Indonesia Remembers Young Obama
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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Sahil Saeed Kidnapping: British Boy Found
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
ISLAMABAD — Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents’ house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said.
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Sahil Saeed Kidnapping: British Boy Found
Andre Agassi Feels ‘Sick About’ Pete Sampras Feud
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Andre Agassi feels “sick about” his public feud with longtime rival Pete Sampras at a charity event over the weekend. The tennis star tells ESPN’s Rick Reilly that “it was out of line” and “inappropriate.” Agassi says he has texted Sampras to ask if he can apologize in person, but has yet to hear back from his opponent. On Saturday, the two clashed at a fundraiser for the American Red Cross efforts in Haiti.
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Andre Agassi Feels ‘Sick About’ Pete Sampras Feud
Private Spies: DOD Investigating Use Of Contractors To Track, Kill Militants
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
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World Trade Center Responder Settlement: Up To $657 Million Deal For Sick Ground Zero Workers
Friday, March 12th, 2010
NEW YORK — A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair. Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the proposal “fair and reasonable,” a sentiment echoed by one of the negotiators of the deal that was announced Thursday night after years of fighting in court. The settlement agreed upon by lawyers representing the city, construction companies and the workers was announced by WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept.
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World Trade Center Responder Settlement: Up To $657 Million Deal For Sick Ground Zero Workers
John Ensign Emails: Senator Sought Lobbying Work For Doug Hampton, NYT Reports
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
WASHINGTON — E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign’s efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress and could add to his legal problems, The New York Times reported. Ensign, R-Nev., suggested that a Las Vegas development firm hire the husband, Douglas Hampton, after it had sought the senator’s help on several energy projects in 2008, according to previously undisclosed e-mails and interviews with company executives, the Times reported on its Web site late Wednesday
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‘Spy Chips’ Hidden In 2.6 Million Trashbins Aim To Tax Those Who Toss Too Much
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
LONDON — It’s the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.
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‘Spy Chips’ Hidden In 2.6 Million Trashbins Aim To Tax Those Who Toss Too Much
School Webcam Spying Probe Prompts Lower Merion To Place Two On Paid Leave
Friday, March 5th, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — Two information-technology workers at a suburban Philadelphia school district that secretly activated webcams on students’ school-issued laptops are on paid leave amid an FBI wiretap investigation. Lower Merion School District officials have said the webcams were only activated to locate missing laptops, and not for any rogue purpose. “Placing them on administrative leave with pay is not a reflection of any wrongdoing on their part.
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School Webcam Spying Probe Prompts Lower Merion To Place Two On Paid Leave
Hilbert Potter, Disabled Kentucky Veteran, Helps Other Amputees Learn To Walk Again
Friday, March 5th, 2010
After machine gun fire claimed Hilbert Potter’s leg during Operation Desert Storm, he learned to walk again with the help of a prosthetic leg and a devoted physical therapist. His experience inspired him to want to help other amputees learn to walk , so that their disabilities would not hold them back from leading a normal life
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Hilbert Potter, Disabled Kentucky Veteran, Helps Other Amputees Learn To Walk Again
Kabul Explosion: Huge Blast Reported In Afghanistan’s Capital
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
KABUL — Afghan police say two policemen have been killed and another wounded in suicide attacks in the heart of Kabul. Abdul Ghafor Sayedzada, a top investigator for the Kabul police, says a series of explosions occurred Friday morning near the Kabul City Center, a nine-story shopping area that includes the Safi Landmark Hotel. Eyewitnesses said one guest house was destroyed and another was heavily damaged
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Kabul Explosion: Huge Blast Reported In Afghanistan’s Capital
Nigeria deputy ‘has full powers’
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Nigeria’s deputy leader Goodluck Jonathan remains acting president with wide powers, the information minister says.
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France ‘may tag’ abusive husbands
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Men seen as likely to be violent towards their wives could be forced to wear an electronic tag under new French proposals.
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France ‘may tag’ abusive husbands
Wash U Student Develops Free Food Web Site
Friday, February 19th, 2010
While organizations across campus are busy trying to attract students to their events with free food, freshman Stan Rosenthal launched a Web site called nomealpoints.com to facilitate an exchange of this information.
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Wash U Student Develops Free Food Web Site
Google Hacks From China Originated In Two Prominent Schools
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — The Internet attacks that may end up driving Google Inc. out of China originated from two prominent schools in the country, according to a story published late Thursday
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Google Hacks From China Originated In Two Prominent Schools
Bloomberg News Files ‘Extraordinary Lawsuit’ To Crack Fed Secrecy Around Bank Bailout
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
THE critical lawsuit challenging that mystery of finance known as the Bailout started, oddly enough, with a casual newsroom chat. Mark Pittman, an investigative reporter for Bloomberg News, had filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Federal Reserve Board, seeking the details of its unprecedented efforts to funnel money to the collapsing banks of Wall Street
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