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Deal reached on ground zero claims
New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by responders who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust. Full story
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Deal reached on ground zero health claims
New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero responders who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.
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Al-Qaida suspect worked at nuclear plants
An American accused in Yemen of being a member of al-Qaida worked at nuclear power plants in the U.S., a spokesman for a group of plants in New Jersey says.
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Teacher found dead; wolves to blame?
Villagers in a remote Alaska region are blaming the death of a 32-year-old schoolteacher on wolves after her body was found along on isolated road.
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Al-Qaida shifts tactics, marks success by ‘fear’
Al-Qaida eyes a more pragmatic and arguably more dangerous shift in tactics. The emerging message appears to be: Big successes are great, but trying can be just as good.
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Obama gives Nobel money to charity
President Barack Obama is donating the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others.
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