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Obama camp presses Clinton on ‘non disclosure’ « (U.S., 47 articles)
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(CNN) - Barack Obama's presidential campaign manager said Wednesday Hillary Clinton's campaign had "waved the white flag" in what he said was a potential fall battleground state. Her comments came amidst a fresh push by her campaign to ensure delegations from both states are seated at the party's summer convention, as negotiations over a resolution seemed to hit roadblocks. Amid talks with the two campaigns, four Michigan Democrats said they were " focusing on the possibility of a state-run primary in early June which would not use any state funding. As final results from the Texas Democratic caucus remain unknown, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign wants signatures from the March 4 contest verified before party conventions are held around the state later this month. In Florida, the state Democratic Party's unprecedented plan to conduct a do-over presidential primary by mail sustained several potentially fatal blows Thursday, leaving state party leaders all but out of alternatives. To go forward, any plan would require the approval of the two campaigns, the Democratic National Committee, state party leaders and Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who is backing Clinton.
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McCain in Baghdad; 8th Iraq Trip (U.S., 14 articles)
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WASHINGTON Sen. John McCain is well-known for scorching denunciations of Democrats, who he says would raise the "white flag of surrender" by cutting off funds for U.S. troops in Iraq. " All American leaders - and people - know what is going on in Iraq said Hassan Suneid, a member of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa Party on Sunday. Mr McCain - set to be the Republican's presidential candidate in November - will meet with US and Iraqi officials during his trip.
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Path of political footprints leads Paterson to Albany (U.S., 11 articles)
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David Paterson's inauguration Monday as New York's governor will bring a sigh of relief from many of the state Capitol's regulars. The Capitol was turned upside down by scandal, with state government reportedly at standstill as a result of rumors, innuendo and chaos. New Yorkers don't want a governor who runs the state through threats and intimidation, who puts politics and partisanship ahead of policy.
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Storm Rips Holes in Georgia Dome (U.S., 14 articles)
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ATLANTA - Tens of thousands of basketball fans at two arenas were perfectly safe, officials insisted Saturday, even though the crowds apparently weren't warned about an approaching tornado, one that would damage skyscrapers and injure dozens. About 18,000 people were watching the Southeastern Conference men's tournament Friday night at the Georgia Dome when its fabric roof began rippling, the catwalks above the court started swaying and chunks of insulation rained onto the players. No fatalities had been reported by Saturday morning, but crews were combing through a loft complex in the southeastern part of the city where officials said four floors had collapsed, making search and rescue operations difficult and dangerous.
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Police tease missing days out of Shannon Matthews (U.S., 18 articles)
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At dawn, news crews and photographers gathered outside the empty family home anticipating the joyous return of the nine-year-old's mother , Karen Matthews, along with the missing girl's brothers and sisters. Nine-year-old Shannon Matthews, who was rescued after going missing for three weeks, is "starting on the road to recovery", police have said. Last night the joy of her close family and friends was already tinged with an anger that the man suspected of being responsible for the nine-year-old's abduction was one of their own.
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Redskins' Run Brings Joy to Taylor's Father (U.S., 8 articles)
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Taylor's relative, who asked not to be named, said family members were briefed by a detective in the case early Friday. Statistics, however, only told part of the story of Taylor's improvement from his first three seasons and his positive impact on the Redskins' defense this season. Starting with his rookie season in 2004, Taylor quickly established a well-deserved reputation as one of the biggest hitters in the game.
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Troubled Smithsonian Institution picks Ga. Tech president Clough as new leader (U.S., 20 articles)
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The federal investigation into the tribal art collection of Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small started with a telephone call in November 2000 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service saying that published pictures of the artifacts showed feathers from endangered species. Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence M. Small defended the Smithsonian's television development deal with CBS/Showtime Networks yesterday, saying the agreement was not reached in secret and that restrictions in the contract would affect only a very small number of filmmakers. A federal board ordered the Smithsonian Institution yesterday to reinstate a whistle-blower who was fired in retaliation for reporting that ranking officials of the National Air and Space Museum had misused the institution's world-class aeronautical restoration facility in Maryland for personal projects.
