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Newly found microbe helps eat Gulf oil
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:23A new study finds oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured BP well degraded at a rate that was "much faster than anticipated" thanks to the interaction of microbes with the oil particles.
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Ex-escapee has self-inflicted cuts
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:19Jailed former prison escapee John McCluskey was discovered Tuesday with self-inflicted cuts on his neck and forearms, a source close to the investigation said.
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Hurricane Danielle picks up strength
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 05:56Once a sputtering tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean, the weather system known as Danielle is back with a vengeance.
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Susan Boyle to sing for Pope
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 04:28TV talent show star Susan Boyle will sing for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Scotland next month, the Catholic Church in Scotland said Wednesday.
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McCain defeats conservative challenger in Senate primary
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 02:41Sen. John McCain vowed to "take nothing for granted" after defeating former Rep. J.D. Hayworth in a hard-fought GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Arizona.
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Trial: 'Thirst for violence' behind NY plot
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 01:58The trial resumes Wednesday morning in Manhattan for four men accused of trying to bomb New York synagogues and fire surface-to-air missiles at U.S. military planes.
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Ex-FEMA director on air from NOLA
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 01:36Michael Brown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency leader who quit following widespread criticism of the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, is taking his radio show to New Orleans on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Survivors found after China plane crash
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 01:09Emergency crews have rescued more than 40 people from a plane that crashed in northeast China, state-run media said. More than 90 people were on board.
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WikiLeaks says it will release CIA paper
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 22:25WikiLeaks, a whistle-blower website, posted on the group's Twitter page on Tuesday: "WikiLeaks to release CIA paper tomorrow."
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Van der Sloot prison picture probed
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 21:59Authorities in Peru said Tuesday they have begun disciplinary action against jailers who photographed suspected killer Joran van der Sloot posing with two other men held in connection with high-profile killings there.
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3M Jeeps in safety probe
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 21:22Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into gas tanks that could pose a fire danger on an estimated 3 million older Jeep Grand Cherokees, documents showed Tuesday.
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Trapped miners are heard singing
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 21:04The 33 workers trapped inside a mine in Chile cheered, applauded and sang the country's national anthem in their first verbal contact with officials.
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Stop to stem cell funds to be appealed
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 18:23The Obama administration will appeal a federal judge's decision to temporarily block federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed Tuesday.
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Why are more troops killing selves?
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 17:52A task force assigned to study why troops kill themselves spelled out what many people have suspected for a long time: that multiple deployments to multiple wars are partly to blame for the sharp increase in military suicides.
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3 teens on Facebook hit list killed
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 17:38Three teens who were on a 69-name hit list posted on Facebook have been killed in the past 10 days in a southwestern Colombian town, officials say.
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Danielle weakens to tropical storm
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 17:32What had been Hurricane Danielle weakened to a tropical storm Tuesday, losing steam as it churned through the middle of the Atlantic far from land, the National Hurricane Center reported.
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Hilton awakes to intruder with knives
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 17:13A man "holding 2 big knifes" was captured by police after trying to break into Paris Hilton's Los Angeles, California, home Tuesday morning, Hilton said in a Twitter posting.
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Smuggled uranium seized in Moldova
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 16:38Officials in Moldova seized about 4 pounds of smuggled uranium and arrested three of seven suspects, an interior ministry spokesman said. Its origin was not yet known.
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Police: Hostage rescue was botched
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 15:58Authorities botched rescue efforts during a deadly hostage siege of a tourist bus, Philippine National Police said Tuesday.
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Vehicle crashes into bus shelter
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 15:44A vehicle crashed into a bus shelter in San Francisco on Tuesday, the fire department said.
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