Category Archives: America

Cantaloupe illnesses and deaths expected to rise

By doris | Published: September 29, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Wednesday more illnesses and possibly more deaths may be linked to an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe in coming weeks. So far, the outbreak has caused at least 72 illnesses — including up to 16 deaths — in 18 states, making it the deadliest [...]

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Officials: Freed hikers heading for U.S.

By doris | Published: September 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Muscat, Oman (CNN) — Two American hikers freed this week from an Iranian prison will leave Oman for the United States late Saturday, American and Omani officials said. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were released by Iran on Wednesday and were flown to Muscat, Oman’s capital, where they enjoyed several days [...]

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After a decade of grief and recovery, nation remembers 9/11

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Thousands gathered Sunday morning at New York’s Ground Zero, stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were read aloud. “They were our neighbors, our friends, our wives, children and parents,” said New York Mayor [...]

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After 9/11: A decade of deaths, marriages, war and peace

By doris | Published: September 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Six-year-olds often times forget their own last names, but I remember Tuesday, September 11, 2001, like it was last week. I remember wearing my favorite jumper and my mother braiding my hair. I remember eating scrambled eggs off a yellow plate. And then I remember the radio anchor said, ‘Wow! Have [...]

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US, Europe switch roles in world banking crisis

By doris | Published: September 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Budget bickering and brinkmanship in Washington this summer are getting much of the blame for the recent slowdown in an already weak U.S. economy. Now, the two-year-old stalemate over Europe’s debt problems threatens to bring on another recession. The crisis in Europe has already sapped the confidence of consumers there and [...]

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Postal Service may default on a $5.5 billion trust fund payment

By doris | Published: September 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Postal Service does not have the money to meet an obligation to a retiree health care trust fund coming due at the end of the month, but if there’s a default, officials promise no interruption in the mail, the payroll or payments to suppliers. Commenting in [...]

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Vet: Honor WWII survivors while we still live

By doris | Published: September 3, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Marine who fought in the Battle of Okinawa urged Americans on Friday to honor those who served in World War II now, while veterans from that conflict are still alive. E. Bruce Heilman, speaking at a ceremony marking the 66th year since the end of the [...]

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Sept. 11 exhibits go beyond Ground Zero

By doris | Published: September 1, 2011

Full Story at Overhead Bin.msnbc.msn.com As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks nears, there will be gatherings at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City, at the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C., and at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. Many museums around the country also are [...]

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DOJ files antitrust suit to block AT&T merger with T-Mobile

By doris | Published: August 31, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T on Wednesday seeking to block its $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. The merger would create the largest wireless company in the United States, combining AT&T’s 98 million customers with T-Mobile’s 34 million users, for a total [...]

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U.S. hikers in Iran get 8 years in prison, state media reports

By doris | Published: August 20, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Tehran, Iran (CNN) — The two U.S. hikers detained for two grueling years in Iran on spying charges have been sentenced to eight years in prison, Iran’s state-run TV reported Saturday. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer each received five years for espionage — specifically “cooperating with the American intelligence service” — [...]

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Stage rigging collapse kills 5 at Indiana State Fair

By doris | Published: August 14, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com INDIANAPOLIS — A fifth person has died and others were injured Saturday night when stage rigging collapsed after an unexpected wind gust, trapping and injuring fans awaiting a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair, officials said. The fifth death was confirmed Sunday, NBC station WTHR.com reported. The person was believed [...]

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Al Qaeda trying to harness toxin for bombs, U.S. officials fear

By doris | Published: August 13, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — American counterterrorism officials are increasingly concerned that the most dangerous regional arm of Al Qaeda is trying to produce the lethal poison ricin, to be packed around small explosives for attacks against the United States. For more than a year, according to classified intelligence reports, Al Qaeda’s affiliate in [...]

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U.S. official: More than two dozen U.S. deaths in Afghan copter crash

By doris | Published: August 6, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — More than two dozen American troops are believed to have died in a deadly Chinook helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan overnight, a U.S. military official told CNN on Saturday. Among those killed were a mix of special forces from different services, the official said. If the numbers are [...]

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8 secrets about Disneyland

By doris | Published: July 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com From how to score a cocktail to where to scatter grandma’s ashes, this is your ticket to the real Magic Kingdom. 1. There are dead bodies in the Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is one of the scariest places in the park, but not for the reasons you’d [...]

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What’s ailing America’s national parks?

By doris | Published: June 28, 2011

Full Story at OverheadBin.msnbc.msn.com As president of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Tom Kiernan is, not surprisingly, a fan of Ken Burns’ documentary, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” but he’d like to add an addendum. “The national parks are America’s best idea,” he said, “but they’re not in the best of health.” In [...]

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Wildfire season off to a raging start across Southwest, South

By doris | Published: June 14, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com Wildfires have consumed more than 4.2 million acres of land across the U.S. so far this year, a number more than double the most recent 10-year average, but there’s still hope that 2011 won’t be a record year — all that winter snow in the Rockies, Sierras and Cascades should keep [...]

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Son prays for mom to win lotto — she does

By doris | Published: May 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com A Long Island man’s faith in God has been restored after he prayed for his mother to win the lottery and, the next day, she did. Sal Bentivegna jokingly issued a prayer for his mother, Gloria, to win the lottery after she lost money playing slots in Atlantic City. “He said [...]

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Memorial Day marked by ceremonies, tributes

By doris | Published: May 30, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Americans from Washington to California are marking Memorial Day with parades, barbecues and special tributes tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. An annual holiday honoring the nation’s war dead was infused with new meaning this year, coming just months before the 10-year anniversary.

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At 84, one man is still the ‘guardian angel’ of Route 66

By doris | Published: May 29, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SELIGMAN, Ariz. — Just after lunchtime in a town that is a monument to yesteryear, an old man is cruising down Route 66 using an eight-speed bicycle. He is tidily dressed in khaki slacks, a navy polo and a baseball cap that protects a mostly threadbare crown, save for a few [...]

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Warriors who became walking libraries

By doris | Published: May 28, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Roland Marbaugh wrote 509 pages of his tales of war — from the swampy Solomon Islands in World War II to the frozen Chosin Reservoir in Korea. His son typed them all up on an electric typewriter in the 1980s but unpublished, Marbaugh’s stories remained largely in [...]

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