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Nigeria: Explosions heard during amnesty talks
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 AP - Twin explosions rocked a government building in Nigeria's restive and oil-rich Niger Delta region Monday, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks being held there, a government spokesman said.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:39:24 GMT
| Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border
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AP - Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, his newspaper reported Monday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:28:39 GMT
| Officials: US wants Israel to cancel building plan
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 AP - Israeli officials said Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:16 GMT
| SAfrican youth leader convicted of hate speech
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AP - A court convicted the governing party's youth leader of hate speech Monday after he said the woman who once accused South Africa's president of rape had had a "nice time" because she stayed the night and asked for taxi money.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:57:42 GMT
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Kansas, Kentucky, Orange, Duke top seeds (AP)
The selection committee made its choices. Now, it's America's turn. The country's biggest office pool, otherwise known as March Madness, serves up the usual smorgasbord of choices, starting with Kansas, the overall top seed in the 65-team NCAA tournament bracket released Sunday. "It's a blessing, it's a burden," Kansas coach Bill Self said of being No.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:55:27 PDT
| Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets (AP)
LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract. The Jets confirmed that they have agreed to a deal, adding the aging star to the NFL's top-ranked rushing offense last season.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:40:27 PDT
| Browns trade QB Quinn to Broncos (AP)
Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:16 PDT
| Kentucky ties it at buzzer, wins in OT (AP)
John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship. "How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know," Calipari said. Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:26 PDT
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Gov't says it cannot explain runaway Prius
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 AP - The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:15:17 GMT
| Tax rises hit Greece as EU meets on debt crisis
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 AP - A wave of new tax hikes hit Greece on Monday, raising the cost of consumer goods despite recession and high unemployment, as European Union finance ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss the country's debt crisis.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:01:23 GMT
| World markets slip after mixed US economic reports
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 AP - Asian stock markets sank Monday after mixed economic reports about the U.S. economy inspired caution among investors. European shares were also lower.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:49:24 GMT
| Dodd seeks difficult consensus on financial rules
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 AP - Combining Obama administration and Republican priorities, the leading Senate author of a sweeping rewrite of the nation's financial regulations is looking for consensus with a proposal that neither side of the political spectrum is ready to embrace.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:48:39 GMT
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'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA
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 AP - Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:40:38 GMT
| Israeli settlement action 'an insult': Obama aide
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 AFP - Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem was not only an "insult" to the United States but "destructive" of the Middle East peace process, a top White House official said Sunday.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:05 GMT
| Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
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 AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:43 GMT
| Gay seniors come out late, start second lifetime
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 AP - Those who work with seniors say they're seeing growth in the number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s coming out of the closet as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:01:54 GMT
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