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December 9, 2011

Despite laws, drivers text more than ever

Almost half of drivers in their early 20s say they've texted or emailed while behind the wheel.
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December 9, 2011

Rats exhibit signs of compassion

WASHINGTON – Rats don’t always act like, well, rats. New experiments show rats demonstrating compassion and helping other rodents. It’s a trait some scientists thought was reserved only for humans and higher primates. In repeated tests, rats freed another trapped rat in their cage, even when yummy chocolate served as a tempting distraction. Twenty-three of […]
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December 9, 2011

Sandusky’s wife insists he’s innocent

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The wife of ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky said Thursday her husband is innocent of the child sex abuse allegations made against him and that his accusers are making up their stories, including one suggesting she was home while Sandusky attacked a boy who screamed for help. Dottie Sandusky’s comments […]
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December 9, 2011

‘Today, tragedy again struck Virginia Tech’

BLACKSBURG, Va. – A gunman killed a police officer in a Virginia Tech parking lot Thursday and was found dead nearby in a baffling attack that sent shudders through the campus nearly five years after it was the scene of the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. The shooting took place on the same […]
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December 9, 2011

Obama: No vacation until tax cuts, benefits extended

GOP leaders in the House are finishing up a bill that contains a provision the president vows to veto.

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December 9, 2011

Brotherhood shuns council appointed by Egypt military

CAIRO – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group set to dominate the new parliament, accused the country’s military rulers Thursday of trying to undercut the authority of elected legislators even before the house is seated. The Brotherhood said it is boycotting a council appointed by the ruling generals to oversee the drafting of the new […]
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December 9, 2011

Delegates to U.N. climate convention remain divided

As U.N. climate talks entered their final stage Thursday in South Africa, delegates were struggling with how to accommodate the desire of many nations for a new, legally binding treaty and the Obama administration’s resistance to such a commitment. The nearly 200 nations participating in the U.N. Framework Convention of Climate Change negotiations remain divided […]
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December 9, 2011

Iranians put U.S. spy drone on display

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran displayed an aircraft Thursday that it said was a U.S. spy drone brought down last week by an “electronic ambush,” a feat that prompted boasts of Iranian technological prowess in the face of increased hostility from the West. Iranian state television used its main newscast to unveil the drone, identified as […]
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December 9, 2011

World Dispatches

LONDON Study: Abortion not a cause of mental health problems Abortion does not increase a woman’s chance of developing mental health problems, according to a British health agency’s review of dozens of studies worldwide over 20 years. Among women with unwanted pregnancies, those who had abortions were no more likely to suffer from problems including […]
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December 9, 2011

In Focus: Texas squatters exploit legal loophole

They've claimed millions of dollars worth of vacant properties using a law intended for ranchers.