Georgia GOP congressman calls Obamas `uppity' (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 20:15
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Democrats are calling on a Republican congressman from Georgia to apologize for referring to Barack and Michelle Obama as "uppity," but the lawmaker stood by his comments and said he meant no offense.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Politics, Republican Party
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Court jails wealthy Indian in hit-and-run case (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 15:30
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The son of a wealthy Indian arms dealer was sentenced Friday to five years in prison after being found guilty of running over and killing six people, including three police officers, with his car more than nine years ago, his attorney said.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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US warship carries aid to Georgian port of Poti (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 14:15
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The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside the key Georgian port of Poti on Friday, bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Georgia
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Official: No Russian military reaction to US ships (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 12:30
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The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia plans no military actions in response to the increased presence of U.S. ships in the Black Sea.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Cheney to meet with Ukrainian president (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 11:45
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Ukraine's push for NATO membership will top the agenda for talks Friday between Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Vice President Dick Cheney -- on a tour of three ex-Soviet republics that are alarmed about Russian assertiveness.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Army: soldier suicide rate may set record again (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 08:45
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Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Prepared remarks of Cindy McCain's address (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 05:45
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Prepared remarks of Cindy McCain, wife of presidential candidate John McCain, to the Republican National Convention on Thursday:Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Bush advised to back modest troop cuts in Iraq (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 04:15
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Top U.S. defense officials have recommended that President George W. Bush withdraw one combat brigade from Iraq but not until early next year, Pentagon sources said on Thursday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Defense, Department of Defense, George W. Bush, US President, White House
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People convicted in the Abramoff investigation (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 04:00
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Lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Biden to vigorously challenge Palin on issues (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 03:30
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Thursday that he will vigorously challenge his Republican counterpart Sarah Palin on the issues, but will refrain from personal attacks.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Duck Stamp error sends callers to sex line (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 02:00
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People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Government
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McCain campaign calls Palin affair 'vicious lie.' (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 00:00
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John McCain's campaign is denying a tabloid report that vice president candidate Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair. "It's a vicious lie," spokesman Steve Schmidt said.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Lieberman risks payback from Senate Democrats (Boston Globe)
Posted 05/09/2008 at 00:00
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Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Boeing workers vote to strike, walkout delayed (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 19:00
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Boeing Co's largest labor union said its members had rejected the plane maker's contract offer and voted to strike, but the union agreed to postpone a walkout for 48 hours to allow more time for negotiations.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Study: No link between measles vaccine and autism (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 17:15
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New research further debunks any link between measles vaccine and autism, work that comes as the nation is experiencing a surge in measles cases fueled by children left unvaccinated.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Neb. man sues prosecutor to get his leg back (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 13:15
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After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Back to school for Chicago public school students (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 12:30
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Public school students who skipped classes to protest unequal education funding were urged to return to their desks Thursday after the boycott was prematurely called off.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Helicopter strikes oil rig off Dubai coast; 7 dead (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 12:30
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Oil companies say a helicopter carrying contractors has crashed into an oil-drilling platform off the coast of Dubai, killing seven people.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Palin plunges into the fray (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 10:45
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ST. PAUL - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, seeking to overcome a turbulent debut, last night introduced herself to the country as a tough-talking small-town "hockey mom" eager to play the traditional running mate's attack role, mocking Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as an ill-prepared politician driven by personal ambition.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Politics, Republican Party
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NKorea informed US it would restore nuke operation (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 08:30
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North Korea told the United States this week it would start restoring its nuclear facilities before it began to move mothballed equipment for reinstatement, a South Korean official said Thursday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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US forces confirm ground assault in Pakistan (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 08:30
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American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known U.S. ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned the attack, saying it killed at least 15 people.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Former Mass. governor Swift supports Palin (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 03:30
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Former Massachusetts acting Gov. Jane Swift is among fellow Republicans defending vice presidential pick Sarah Palin against Democrats' criticism that the Alaska governor is too inexperienced to be president.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Palin once asked what a vice president does (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 03:15
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted John McCain's invitation to be his running mate, but at one time she wasn't certain what a vice president does. Former McCain rivals Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee sung McCain's praises, papering over differences that emerged in the primary. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, a former Democrat, wasn't always as harsh on Barack ...Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Alaska, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney
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McCain cites Palin's energy, mayoral experience (Boston Globe)
Posted 04/09/2008 at 01:30
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John McCain says Sarah Palin is a solid running mate because she's "in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply" as Alaska's governor, she has served as a mayor and the voters in her state have thoroughly evaluated her.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Alaska
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Rare James Bond novels sell at auction for $55,800 (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 21:45
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A set of James Bond novels once owned by the man who may have been the model for agent 007 has sold for $55,800.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Cinema, James Bond
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Vermont Republicans excited about Sarah Palin (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 18:15
