Category Archives: America

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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Survivors tell of dread, loss after Missouri tornado

By doris | Published: May 23, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com JOPLIN, Mo. — From heroism, to disbelief to shock. Those were some of the stories being told by survivors of the Joplin twister. Below are some of those initial reactions to the tragedy.‘Felt like the building was breathing’Rod Pace, Med Flight manager at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, watched the tornado [...]

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Gas prices, rising airfares be damned

By doris | Published: May 17, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Most Americans believe taking a trip this summer is valuable, and many plan to do so despite rising airfares and sky-high prices at the pump, according to data from a spate of recent polls, surveys and predictions. Six in 10 Americans say that going somewhere on vacation this year is important, [...]

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La. spillway to be opened; 25,000 people could be in harm’s way of floods

By doris | Published: May 14, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the rising Mississippi River, diverting floodwaters from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, yet inundating homes and farms in parts of Louisiana’s populated Cajun country. About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in [...]

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Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open within the next 24 hours

By doris | Published: May 13, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could open the Morganza Spillway within the next 24 hours, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday. The Corps said it will operate the Morganza Spillway once river flows reach a certain trigger: 1.5 million cubic feet per second. Opening the spillway would lower [...]

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Flooding of Southern Farms Poised to Wreak Havoc on Economy

By doris | Published: May 10, 2011

Full Story at FoxNews.com The historic flooding in the South is poised to wreak havoc on the economy at multiple levels, likely putting local farmhands out of work while contributing to the nationwide rise in food prices. As the Mississippi River crests and the flooding spreads to Mississippi and Louisiana, the vital grain crops in [...]

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Woman awaits freedom after 17 years behind bars

By doris | Published: May 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SALT LAKE CITY — In her dream, Debra Brown pedals out of a Utah prison on a powder blue bicycle, riding past razor wire that for the last 17 years has kept her from proms and graduations and the birth of seven grandchildren. On Monday that dream figures to become a [...]

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South fears loss of national interest in twister recovery

By doris | Published: May 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com HARVEST, Ala. — The Rev. Michael Katschke is worried, but not about running out of the food, diapers and other supplies he hands out to tornado victims at the Crosswinds United Methodist Church in northern Alabama. Katschke is worried about the rest of the country just moving on. “They’re going to [...]

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Bin Laden unarmed when killed, White House says

By doris | Published: May 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Osama bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance when U.S. forces entered the compound he was in and killed him, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. Providing some new details of the events that transpired early Monday in Pakistan, Carney said U.S. Navy [...]

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NASA may try Monday for shuttle launch

By doris | Published: April 29, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NASA hopes to try again Monday for one of the highest-profile space shuttle launches, after delaying the mission Friday due to a problem with a heater in one of Endeavour’s auxiliary power units. The countdown was called off even as the shuttle’s six-man crew was heading for Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff [...]

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The simple way to ease stress and anxiety

By doris | Published: April 16, 2011

Full Story at aralifestyle.com (ARA) – Do you ever feel down, stressed or anxious? Millions of Americans struggle with stress, anxiety or mood problems. They can wear and tear on your body, leaving you feeling tired, drained and empty inside. Over time stress and anxiety can build causing you to be less productive, anxious, tense [...]

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World’s oldest man dies in Montana at 114 -

By doris | Published: April 15, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo! News GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Walter Breuning’s earliest memories stretched back 111 years, before home entertainment came with a twist of the radio dial. They were of his grandfather’s tales of killing Southerners in the Civil War. Breuning was 3 and horrified: “I thought that was a hell of a thing [...]

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Shutdown would take away $32 million a day from national parks

By doris | Published: April 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — An average of $32 million a day in national parks revenue could be shut off if the Beltway showdown results in a government shutdown, officials say. The measure would be the first shutdown in more than 15 years, shuttering national parks, seashores and historic sites, and barring [...]

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