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House approves $3 trillion budget plan favoring domestic programs over tax cuts (U.S., 9 articles)
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About half of the state legislatures nationwide are scrambling to plug gaps in their budgets, shot through by rapid declines in corporate and sales tax revenue, distressed housing markets and a national economy on the verge of a recession. Republicans are accusing Democrats of perpetrating a massive tax increase by failing to extend Bush's tax cuts, which are set to expire in 2010. Democrats hammer the GOP for what they call irresponsible tax cuts for the wealthy that they blame for ballooning the deficit, and blast the Republican plan for huge reductions in social programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
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At least 2 killed as crane collapses onto row of New York apartment buildings (U.S., 16 articles)
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Officials said that about 250 cranes were now in operation in the five boroughs, a telling sign of the city's building boom. Rescuers dug through debris Sunday for three people still missing in the rubble and wreckage left when a construction crane toppled like a tree across a city block and killed at least four construction workers. In the same building , Maryann Krajacic, 54, fainted after watching the crane fly by and smash into a nearby building, and seeing two workers dangling from a pole high atop the unfinished building where the crane had been.
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Additional testing required in possible equine virus case - (U.S., 4 articles)
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The removal of restrictions yesterday morning, after a Department of Agriculture veterinarian took temperatures of Bailes' 19 horses and found nothing out of the ordinary, was something of a surprise. On Thursday afternoon, Bailes had been told his suspect horse was being retested and those results would not be known until yesterday afternoon. But while Maryland officials were gathering the samples, the lab was doing more tests on the original nasal swab and determined that there was no sign of the neurological form of the virus.
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A reverse mortgage requires sound advice - (U.S., 9 articles)
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Northern Rock faces being shrunk to half its present size, with big job losses, under plans drawn up to satisfy European Union competition rules, The Times was told last night. Traditional borrowers - meaning those with good credit, not too much debt and enough equity in the home - are in the driver's seat right now. "You can find yourself in a situation where mortgage lenders or brokers are climbing over each other" to get your business, says Frank E. Nothaft
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Parents, staff rush to raise $315,000 to save Mesquite school (U.S., 5 articles)
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In spite of its successes, the Stamford School District board has decided to close the K-5 school in the fall and probably send its students to the Environmental Magnet School, a new interdistrict K-8 facility that will open soon. The decision to close the Toquam school, which has angered and saddened parents here, is part of a broader strategy by the district to cope with budget cuts and declining enrollments across the city. Because 25 percent of the students at the new school will come from out of the district, the state will provide 90 percent of its funding.
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Schools plan to trim teachers, increase fees (U.S., 4 articles)
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Pay raises for teachers, increases in gas and heating oil prices, and a continued rise in special education costs have led Framingham's School Committee to ask for a budget of $92.1 million for the next fiscal year. That's 11 percent above this year's budget for the school system, and $9.2 million more than the town's fiscal officials recommended. The good news: Wellesley will apparently not need a property-tax increase to close the gap between its projected expenses and revenues next fiscal year.
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After Cambridge fire, aim is to save a battered facade - (U.S., 4 articles)
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Early in the afternoon, five ladder trucks nearly surrounded the storefront buildings, dousing the roofs as flames roared into the sky, threatening adjacent structures. The fire was declared under control at 4:30 p.m. Deputy State Fire Marshal Joe Curolo estimated the damage at at least $1 million. As civilians began calling 911 operators, a police officer on foot patrol also reported the fire, said Lt. Wayne Bromwell
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New terminal opens at London's Heathrow airport; will ease overcrowding, baggage woes (U.S., 8 articles)
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The Civil Aviation Authority, the economic regulator for the three leading London airports, is urging reform of the system for setting price controls at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted to put the interests of passengers first. A committee of MPs has called for the break-up of airport operator BAA, saying that its dominance has proved stifling for competition. BAA, owned by the Spanish company Ferrovial, runs London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton.
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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time AP « (U.S., 7 articles)
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Huckabee's rise from dark horse to contender in Iowa is one more unexpected twist in a race that has remained fluid throughout the year and adds another unpredictable element to the competition for the GOP nomination. Romney outperforms Huckabee and other Republicans on key attributes, with two notable exceptions perceptions of which candidate best understands people's problems and which candidate is the most honest and trustworthy. Huckabee himself preaches a gospel of populism that rejects conservative orthodoxy on trade, the value of government and the beneficence of Wall Street.
