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March 15, 2011

Questions and answers about the crisis in Japan

Q: Was there a meltdown? A: Not according to Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s ambassador to the United States, who spoke on CNN. But other officials said two of the reactors at the plant may have experienced meltdowns. Engineers have not been able to get close enough to the plant to rule that out, said Toshihiro Bannai […]
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March 15, 2011

Earthquake Dispatches

COLUMBUS, Ga. Aflac fires comedian as voice of insurer’s quacking duck Aflac has fired Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian who is the voice of the insurer’s quacking duck. Gottfried, who has voiced the duck in numerous commercials since 2000, posted a string of mocking jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on Twitter over the […]
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March 15, 2011

How to help the victims

Here are some ways to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and others throughout the Pacific: AMERICAN RED CROSS: U.S. mobile phone users can text REDCROSS to 90999 to add $10 automatically to your phone bill. Or visit www.redcross.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS. INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: Sending relief teams and supplies to the […]
Published
March 14, 2011

Survey: States failing to fulfill vows of candor

More data is now online, but secrecy still prevails in many states, especially on spending concerns.
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March 14, 2011

Tour bus passengers contradict driver’s account

They say the driver had swerved for no reason and no truck hit the bus before it crashed, killing 14.

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March 14, 2011

Top State Department spokesman quits

P.J. Crowley had called the military's treatment of the WikiLeaks suspect 'ridiculous' and 'stupid.'
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March 14, 2011

Depressed dads more likely to spank, researchers find

CHICAGO – Just like new moms, new fathers can be depressed, and a study found a surprising number of sad dads spanked their 1-year-olds. About 40 percent of depressed fathers in a survey said they’d spanked kids that age, versus just 13 percent of fathers who weren’t depressed. Most dads also had had recent contact […]
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March 14, 2011

Israel approves new settlement expansions in response to killings

JERUSALEM – The Israeli government said Sunday that it had approved construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements after a couple and three of their children were stabbed to death in their home in a Jewish settlement Friday night. The brutality of the attack at Itamar, a community of fervent religious nationalists […]
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March 14, 2011

Police disperse protesters blocking Bahrain road

There are also signs of sectarian strains, as Shiites clash with Sunnis at Bahrain University.
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March 14, 2011

Super-trees seen as anti-warming weapon

A nonprofit wants to clone the world's oldest and largest trees and plant them where they'll help cleanse the planet.