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Somali pirates prompt cruise ship evacuation

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 8:31 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Hundreds of passengers on a round-the-world cruise will disembark before reaching waters off Somalia and fly to Dubai to avoid pirates, German cruise operator Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday.

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Man jailed in failed German train bomb plot

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 7:37 AM EST (msnbc.com)

A Lebanese man was convicted Tuesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for his part in planting bombs on two German trains.

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Immigrant detainees moved amid death probe

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 7:36 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Federal immigration officials on Monday removed all of their detainees from a Rhode Island facility under investigation following the death of a detainee earlier this year.

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India's Muslims hope to avoid backlash

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 7:12 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Mumbai's Muslims are trying to show their solidarity with India's Hindu majority in the wake of last month's terrorist attacks.

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Climate envoys tussle over forests, emissions

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 6:45 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference worked Monday to resolve differences over a deal to protect the world's forests and pressed industrial countries to drastically reduce their carbon emissions.

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More in U.S. are getting away with murder

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 6:45 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Despite the rise of DNA fingerprinting and other "CSI"-style crime-fighting wizardry, more and more people in this country are getting away with murder.

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Company fires workers for abusing turkeys

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 6:44 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Several workers at a West Virginia turkey plant have been fired after they were caught on film abusing birds.

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White, black football grad rates have 'huge gap'

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 6:40 PM EST (NBC Sports)

More bowl-bound black football players are graduating, but still at lower rates than their white teammates. Overall, football players from Bowl Subdivision schools are graduating more, a study released Monday shows.

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Asteroid impacts gave crucial spark to early life

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 5:04 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Better known as end-bringers than life-givers, asteroid impacts may have forged the chemicals essential for life in Earth's ancient oceans.

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Franken pulls closer but Coleman still leads

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 10:44 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Democrat Al Franken caught a couple of breaks Tuesday as the recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race drew closer to a finish, though not enough to undo Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's persistent lead.

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Mortgage applications surge by record

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 10:06 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Mortgage applications surged by the largest amount on record last week as a new Federal Reserve program pushed interest rates down to their lowest level in more than 3 years.

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Productivity growth slows, wage pressures rise

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 9:18 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Worker productivity slowed in the summer to the smallest advance since late last year while wage pressures increased.

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Cat lost in Yellowstone returned to Texas family

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 8:47 AM EST (msnbc.com)

A cat lost in Yellowstone National Park in August has been returned to her family in Houston with the help of some West Yellowstone residents. Fluffy somehow survived for about three months despite the coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks, eagles and grizzly bears that frequent the area.

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Carbon monoxide kills 11 girls at China school

Seeded on Tue Dec 2, 2008 5:25 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China's Shaanxi province, an education official said Tuesday evening. The girls had reportedly lit a fire to keep warm.

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New hope on AIDS in Africa

Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 7:28 AM EST (msnbc.com)

In a sign of hope on a continent ravaged by AIDS, a South African fertility clinic has started a service allowing couples infected with the virus to have a healthy baby.

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Palin to campaign for Sen. Chambliss

Seeded on Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:10 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss enlisted Sarah Palin to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, as they grappled for advantage in a Tuesday runoff.

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Lie, cheat and steal: high school ethics surveyed

Seeded on Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:57 PM EST (msnbc.com)

In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.

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Mexico charges police officer with killing 24

Seeded on Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:33 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Prosecutors have charged a municipal police commander and an alleged drug cartel member with homicide in the September massacre of 24 men outside Mexico City.

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Rogue wave drowns 3 along Calif. coast

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:03 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Three men have drowned after being swept out to sea by a rogue wave while watching the surf from a rocky outcrop along Southern California's coast.

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Discounts abound - if you're willing to spend

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:17 PM EST (msnbc.com)

The bargains sweeping America are increasing.

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Borrowers look for a 'taste of the bailout pie'

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:09 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Would-be mortgage borrowers have rushed to refinance their loans and even weighed plans to buy homes following the government's move this week to loosen consumer lending.

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Dine-and-dash gang nabbed via Facebook

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:03 AM EST (msnbc.com)

An restaurateur left holding a hefty unpaid bill when five young diners bolted used the popular social networking Web site Facebook to track them down - and they got their just desserts.

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Rights leader convicted of incest set free

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:50 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A key figure from the civil rights movement sentenced to 15 years in prison for incest has been released on bond while he appeals his conviction.

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U.S. applies medicine as economic ills mount

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:34 AM EST (msnbc.com)

With the economy showing further signs that it is headed into a steep swoon, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is pulling more tricks out of his bag to try bolster the country's financial sector.

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Presidential ping-pong over executive orders

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:38 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A new president can undo some of what his predecessor did, through memoranda or executive orders, having the force of law without Congressional approval. A new round will soon begin.

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