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Undercover video shows farms' turkey abuse - 34 minutes ago
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) _ A video released by an animal rights group on Tuesday claims to show horrific abuse of turkeys at West Virginia farms operated by major global poultry grower Aviagen Inc.
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Auto officials nailed on private jets - 38 minutes ago
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House passes Drew Peterson law - 50 minutes ago
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Deadly Accurate: U.S. Drones Develop - 1 hour ago
Strikes have become more accurate because of informants and new technology.
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The Beg Three: Automakers Seeking Bailout Battered on the Hill - 1 hour ago
Detroit's critics come out in force against open-handed automakers.
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Al Qaeda insults Obama - 1 hour ago
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
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Cops: School employee asked student to perform in adult film - 1 hour ago
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Al Qaeda Message Surfaces Criticizing Obama - 1 hour ago
Number two leader issues warnings, racial slurs.
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Source: Daschle accepts cabinet post - 2 hours ago
President-elect Barack Obama has asked former Sen. Tom Daschle to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the South Dakota Democrat has accepted the offer to head the agency that will handle the new administration's signature initiatve to expand health insurance coverage, a Democrat familiar with the process said.
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Big Three Auto Execs Flew in Luxury Jets to Cry Poverty - 2 hours ago
The CEOs of the Big Three automakers reportedly flew private luxury jets to Washington to plea for a $25 billion taxpayer bailout to save their debt-ridden industry FOXNews.com
Jumping for joy - 2 hours ago
"Jumping jacks," a popular freebie aldermen have provided for neighborhood block parties, has won a reprieve at City Hall.
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High Seas, High Drama: Pirates Get Bolder - 2 hours ago
Pirate ship sinks as international community deals with "out-of-control" piracy.
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Woman Gets New Windpipe With Stem Cells - 3 hours ago
European doctors give woman a new windpipe with tissue from her own stem cells.
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Pirates' 'mother ship' sunk - 3 hours ago
Officials say an Indian naval vessel sank a suspected pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats into the night.
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FBI agent killed serving warrant near Pittsburgh - 35 minutes ago
An FBI agent was shot and killed today while serving a warrant at a home near Pittsburgh.
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• Exclusive: Eliot Spitzer's Escort Speaks Out - ABC News: HomePage
• Oops! Astro's Tool Bag Lost in Space - ABC News: HomePage
• Dwarfs May Unlock Clues to Cancer - ABC News: HomePage
eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches - 1 hour ago
TRENTON, N.J. -- Online dating service eHarmony is adding another personality trait to its 29 dimensions of computability.
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Indian warship destroys suspected pirate ship off Somalia - 2 hours ago
India says the military vessel opened fire after coming under attack and that some of the pirates escaped on high-speed rafts as their boat sank. An Indian warship patrolling the treacherous waters off the Horn of Africa destroyed a suspected pirate ship late Tuesday, at least the second time in a week that India's armed forces have unleashed military force to combat piracy amid a surge in maritime lawlessness.
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Ofsted: vulnerable children 'let down' by councils - 2 hours ago
Vulnerable children are being neglected as councils fail to act on the "worst cases of abuse" according to Ofsted.
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• Neighbor on Trial in MySpace Hoax Case - ABC News: HomePage
Shannon Matthews' mother 'broke down and confessed' in policewoman's car - 2 hours ago
Karen Matthews broke down in tears as she confessed in a policewoman's car a court has heard.
Telegraph Major News
Al Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message - 2 hours ago
Al Qaeda 's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted today, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
Los Angeles Times - Top News
Consumer prices drop record 1% in October - 3 hours ago
Construction of new homes fell by 4.5 percent in October, the slowest construction pace on records going back to 1959. Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount.
Los Angeles Times - Top News
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) _ A video released by an animal rights group on Tuesday claims to show horrific abuse of turkeys at West Virginia farms operated by major global poultry grower Aviagen Inc.
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Auto officials nailed on private jets - 38 minutes ago
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House passes Drew Peterson law - 50 minutes ago
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Strikes have become more accurate because of informants and new technology.
ABC News: HomePage
Detroit's critics come out in force against open-handed automakers.
ABC News: HomePage
Al Qaeda insults Obama - 1 hour ago
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
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Cops: School employee asked student to perform in adult film - 1 hour ago
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Number two leader issues warnings, racial slurs.
ABC News: HomePage
Source: Daschle accepts cabinet post - 2 hours ago
President-elect Barack Obama has asked former Sen. Tom Daschle to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the South Dakota Democrat has accepted the offer to head the agency that will handle the new administration's signature initiatve to expand health insurance coverage, a Democrat familiar with the process said.
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Big Three Auto Execs Flew in Luxury Jets to Cry Poverty - 2 hours ago
The CEOs of the Big Three automakers reportedly flew private luxury jets to Washington to plea for a $25 billion taxpayer bailout to save their debt-ridden industry FOXNews.com
Jumping for joy - 2 hours ago
"Jumping jacks," a popular freebie aldermen have provided for neighborhood block parties, has won a reprieve at City Hall.
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High Seas, High Drama: Pirates Get Bolder - 2 hours ago
Pirate ship sinks as international community deals with "out-of-control" piracy.
ABC News: HomePage
Woman Gets New Windpipe With Stem Cells - 3 hours ago
European doctors give woman a new windpipe with tissue from her own stem cells.
ABC News: HomePage
Pirates' 'mother ship' sunk - 3 hours ago
Officials say an Indian naval vessel sank a suspected pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats into the night.
chicagotribune.com -
FBI agent killed serving warrant near Pittsburgh - 35 minutes ago
An FBI agent was shot and killed today while serving a warrant at a home near Pittsburgh.
Los Angeles Times - Top News
• Exclusive: Eliot Spitzer's Escort Speaks Out - ABC News: HomePage
• Oops! Astro's Tool Bag Lost in Space - ABC News: HomePage
• Dwarfs May Unlock Clues to Cancer - ABC News: HomePage
eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches - 1 hour ago
TRENTON, N.J. -- Online dating service eHarmony is adding another personality trait to its 29 dimensions of computability.
Los Angeles Times - Top News
Indian warship destroys suspected pirate ship off Somalia - 2 hours ago
India says the military vessel opened fire after coming under attack and that some of the pirates escaped on high-speed rafts as their boat sank. An Indian warship patrolling the treacherous waters off the Horn of Africa destroyed a suspected pirate ship late Tuesday, at least the second time in a week that India's armed forces have unleashed military force to combat piracy amid a surge in maritime lawlessness.
Los Angeles Times - Top News
Ofsted: vulnerable children 'let down' by councils - 2 hours ago
Vulnerable children are being neglected as councils fail to act on the "worst cases of abuse" according to Ofsted.
Telegraph Major News
• Neighbor on Trial in MySpace Hoax Case - ABC News: HomePage
Shannon Matthews' mother 'broke down and confessed' in policewoman's car - 2 hours ago
Karen Matthews broke down in tears as she confessed in a policewoman's car a court has heard.
Telegraph Major News
Al Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message - 2 hours ago
Al Qaeda 's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted today, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
Los Angeles Times - Top News
Consumer prices drop record 1% in October - 3 hours ago
Construction of new homes fell by 4.5 percent in October, the slowest construction pace on records going back to 1959. Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount.
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