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    September 12, 2012

    Chief artist for Howard Hughes dies at age 91

    Mario Armond Zamparelli oversaw the appearance of everything having to do with Hughes' fleet of airplanes and his casinos.

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    September 12, 2012

    D.C. professor under fire for nursing baby in class

    The ensuing flap centers on whether she behaved professionally and how she reacted to publicity.

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    September 12, 2012

    Gay athlete: Kiss got him booted from N.D. football team

    DICKINSON, N.D. — A concussion kept Jamie Kuntz from suiting up for his first college football game. A kiss from his much-older boyfriend at that game led the freshman linebacker to be kicked off the team, he said. North Dakota State College of Sciences in Wahpeton acknowledges Kuntz was disciplined by the team, but says […]

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    September 12, 2012

    Death at Gitmo still under investigation

    The Yemeni man, held since 2002, was known as being combative and having a history of mental illness.

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    September 12, 2012

    World, Nation Dispatches, Sept. 12, 2012

    JERUSALEM Netanyahu says world, U.S. failing to set limits on Iran Israel is sounding increasingly agitated over what it views as American dithering with economic sanctions too weak to force Iran to end its suspected drive toward nuclear weapons. In a clear message aimed at the White House, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday criticized […]

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    September 12, 2012

    Foul stench traced to inland California sea

      SANTA ANA, Calif. — An intense rotten egg smell that had Southern Californians plugging their noses and crying foul Monday was coming from the Salton Sea. Air quality investigators confirmed Tuesday that the foul stench that stretched across Southern California was the result of a huge fish die-off at the saltwater lake 150 miles […]

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    September 12, 2012

    US ambassador killed in consulate attack in Libya

    The attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, the first U.S. ambassador to die in the line of duty since 1979.

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    September 12, 2012

    Remembering 9/11: Tears, memorials, and for some, a sense of moving on

    Eleven years after the attacks, many ceremonies are scaled back.

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    September 11, 2012

    Moody’s set to downgrade US without budget deal

    In Washington, House Speaker John Boehner said he's not confident that Congress can reach a deal and avoid a downgrade.

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    September 11, 2012

    How the nation and world commemorated 9/11

    A look at some events nationwide and around the world on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks ...