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Published
July 29, 2010

Republicans shy away from cuts to veterans programs

WASHINGTON – House Republicans who have spent months demanding spending cuts ended up blanching Wednesday at their first opportunity to actually make them, instead joining Democrats in treating a bill to pay for veterans programs in 2011 as politically sacrosanct in an election year. The veterans measure is the first of a dozen spending bills […]
Published
July 29, 2010

More controversy – papal event in England to charge fee

LONDON – Pilgrims will have to pay as much as $39 to attend one of the two public events in England to be led by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit in September, church officials said Wednesday. The charges — believed to be a first for a papal event — are for a prayer vigil […]
Published
July 29, 2010

World Dispatches

VANCOUVER Sex tourism charge lands man in prison for 11 years A Canadian man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for committing sex tourism with children and importing child pornography. Prosecutors say the sentence is the highest so far for charges under Canada’s sex tourism law. The B.C. Superior Court in Vancouver, British […]
Published
July 29, 2010

Mystery in the Gulf: Where is all the spilled oil?

Experts are baffled that up to 4 million barrels of spilled oil aren't visible in the water.
Published
July 28, 2010

Adams trove from garage sale worth $200 million

An attorney says the glass negatives are 'the missing link' from the famed photographer's early years.

Published
July 28, 2010

Lax U.S. oversight plagues Iraq oil revenue

The Pentagon is unable to account for vast sums of funding for reconstruction, an audit discovers.
Published
July 28, 2010

Regular intake of alcohol helps fight arthritis, study suggests

LONDON – Regular alcohol consumption provided protection against rheumatoid arthritis and its painful effects, British researchers found in the first study to show the link in humans. Non-drinkers were four times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than people who drank alcohol on more than 10 days a month, according to the research published online […]
Published
July 28, 2010

Towboat hits wellhead, creating another spill in Gulf

NEW ORLEANS – A towboat slammed into an idle well north of a bay already hit by crude from the BP oil spill, sending a plume of oil and gas into the air Tuesday. The boat hit the wellhead near Mud Lake early in the day. No one was hurt. The well is abandoned, the […]
Published
July 28, 2010

Now it’s a 14-year-old trying a risky solo sail

Dutch teen Laura Dekker sparks another round of controversy about danger and parenting decisions.
Published
July 28, 2010

Oil from spill degrading quickly in Gulf’s warm waters

'Significant oil' has been broken down, NOAA's director says, but the long-term effects are unknown.

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