Nation & World

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October 3, 2010

Beet it: Juice helps to exercise longer

Some experts say that adding beetroot juice to your diet could provide a performance boost.
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October 3, 2010

Crusader scouts wrecks of war

Justin Taylan compiles information on WWII Pacific Theater crashes and airmen who vanished.
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October 3, 2010

Pakistan keeps crossing closed; airstrikes kill 16 in tribal region

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan kept a vital border crossing closed to U.S. and NATO supply trucks for a third day Saturday, a sign that Islamabad’s desire to avoid a domestic backlash over a NATO incursion that killed three Pakistani troops is – for now – outweighing its desire to stay on good terms with America. Two […]
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October 2, 2010

In Focus: Activists’ call to gay teens: It will get easier

The suicide of a Rutgers student galvanizes gays and lesbians who have lived through the pain.
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October 2, 2010

U.S. apologizes for STD study in Guatemala

Experiments come to light in which prisoners, soldiers and others were given syphilis in the 1940s.

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October 2, 2010

CNN fires anchor who called Jon Stewart a bigot

The move comes after an interview in which Rick Sanchez also questioned Jews’ status as a minority.
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October 2, 2010

Personal blog stirs free speech debate

A prosecutor's heckling of a Michigan student raises questions about limiting public workers' conduct.
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October 2, 2010

Indictments in kidnapping case free alleged victim from testifying

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard and her two young daughters will be spared from having to testify in open court any time soon following a grand jury indictment of the couple charged with kidnapping and holding her captive for 18 years, a prosecutor said Friday. Phillip and Nancy Garrido were each indicted […]
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October 2, 2010

East Coast rainstorm blamed for six deaths

Flooding poses a threat in areas that were drenched with more rain than they usually get in months.
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October 2, 2010

Mother charged in cancer scheme

ROSEVILLE, Mich. – An unemployed Detroit-area mother accused of drugging and shaving her healthy 12-year-old son so he appeared to have cancer, then accepting thousands of dollars in donations for his treatment, was arraigned Friday on charges of fraud and child abuse. A Roseville district court judge ordered Carol Lynn Schnuphase, 47, of Warren held […]