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S&P: Maintenance woes shouldn't hurt Southwest Airlines' financial position (U.S., 7 articles)
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The groundings affected about 8 percent of Southwest's fleet, and came as the airline faces a $10.2 million civil penalty for continuing to fly nearly 50 planes that hadn't been inspected for cracks in their fuselages. When Southwest, which has a hub in Baltimore, learned of the FAA's concerns about the alleged inspections problem, the airline opened an internal review of its maintenance procedures. Southwest incident exposed flaws with approach that relies on airlines, critics say 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, March 16, 2008.
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President Bush acknowledges weakness in U.S. economy (U.S., 11 articles)
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The White House said on Saturday Bush will meet members of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, and a spokeswoman said Bush will get a status report on the markets. The economy has become increasingly important in the U.S. presidential campaign, surpassing the Iraq war as the top concern of voters heading into the November election. A protracted downturn could bode ill for presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, whom Democrats have been trying to taint with allegiance to polices of fellow Republican Bush.
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Send news tip to FOXNews.com (U.S., 11 articles)
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Washington Post White House reporter Peter Baker was online Wednesday, March 12 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the latest news in politics. Get the latest campaign news live on s The Trail, or subscribe to the daily Post Politics Podcast. Richard Sharpstein, Taylor's former attorney and family friend, was online Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 2 p.m. ET to talk about the investigation and the life of Sean Taylor.
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Hong Kong closes primary schools after flu outbreak (U.S., 6 articles)
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China's Ministry of Agriculture notified the administration that the birds tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, marking the county's fifth outbreak among poultry this year, Hong Kong's Food and Health Bureau said in a statement. The Ministry of Agriculture also said on its website that last week's outbreak in Guangzhou killed 114 poultry and resulted in the slaughter of 518 more birds. HONG KONG- Chinese officials have confirmed that bird flu was to blame for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Hong Kong's health bureau Sunday.
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Caribbean search results on washingtonpost.com (U.S., 6 articles)
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This is causing not only a massive increase in food prices in this country, but is having a ripple effect around the world. We have to start accessing the trillions of barrels of crude oil available in this country and stop burning our food. Don't like that? Then maybe we need to start reopening nuclear power plants, and start building new ones to create a truly environmentally friendly fuel - hydrogen.
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McCartney, Mills await Monday divorce decision (U.S., 5 articles)
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Hearings at London's High Court were held behind closed doors, and details of the settlement were not expected to be made public unless the case went to appeal. A statement released by the Judicial Communications Office last month surprised some observers by saying Mr Justice Bennet could make his judgment public "in whole or in part". Brian Tart, president and publisher of the Penguin imprint Dutton, told the Associated Press that a key factor was the coming Web seminars featuring Winfrey and Tolle, to be held for 10 consecutive Mondays starting March 3.
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Cameron in 'family friendly' push (U.S., 5 articles)
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After a week in which television cameras were allowed in the Cameron home, the Conservative leader pushed his family friendly credentials in a speech to the Conservative spring forum in Gateshead. New policies - more flexible parental leave and more health visitors - are not, in the words of one delegate "wildly exciting" but are thought here to be a good thing. The government has also pledged to ensure SureStart family centres in deprived areas are given two outreach workers, to encourage families to use their services.
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New York Times (U.S., 4 articles)
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The nine justices of the highest court in the land will meet Tuesday to hear arguments on who the Founders Fathers intended when they called for the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms: a well regulated militia or all individuals. Tuesday's arguments in front of the Supreme Court - the focal point for gun rights advocates and foes alike - will be the first significant Second Amendment case in front of the high court since 1939. Supporters and opponents are equally excited and concerned by the prospect of what the court's ruling -expected by June - could mean for individuals seeking clearer laws on the right to bear arms.
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Derby winner to be memorialized outside gate of Churchill Downs - (U.S., 9 articles)
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While trainer Michael Matz and jockey Edgar Prado attended to Barbaro, Bernardini, a lightly raced bay with royal bloodlines, stormed to a 5 1/4 -length victory ahead of Sweetnorthernsaint. Other parts of the record crowd of 118,402, those on the west end of the track, had not seen what happened to Barbaro, and they cheered Bernardini's victory. To the 500-plus people who showed up yesterday at the Delaware Park Race Track and Casino, Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, was more than a racehorse.
