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Audit: Abandoned mines pose big risk to public
The government has endangered the public's health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit. Full story
'Last lecture' professor dies
Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose lecture about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation, died. Full story
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Tornado confirmed in N.H. town
A state official said Friday that a baby's cries led to his rescue after a possible tornado demolished his grandparents' lakeside home.
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Teens charged in killing of immigrant
Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town.
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Audit: Abandoned mines pose big risks
The government has endangered the public's health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday.
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'Last lecture' professor dies of cancer
Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation, died Friday. He was 47.
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Secret memo OK'd harsh CIA tactics
A Justice Department memo issued in 2002 and released Thursday offered protection — method by method — to CIA interrogators using harsh techniques.
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Long-missing soldier's remains return
T he body of an Army staff sergeant, who was missing for months after being seized by insurgents in Iraq, returned for burial.
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Teens charged in killing of immigrant
Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town.
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McCain urges China to free Tibetans
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday called on China to release Tibetan prisoners as he met with the Dalai Lama.
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Nonprofits walk fine line on political activity
Nonprofits could be one of the "sleeping giants" of this fall’s presidential election, having as much to do with turning red states blue — or vice versa — as will Iraq, Barack or soaring gas prices. Contribute magazine has the story.
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