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Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together
(AP)
AP - Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.
Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study
(AFP)
AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device
(AP)
AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.
NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
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AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.
Yellow lobster pulled from RI's Narragansett Bay
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AP - It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare.
3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison
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AP - Police were using helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee.
Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate
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AP - Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.
Panama prosecutor: Jailed American admits 5 slays
(AP)
AP - A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturday.
Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...]
Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800
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AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges
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AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.
PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a senior PLO official said Saturday.
Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil
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AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents.
California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
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AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.
Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight?
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - Charlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...]
Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
(AP)
AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.
Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard
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AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.
Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach
(AP)
AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.
Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill
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AP - Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him.
Obama says he'll call GOP's bluff on deficit talk
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AP - President Barack Obama has a warning for Republicans who denounce the federal deficit but reject proposals to cut it.