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When Girls Will Be Boys (U.S., 4 articles)
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While still a rarity, young women who become men in college, also known as transmen or transmales, have grown in number over the last 10 years. According to Brett-Genny Janiczek Beemyn, director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who has studied trans students on college campuses, adults who wished to transition historically did so in middle age. And some of these parents, under a doctor's supervision, have even begun to administer hormone blockers to prevent the arrival of secondary sex characteristics until a "gender variant" child is old enough to make permanent choices.
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Obama’s church lashes out at media for ‘character assassination’ « (U.S., 4 articles)
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(CNN) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's former church sharply criticized the media Sunday for recent coverage of his past controversial sermons, saying in a statement that Wright's " character is being assassinated in the public sphere. " It is an indictment on Dr. Wright's ministerial legacy to present his global ministry within a 15- or 30-second sound bite the Rev. Otis Moss III, the current pastor of the church said in the statement. " The African American Church was born out of the crucible of slavery and the legacy of prophetic African American preachers since slavery has been and continues to heal broken marginalized victims of social and economic injustices Moss also said.
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Toasting Life With a Good Glass of Wine (U.S., 4 articles)
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He is one of dozens of people making wine at the Harford Vineyard wine making facility, the first of its kind in the county, said owner Kevin Mooney. Opened last May, the facility is on the grounds of the vineyard, planted by Mooney in 2003 on a 20-acre parcel in the Piedmont region of Harford County. He helped negotiate an accord that opened the European market to U.S. wines, stabilized the wine trade and allowed U.S. exports to rise.
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"I got involved at Harford Glen because I felt the... (U.S., 4 articles)
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Council member Richard C. Slutzky will make a presentation regarding high school reform at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Board of Education meeting at the Harford County Public Schools A. A. Roberty Building at 102 S. Hickory Ave., Bel Air. Several parents have criticized the methods of evaluating the school reform plan, which implemented longer class periods, required students to choose a career cluster and take a fourth math credit. The Sexual Assault/Spouse Abuse Resource Center Inc. will hold a SARC Helper training class for individuals who are interested in being a volunteer for the office and special projects.
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Fund seeks to help poor Irish in the UK (U.S., 8 articles)
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The elderly Irish residents of Arlington House hostel in Camden Town, north London, will today do their best to celebrate St Patrick's day with a fiddle band and traditional Irish food. What began on Good Friday in 1916 ended on Good Friday a decade ago, when parties to the oldest war agreed to adopt " exclusively peaceful and democratic means. Eddie O'Sullivan's reign as Ireland coach is expected to come to an end when Irish rugby bosses meet to review a dismal RBS Six Nations campaign.
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Study finds further evidence that glaciers are melting faster (U.S., 4 articles)
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QUELCCAYA GLACIER, Peru In the thin, cold air here atop the Andes mountains, the blue ice that has claimed these peaks for thousands of years and loyally fed the streams below is now disappearing rapidly. Mountain glaciers such as this are in retreat around the Earth, taking with them vast stores of water that grow crops, generate electricity and sustain cities and rural areas. If there is no water, this land becomes a desert said Benedicto Loayza, a 52-year-old farmer, standing under pear trees fed by channels dug on the mountain centuries ago to collect runoff.
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Washington, D.C., gun law (U.S., 7 articles)
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Former U.S. deputy attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. said that weakening the gun law " opens the door to more people having more access to guns and putting guns on the streets. Some scholars said that a D.C. loss in the high court could create a stronger precedent against strict gun laws. WASHINGTON For more than 30 years, the District of Columbia has had the nation's strictest gun-control law a ban on having handguns at home for self-defense.
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Golf club lease a moving target for town officials (U.S., 7 articles)
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Expanding the business to include two PGA Class A golf professionals was the idea of Max Shevitz, who bought Clubgolf when Rose left the area to start the Titleist Performance Institute in California, now considered the mothership of golf training facilities. A native of the Washington metropolitan area and a Graduate from the University of Maryland with a Bachelors in Physical Education, Abood's childhood days included many rounds of golf. A heated debate over the 58 acres of town-owned land being used by the private Needham Golf Club has reached a critical stage.
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New York City News (U.S., 6 articles)
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DEMS ' RACE MESS There was Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at midweek, trying to apologize for the latest race-and-gender dust-up in the Democratic presidential race. In fact, history unfolds itself before your eyes as this historic place recreates itself overnight... more FRANKFURT BEST decade ever? Easy. The Vatican, after 1,500 years, has decided to add another seven deadly sins to the list Vatican Unveils More Sins March 11).
