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    February 19, 2013

    Chavez return sets off new speculation

    Hugo Chavez slips back into Venezuela from Cuba early Monday with no warning or fanfare.

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    February 19, 2013

    Did Israel curb immigrant births?

    It's unclear why so many Ethiopian women were receiving a long-acting birth control injection.

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    February 18, 2013

    Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak

    A Coast Guard spokeswoman says the Bahamas is leading the investigation, with the Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board leading U.S. interests in the probe.

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    February 18, 2013

    McCready’s ex: Anyone close could see it coming

    Billy McKnight was in a long, rocky relationship with McCready and is the father of her oldest child, Zander,

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    February 18, 2013

    Kids’ suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance

    Some school officials are suspending or threatening to suspend small children over behavior their parents consider perfectly normal and age-appropriate.

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    February 18, 2013

    It’s farmer vs. Monsanto in high-stakes Supreme Court case

    The case involving a 75-year-old Indiana farmer could have far-reaching implications for patents involving DNA molecules, nanotechnologies and other self-replicating technologies.

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    February 18, 2013

    Country singer dead in apparent suicide

    Mindy McCready, 37, topped the charts with 'Guys Do It All the Time' and 'Ten Thousand Angels' before personal problems sidetracked her career.

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    February 18, 2013

    Pope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square

    Tens of thousands of cheering people turn out for one of Benedict's last appearances as pontiff.

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    February 18, 2013
    Barnaby Conrad

    Barnaby Conrad, 90, author, bullfighter, club owner, bon vivant

    When Barnaby Conrad was nearly killed in a 1958 bullfight, his celebrity pals were buzzing about it at Sardi’s in New York. “Did you hear about poor Barnaby?” Eva Gabor asked Noel Coward in her thick Hungarian accent. “He was terribly gored in Spain.” Shocked, Coward soon realized he’d misheard. “Oh, thank heavens,” he sighed. […]

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    February 18, 2013

    Leader: Afghan airstrike ban won’t halt U.S.

    KABUL, Afghanistan – The top American commander in Afghanistan said Sunday that he believes the U.S.-led NATO coalition can operate effectively despite the Afghan president’s decision to ban Afghan security forces from requesting airstrikes in residential areas. President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said he decided on the ban after Afghan security services asked the U.S. […]