PM EDT --
America has celebrated Columbus Day as a national holiday since 1937, but it had been celebrated in some form for decades prior by Italian-Americans and other Catholic minorities of the day. It is . . . more
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December 11, 2006 08:23 PM EST --
Today’s Topic: Communicating with Kids Electronically
They say you are really an adult when you can’t believe what “those kids are up to these days.” In a new survey by AP-AOL, . . . more
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April 23, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed Russia to embrace democracy, has died at the age of 76.
The Kremlin has confirmed the death, but . . . more
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March 08, 2007 11:01 AM EST --
Starting in June, Spirit Airlines will start charging for checked luggage and beverages. At the same time, it will also cut fares by up to 40 percent. (“Airline To Charge For Bags, Beverages” . . . more
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October 10, 2006 10:37 PM EDT --
Google announced on Monday its decision to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock ("Google's young partner"). YouTube, founded only 19 months ago, has gained enormous popularity . . . more
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October 09, 2006 09:54 PM EDT --
North Korea announced Sunday that they had conducted an underground nuclear test, drawing condemnation from leaders from Washington to Seoul to Beijing ("Nations condemn NK nuke test"). . . . more
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October 19, 2006 09:56 PM EDT --
For its upcoming November elections, the state of Nevada will vote on a ballot measure that would legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana that could be purchased at shops regulated by the state's . . . more
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March 07, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
This morning it was confirmed that at least two winning lottery tickets were sold in the record-breaking $370 million Mega Millions jackpot yesterday. Though the winners themselves have not been . . . more
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April 10, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
Radio shock-jock Don Imus has been suspended from his program “Imus in the Morning” for two weeks, after comments he made last week led to outcries of racism from several in the media and the . . . more
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March 16, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
Flakes hadn’t even begun to fly along the East Coast, but flights were being canceled by JetBlue. Last month the discount airline was battered by a storm that left thousands of people stranded in . . . more
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October 18, 2006 08:13 PM EDT --
The United Nations General Assembly remains in a stalemate after several rounds of voting to try to pick a nation to fill a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council ("U.S. and Venezuela Battle . . . more
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November 16, 2006 10:31 AM EST --
O.J. Simpson will publish a book on November 30 entitled "If I Did It," in which he describes how he hypothetically would have committed the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman . . . more
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July 31, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
That's what he told President Bush yesterday. According to the White House, Chief Justice Roberts said he was doing fine after having a seizure at his Maine vacation home at . . . more
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October 23, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
With eight days left in the month, October has already become the deadliest month yet in 2006 for U.S. forces in Iraq. Eighty-nine American soldiers have been killed, and 2,300 have died since 2003. . . . more
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October 27, 2006 03:09 AM EDT --
A controversial film portraying a fictional 2007 assassination of President George W. Bush is being released today to limited audiences around the United States ("Kiss of death for 'President'?"). . . . more
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November 20, 2006 12:38 AM EST --
Representative Charles Rangel, the incoming Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said Sunday that he will introduce a measure to activate a military draft when the new Congress convenes . . . more
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October 17, 2006 12:33 AM EDT --
Married couples in America for the first time ever form a minority of households, according to a new American Community Survey released this month by the Census Bureau ("To Be Married Means to Be . . . more
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December 15, 2006 02:00 AM EST --
One man’s execution in Florida on Wednesday has sparked controversy over how the procedure was carried out. (“Executed killer took 34 minutes to die”) Angel Nieves Diaz was executed . . . more
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