Fishermen say 'the vermin of the ocean' has rebounded (AP)

AP - The sea air isn't all that's salty when fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham talk about the hated spiny dogfish.

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Bradley is right man for USA job

It's time for the U.S. soccer public to face the truth: Bob Bradley belongs as men's national team coach.

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GOP Leaders Voting Against Defense Bill Because Of Hate Crime Protections

AP WASHINGTON — Assaulting people because of their sexual orientation would become a federal hate crime in legislation the House is set to vote on Thursday. The bill would significantly expand the hate crimes law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. With the expected House passage and eventual approval by the Senate, federal prosecutors will for the first time be able to intervene in cases of violence perpetrated against gays based on their sexual orientation. Many Republicans, normally stalwart supporters of defense bills, declared they would vote agains

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Saudi gets 5 years in jail for frank TV sex talk (AP)

AP - A Saudi court on Wednesday convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said.

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7 Things You Need to Know to Have a Healthy Day

Thanks to Cosmo Radio for inspiring this, as they offer the original 7 Things You Need to Know Before You Go every morning (but their version relates to fashion and celebrities. My version is diet, fitness, exercise and health related.) These are the 7 things you need to know before you leave the house to have the most fit and healthy day possible. 1. How much sleep did you get the night before? Getting enough sleep is an important key to maintaining a healthy weight and having enough energy to get your exercise choices accomplished. 2. Nothing, eggs and bacon, or peanut butter toast? Stud

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Politicians beware: Oil photo exhibit opens in DC (AP)

AP - Politicians, cover your eyes.

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Excavating Ardi: A New Piece for the Puzzle of Human Evolution

Ardi, the oldest hominid skeleton ever discovered, predating Lucy, offers unexpected clues to what our even more ancient ancestors might have looked like

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Consumer confidence unexpectedly falls in Sept. (AP)

Americans' worries about job security flared up in September, causing a widely watched barometer of consumer confidence to fall unexpectedly and raising more concern about the upcoming holiday shopping season.

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Clinton: There Won't Be A Repeat Of '94 Elections (VIDEO)

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** Bill Clinton predicted on Sunday that Democrats in Congress would avoid the political bloodbath during the 2010 elections that they witnessed during the first mid-term elections under his presidency. Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," the former president sought to calm the concerns of many within his own party that current political trends and electoral history foreshadow massive losses in the House and the Senate. "There's no way they can make it that bad," Clinton said, when asked if he was worried about a repeat of the '94 elections, in which Republicans

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Spanking May Lower Kids' IQs

FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The bad news is that youngsters who are spanked might lose IQ points.

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McDonald's fries the holy grail for potato farmers (AP)

AP - From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: finding a new spud for McDonald's french fries.

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More Reasons to Trust Glenn Beck....

Pretty self explanatory. [ Editor's Note : Glenn Beck, the early years. Also, a chimp. Also, holy shit. This is a 1986 ad for the Phoenix Radio station Y95.]

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Coworkers Find They're Long Lost Brothers

After working side by side for weeks, two coworkers discovered that they are actually siblings brought together by a series of incredible circumstances.

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Reports: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules (AP)

The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to reports published Saturday.

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Race Issue Deflected, Now as in Campaign

A debate over the role of race in the current criticism of President Obama is forcing the White House to confront a volatile issue it would rather avoid.

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The race from race: Dems rebut Carter (Politico)

Politico - Jimmy Carter is 84 years old and three decades removed from the White House, but he still has the power to make Democrats run.

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Plight of 'intersex' athletes

Experts cringe at the glare being cast on the Caster Semenya case.

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Roche: 13 cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu

BASEL, Switzerland – Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Monday that it has had reports of 13 cases of pandemic swine flu becoming resistant to Tamiflu, which it calls a very low percentage.

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AP Photo of Dying Marine Criticized

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates criticized the Associated Press on Friday for what he called an "appalling" lack of compassion for deciding to distribute a photograph of a mortally wounded Marine in Afghanistan over the objections of the Marine's father.

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Finger Bitten Off In Fight At Health Care Rally

A 65-year-old man's finger bitten was off at a health care rally Wednesday night in Thousand Oaks, California. KTLA reports that the man was part of an anti-reform crowd: About 100 protesters sponsored by MoveOn.org were having a rally supporting health care reform. A group of anti-health care reform protesters formed across the street. A witness from the scene says a man was walking through the anti-reform group to get to the pro-reform side when he got into an altercation with the 65-year-old, who opposes health care reform. The injured man walked to Los Robles hospital. Sheriff's investi

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The AARP and Seniors: Clashing Views on Health Reform

Many observers are puzzled by the level of anger and vitriol senior citizens have been directing toward their besieged elected representatives during recent health-care town halls.

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Ex-champ catches burglar

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Dawn Fraser gives an intruder all he can handle.

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GOP senator signals fading hopes on health care (AP)

A leading GOP negotiator on health care struck a further blow to fading chances of a bipartisan compromise by saying Democratic proposals would restrict medical choices and make the country's "finances sicker without saving you money."

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Rep. Jenkins: GOP looking for "great white hope"

TOPEKA, Kan. – U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins told a recent gathering in northeast Kansas that the Republican Party is looking for a "great white hope" to help stop the political agenda of the Democratic party and President Barack Obama .

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Military rethinking 'golden hour' for injuries

The U.S. military is rethinking its "golden hour" goal for critically injured troops, questioning whether it should spend a little ...

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Editorial: The Uninsured

There are tens of millions of people without insurance, often for extended periods, and there is good evidence that lack of insurance is harmful to their health.

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Pilot pleaded to evacuate stranded passengers

The captain of an airliner stranded overnight on an airport tarmac in Minnesota pleaded unsuccessfully for her 47 passengers ...

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NY dealers pull out of clunkers program (AP)

Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in getting reimbursed by the government, a dealership group said Wednesday.

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Michael Jackson's 51st birthday to be his burial day: father

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – Michael Jackson's body will be laid to rest on August 29, the day the King of Pop would have turned 51, his father told AFP.

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The Lufkin Daily News trims staff, announces promotions

The Lufkin Daily News eliminated nine full-time and two part-time positions yesterday in a restructuring move designed to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. "Most every business has been affected by the current economic downturn but the positions we've eliminated were carefully thought out to avoid any decrease in service to our readers or advertisers and we still have a real person answering the telephone," said Greg Shrader, publisher of the News. "It is never easy to make decisions to reduce staff but we found several of the positions were redundant with some of the functions of our cor

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