30 deaths blamed on tropical storm

Tropical Storm Noel began moving slowly northward from Cuba Wednesday morning after leaving 30 people dead and forcing 25,000 evacuations in the Dominican Republic, government officials said.

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Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse

AT THE MOSUL DAM, Iraq -- The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water..

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Beach house owner 'numb, confused' after fire kills 7 students

The owner of a North Carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said Monday that his family's "lives were just changed forever" by the tragedy.

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Synergy

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display...

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Strike on Iran Would Roil Oil Markets, Experts Say

A U.S. military strike against Iran would have dire consequences in petroleum markets, say a variety of oil industry experts, many of whom think the prospect of pandemonium in those markets makes

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"I'll write a report to cover our ass" - Police make 5 months pregnant ...

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Officials: 22,000-acre fire was set

One of the larger fires in Southern California is a suspected arson, a fire official confirmed Thursday.

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Bhutto Lashes Out Over Probe Of Bombing

ct. 22 -- Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Monday charged that government officials are seeking to obstruct a thorough investigation into last week's devastating suicide attack on her convoy because "some people are being protected."

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Report: Most of $1.2 billion to train Iraqi police unaccounted for

The U.S. State Department is unable to account for most of $1.2 billion in funding that it gave to DynCorp International to train Iraqi police, a government report said Tuesday.

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Louisiana elects first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction

U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.

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U.S. Planners See Shiite Militias as Rising Threat

Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker have concluded that Shiite extremists pose a rising threat to the U.S. effort in Iraq,

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Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs.

"I heard someone say, 'Oh my god, look at those,' " the college senior from New York recalled. "I look up and I'm like, 'What the hell is that?'

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Truck bombs near Sunni tribal leaders kill 18, injure 22

Two suicide truck bombings detonated minutes apart Tuesday morning in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji, killing at least 18 people

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Jury retraces Diana's fatal path

Jurors in a British inquest have begun tracing Princess Diana's last moments before the Paris car crash that killed her 10 years ago.

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Nuclear Power Primed for Comeback

CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. -- Two decades ago, after Duke Energy abandoned its partly built nuclear power reactors here, the site was sold and turned into a movie set.

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Employers Add 110,000 Jobs in September

The United States added 110,000 jobs in September and employment growth was stronger in August than originally thought, according to new government data

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Man kills self in front of City Council after zoning decision

A business owner shot and killed himself during a City Council meeting Thursday night after members voted against his request to rezone his property, witnesses said.

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Romney's record-setting ad strategy appears to pay off

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain are marking "firsts" in their bids for the Republican presidential nomination.

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8 entirely new ideas about love

Forget everything you've been told. Like: Don't be picky; plan dates with your mate to Keep Love Alive; don't even try to change his annoying habits. Wrong, all wrong.

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