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Vermont Republicans are pleased with John McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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IRA still alive but peaceful, experts find (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 17:30
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International experts say the Irish Republican Army is fading away in Northern Ireland and poses no security threat to the British territory.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Google polishes product line with Chrome browser (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 15:15
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The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Technology
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Cat survives 70-mile trip under owner's truck (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 14:30
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A cat survived a 2 1/2-hour trip on a spare tire under her owner's truck. Gil Smith recently drove from his Gilbert home 70 miles away for a business meeting in Kearny. When he got out of the truck, he heard a cat in distress and realized it was his.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Officials: Pakistan PM escapes gunfire on car (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 12:30
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Pakistan's prime minister survived an apparent assassination attempt Wednesday when at least two shots hit his limousine as he drove toward the capital.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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UK consumer confidence held at low in August (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 11:30
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British consumer confidence remained at its lowest level in at least four years in August as the country's economic growth ground to a standstill, Nationwide Building Society said Wednesday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Search continues for remains of missing adventurer (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 11:15
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Friends and admirers leading a 28-member search team for the remains of famed aviator-adventurer Steve Fossett say they are still hopeful despite finding little more than bullet-riddled metal scrap so far.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Campaign money hurts Palin's outsider image (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 08:15
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GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin accepted at least $4,500 in campaign contributions in the same fundraising scheme at the center of a public corruption scandal that led to the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Politics, Republican Party
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Lieberman calls Obama young, untested (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 07:30
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Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party's nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Republicans hail John McCain, assail Barack Obama (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 07:00
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Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night and enthusiastically extolled their own man John McCain as "ready to lead this nation." Delegates at the GOP National Convention rallied behind running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, John McCain, Liberals, Politics, Republican Party
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Corn prices fall on stronger dollar, oil plunge (Boston Globe)
Posted 03/09/2008 at 02:30
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Corn futures fell sharply Tuesday as a stronger dollar and a pullback in oil prices weakened investor demand for commodities.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Another tropical depression forms over Atlantic (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 14:00
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A new tropical depression formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean south of the Cape Verde Islands and was expected to become a tropical storm later on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Hurricanes
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Sri Lankan military says 47 killed in fighting (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 12:45
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Government forces fought fierce battles with ethnic Tamil separatists along Sri Lanka's northern front lines in a wave of fighting that killed 43 rebels and four soldiers, the military said Tuesday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Government, Sri Lanka
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Atlanta panda cub put in incubator for monitoring (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 10:45
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The only panda born at a U.S. zoo so far this year was placed in an incubator on Monday for closer monitoring by zookeepers after visitors flocked to watch mother and child on a live video feed at Zoo Atlanta.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Alcatel-Lucent names new management (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 10:00
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Alcatel - Lucent named its new top management on Tuesday as Philippe Camus, a former key executive at planemaker Airbus's parent EADS , and Ben Verwaayen, the former head of British Telecom .Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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KDB confirms talks with Lehman, Korea bank shares fall (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 10:00
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State-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB) confirmed on Tuesday it was in talks with Lehman Brothers over a possible joint investment in the U.S. bank with other Korean banks, sending local banking shares lower.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Williams sisters set up clash, Nadal tested (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 07:45
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The Williams sisters will hold another family reunion on centre court at the U.S. Open after registering wins on Monday that set up a tiebreaking, sibling clash in the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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GOP convention opens with appeal for Gustav aid (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 07:00
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Republicans, determined to propel John McCain to the White House, opened their storm-shortened national convention on Monday amid distractions involving running mate Sarah Palin. Police made more than 250 arrests in the surrounding streets as anti-war protests turned violent.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Politics, Republican Party
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Singh coasts to Labor Day victory in Boston (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 06:45
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Vijay Singh, helped by three monster putts on the back nine, eased to his third PGA Tour title in five weeks with a commanding five-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Deutsche Bank, Golf, Golf players, Vijay Singh
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Singh coasts to Labor Day victory in Boston (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 06:45
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Vijay Singh, helped by three monster putts on the back nine, eased to his third PGA Tour title in five weeks with a commanding five-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Deutsche Bank, Golf, Golf players, Vijay Singh
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Opposition leader: Canadian PM will call election (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 04:00
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Canada drew closer to an early election Monday following a meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the country's main opposition leader.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Canada
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Police: Body was in car driven by Fla. girl's mom (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 01:30
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Lab tests confirmed a decomposing body had been in the trunk of a car driven by a missing girl's mother, and investigators believe the 3-year-old is dead, the sheriff's office said Monday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Day of stunning Palin disclosures (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 01:30
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In a day of stunning disclosures, John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, said Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter was five months pregnant, and it was revealed an attorney is defending the governor in a probe into the firing of her public safety commissioner.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Gustav no Katrina, but exposes flaws in levees (Boston Globe)
Posted 02/09/2008 at 01:00
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Waves crashed high against flood walls Monday and New Orleans' rebuilt levee system survived its first hurricane in three years, but Gustav exposed weaknesses the Army Corps of Engineers won't plug any time soon.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia (Boston Globe)
Posted 01/09/2008 at 20:30
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Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)
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