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Ripken would be perfect prescription to revive O's - (U.S., 5 articles)
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The Harford County community owes $6.7 million in stadium-related debt, and millions in interest, on a payment schedule stretching to 2022. The city's stadium fund has posted operating losses that total more than $1 million since 2001, forcing Aberdeen to dip into its treasury. " People who come to the games don't realize what we 're dealing with said Betsy Campion from her seat behind home plate during the June 19 home opener.
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Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican (U.S., 5 articles)
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Though relatively small, Bowdoin's collection numbers around 15,000 objects, yet it has a broad reach, representing cultures of the ancient Mediterranean to the present. The museum also has an extensive archive of memorabilia: photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, paint brushes, and palates from Winslow Homer's studio donated by his family in the 1960s. Smith College Museum of Art s $35 million renovation five years ago ensured that art was at every turn - even the restrooms, which are permanent installations that are part of the Northampton museum's collections.
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Alonso to cut central school staff - (U.S., 5 articles)
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The proposed budget that Baltimore schools chief Andres Alonso will present to the Board of Education tonight would cut $110 million from the central office, redistributing $70 million to schools and using $40 million to help close a budget shortfall. More than 300 central office jobs would be eliminated under the proposal, cutting the number of full-time positions at system headquarters from 1,531 to 1,222, according to a draft copy of Alonso's board presentation. Alonso has said that administrators with a background in instruction would have the opportunity to be transferred back to schools as teachers or principals, likely taking a pay cut.
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Valentine's Day Disillusionment (U.S., 5 articles)
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The prevailing custom in elementary school these days seems to be that a child must must bring a Valentine's Day card for each and every other student in her classroom (plus the teacher). Any suggestions? Chiefly this one: Do not, repeat not, cast your little girls in the role of Valentine's Day spoilers. Will Miss Manners please comment on the appropriateness or lack therof? Miss Manners didn't even care for the traditional formal announcement, which stated that the parents were honored (or rather, honoured) to make the announcement.
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Bill Would Double Cap on H-1B Visas (U.S., 4 articles)
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The toughest sell was the position of Gates, and others in high-tech industries, that Congress raise the current cap of 65,000 H-1B visas, nonimmigrant visas that allow employers to hire foreign nationals with specific skills. The problem is national, but its impact is particularly strong on the Eastern Shore, where the seasonal nature of many businesses complicates hiring. The Innovation Employment Act, introduced by Representative Gabrielle Giffords late Thursday, would increase the cap in H-1B visas from 65,000 a year to 130,000 a year.
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After falling so far, coming back can be a long, hard climb - (U.S., 4 articles)
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TWO MONTHS and two days have passed since the first profiles of men and women caught up in Baltimore's drug life and eager to get out of it appeared in this space. The contact count is up around 150 now, and today's column is an update on where the many hours of conversations with present and former dealers and addicts (or their mothers and grandmothers) have led. About a third of them were referred to the few but effective job-training and job-placement programs that serve recovering addicts, ex-offenders and women moving from welfare to work.
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Clemens belongs next to Bonds in hall of shame - (U.S., 4 articles)
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Sutcliffe diagnosed with cancer Barrett's over the hit parade Billy Crystal as a Yankee: one foul, 3 strikes, a lotta laughs 4 ejected in Yanks-Rays fracas. Aside from Marquis, not much grumbling much rumbling Back, back, back... Marlins give ex-batboy Maybin his turn at bat Twins count on New Delmon ' Federal judge to Bonds prosecutors: Try again. In the middle of the Roger Clemens furor, somebody sent me an e-mail message over the transom about Clemens and a young man who died on 9/11.
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Las Vegas dining: From expensive to cheap, here's where to eat (U.S., 4 articles)
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So you emerged from the casinos unscathed, and now you 're hungry and willing to spend roughly the equivalent of a date-night dinner out at home. Mid-level dining anywhere, including Vegas, can be thorny: The line between a memorable meal and a mediocre one is often tenuous. These three restaurants, including one on the high end of mid-priced dining and one on the lower end, definitely skew toward memorable.
