Nation & World
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Massive solar-powered yacht launched
The PlanetSolar, with 5,400 square feet of solar panels, will be vetted for a planned 2011 world tour.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Key Shiite cleric withholds support from Iraq vote winners
The support of Muqtada al-Sadr is important to both candidates' ability to form a coalition.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Rural beliefs cited in babies’ disposal
After 21 bodies are found at a river, scholars note that some Chinese believe a dead infant is bad luck.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Toads may have a seismic sixth sense
LONDON — When it comes to predicting earthquakes, toads may be an asset, warts and all. British researchers said Wednesday that they observed a mass exodus of toads from a breeding site in Italy five days before a major tremor struck, suggesting the amphibians may be able to sense environmental changes, imperceptible to humans, that […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Is health care reform that hard on Medicare? Maybe not
Seniors are wary of how it will affect them, but the provisions won't be fully in place for many years.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Researcher: World barreling toward water crisis
PARIS — Water shortages and inefficient irrigation threaten the world’s ability to feed a growing population, said David Molden, deputy director-general for research at the International Water Management Institute. The grain-growing regions of northern China, India and Australia’s Murray Darling Basin, as well as farming areas in the western United States, Mexico and Pakistan, face […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
1963 letter warned pope about priests
The letter proves the Vatican knew about clergy abuse decades ago, says a lawyer in a landmark case.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Offshore Drilling: Little, if any, impact on energy prices is forecast
But the president's proposal could bring royalties for some states and soften the blow of future price spikes.
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PublishedApril 1, 2010
Girl, 15, encouraged stepsister, 7, to be gang-raped
The older girl not only watched but got paid by the seven men who committed the assault.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2010
Domestic-violence victim’s dad urges tougher N.H. law
If simple assault were a felony, the gunman would not have been out on bail, John Cantin testifies.
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