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Polar bears are now a "threatened species" according to the Interior Department. The Associated Press reports, "This is the first time that the Endangered Species Act has been used to protect a species threatened by the impacts of global warming."
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A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.
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Thomas baekdal, articles and visions about usability management branding - trying to make everyday life better.
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There is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.
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Customs agents seized more than two dozen giant beetles _ some the size of a child's hand _ from an overseas package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching noises.
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Twitri.com & Creative advertising - pics pack
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China Warns Quake Death Toll May Reach 50,000, Appeals for Rescue Equipment, China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment.
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10 Biggest Parties Around the World
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Doctors say a 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was carrying her embryonic twin.
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A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma won the mayoral race Tuesday in this northeastern Oklahoma city, becoming one of the youngest mayors in the country.
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Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still a baby at 140 years old.
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Oregon Woman Counter-Sues Recording Industry, Is Awarded $108,000
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Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Roswell, Farmington and New Mexico news and weather from KOB Eyewitness News 4
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Coinstar Employee Accused Of Stealing As Much As $450,000
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Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
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A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. Mantis shrimp not only have the ability to see colors from the ultraviolet through to the infrared, but have optimal polarization vision -- a first for any animal and a capability that humanity has only achieved in the last decade using fast computer technology.
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Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.
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ARLINGTON, Wash. -- A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of Mountlake Terrace, who was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services in Arlington.
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An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday.
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Rescuers Scour Chinese Villages for Quake Survivors, Two days after a devastating earthquake rocked central China, burying an estimated 40,000 people, rescue teams Wednesday raced against time to find survivors before their efforts turned into a body-recovery mission.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to Obama's campaign.
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A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory Wednesday evening -- 50 hours after she was buried by Monday's earthquake, state-run media said.
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Florida Police Arrest Suspected Wildfires Arsonist, A man authorities believe may have set at least some of the wildfires along Florida's Atlantic coast is in custody on suspicion of arson.
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In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
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Judge Rules School Must Allow Gay Pride Shirts News
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A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
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I read an article on the internet a couple of days back regarding the top addons for the Firefox web browser. This article prompted me to list down the number of addons I had installed for firefox over the times and the result was well... staggering 1.
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Myanmar's military junta has reportedly insisted it does not need help from foreign aid experts, as weather forecasts predict more bad weather this week for the cyclone-devastated country.
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OPEC Stands Silent While Oil Prices Spark Food Riots In Neighboring Egypt, Despite being surrounded by petroleum-rich neighbors, Egypt is suffering the effects of record-high oil prices that have touched off deadly riots over the simplest of commodities: bread.
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It's not easy being Al Reynolds these days.
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A southwest Ohio man who planned to be buried next his mother has found someone else already in his grave.
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A certain zoo had acquired a very rare species of gorilla. Within a few weeks the gorilla, a female, became very hornery, and difficult to handle. Upon
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Latin Phrases in scholarly Writing
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WASHINGTON -- A new name joins the list of 10 most-popular names for baby girls. Monday, May 12, 2008.
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An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.
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As John Harwood of the New York Times and CNBC said on MSNBC Tuesday several hours before the polls closed, "The headline tomorrow will be: 'Hillary Clinton Wins Big in West Virginia; Democratic Party Yawns.'"
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After enduring a week of political obituaries, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign proved Tuesday that it still has some life.
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