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Sounding Off: It's about time (U.S., 4 articles)
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I 'd prefer to fall back every year, without springing forward, until this crazy world adjusts to my night owl circadian rhythms. It is enough to have to keep track of so many different time zones around the world, without having to figure out who has switched to summer hours and who hasn't. In fact, the U.S. should have only two time zones, eastern and western, divided at the center of the nation and forget the annual adjustments.
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House OKs bill defying Bush on eavesdropping (U.S., 4 articles)
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Improvements in U.S. traveler screening and border security have shifted the focus of al-Qaeda operatives and sympathizers to Europe, which is perceived as a more open target, Chertoff told a group of Washington Post editors. In a speech commemorating the anniversary, Bush renewed his lobbying for a bill that would provide immunity from lawsuits to telecommunications companies that turned over information on their customers to the federal government after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Consider last Thursday's performance, as the House debated a sound bill that closes some technology gaps in the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and gives government agencies new flexibility to eavesdrop, but preserves constitutional protections against unreasonable searches.
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Germany to raise pensions benefits for 20m (U.S., 4 articles)
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In 2006, the most recent period with comparable data, the average state reported pension assets of $8.10 for every $10 in expected liabilities. Paperwork is tossed and memories fade, so workers and retirees may not know what happened to the benefits promised long ago. The government said the rise would be almost entirely financed from the reserves accumulated by state pension funds since the start of the economic recovery two years ago.
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Credit Card Crash-Test (U.S., 4 articles)
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The inquiry is part of Cuomo's probe into colleges' ties to providers of food, books and financial services, says Benjamin Lawsky, special assistant to Cuomo. The number of travellers falling victim to credit-card fraud has soared in the past year, with the fraudulent use of UK-registered cards overseas leaping by 77%. Overseas losses from credit-and debit-card fraud totalled $208m in 2007, according to the credit-card industry's trade body, Apacs, which says that criminal activity is highest in those countries that have yet to adopt chip-and-pin technology.
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The Seattle Times: China, US Probe Heparin Blood Thinner (U.S., 4 articles)
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The Food and Drug Administration disclosed the move yesterday, the latest step in its widening investigation of hundreds of allergic-type reactions linked to Baxter International's heparin injections. The FDA found the contaminant in 20 of 28 samples of raw heparin the agency tested from Baxter's main supplier, a Chinese factory owned by Wisconsin-based Scientific Protein Laboratories. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that all heparin products being imported into the United States would be stopped and tested for a possibly dangerous contaminant.
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I was naive but I wasn’t negligent, says Fiona MacKeown (U.S., 4 articles)
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Samsung D'Souza, 29, was arrested Sunday night and accused of raping Scarlett Keeling hours before her partially clothed and bruised body was found the morning Feb. 18, senior police official Bosco George said. D'Souza has not been charged in Keeling's death, though one official said that he could face additional charges later. Keeling had been seen at around 4 a.m. at a bar with a group of Indian men, one of whom was identified as D'Souza.
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Spears hospital 'to punish staff' (U.S., 4 articles)
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UCLA Medical Center will fire some employees and discipline others for snooping at the confidential medical records of Britney Spears, who was hospitalized in its psychiatric ward, a hospital official told The Associated Press. Jeri Simpson, the hospital's director of human resources who was involved in the investigations of the confidentiality breach, confirmed the action but could not say how many employees were affected. Such snooping is a violation of state and federal medical privacy laws and the state Department of Public Health had opened an investigation of the hospital, the newspaper reported.
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In Today's Culture, Do You See Evidence of a War on Christianity? (U.S., 4 articles)
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The world ignores the murder or oppression of Christians in countries like Saudi Arabia or Indonesia yet thinks the violence over cartoons of Islam to be acceptable and justifiable. The world sees Jesus as the one who was wrong? Trisha Marsh Johnson, Athens, Ga. There is no war against Christianity. The fundamentalists of Christianity are waging a war (crusade) against those who disagree with their archaic set of social mores.
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Report: Spitzer Call Girl Identified (U.S., 4 articles)
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The New York Times reported that the real name of the woman und identified as "Kristen" in court papers alleging that Spitzer paid thousands of dollars for her services und is Ashley Alexandra Dupre. Dupre briefly spoke to the Times about the Spitzer scandal but didn't offer details on her involvement in it. NEW YORK - The lawyer for the call girl linked to the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer lashed out at the media on Friday for thrusting the 22-year-old woman into the "public glare" without her consent and publishing revealing photos.
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