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Father’s Day: Presents Sure to Wow Dad PHOTO: The Gorilla Torch

By doris | Published: June 18, 2011

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com With Father’s Day right around the corner, maybe you’re scrambling for some great gift ideas for dad. Ties and golf clubs are nice, but maybe this year dad deserves a seriously “cool tool.”

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Paralyzed toddler can now move his legs

By doris | Published: June 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Izaiah Wallis lies on his back, machine tubes hooked to his small body, legs stretched out and toes curled. A white sheet of paper hangs on an aquarium-themed painted wall behind his bed, bearing a request written on his behalf by his grandmother. “If you love me, please don’t kiss me,” [...]

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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 His son typed them all up on an electric typewriter in the 1980s but unpublished, Marbaugh’s stories remained largely in [...]

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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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Girl punished after reporting sex on school bus

By doris | Published: May 16, 2011

Full Story at CBS News (CBS/AP) DAYTON, Ohio – A woman said Monday that an Ohio charter school is punishing her daughter for not immediately reporting that she saw two classmates having sex on a school bus and for changing her seat during the bus trip. Saundra Roundtree told The Associated Press that her 14-year-old [...]

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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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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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Oil sinks below $100

By doris | Published: May 5, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Oil prices plunged more than 8% Thursday as weak economic data and a strengthening dollar drove crude to its biggest one-day drop since April 2009. The main U.S. oil contract for June delivery settled down $9.44, or 8.6%, to $99.80 a barrel. That’s its lowest level since [...]

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Royal wedding shows Diana’s influence lives on

By doris | Published: April 27, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com London (CNN) — Just after announcing his engagement, Prince William told the world he had given Kate Middleton the distinctive sapphire and diamond ring belonging to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, as “my way of making sure my mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement.”

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Lost postcard reunites two friends after 24 years

By doris | Published: April 22, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Joanna Reyes was living in uptown Manhattan in February when she came upon a postcard tucked into a pile of junk mail. “My dear friend. The thought of you inspired me to write,” the note, in flowing cursive, opened. “Dear, how are you doing? The countryside is looking like spring, the [...]

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Panel that works in the dark puts solar on fast track to ubiquity

By doris | Published: April 18, 2011

Full Story at MNN.com First, the CleanTechnica item in brief: A company called New Energy Technologies has received some government funding to move forward with the development of a photovoltaic (PV) coating for windows. This is one of a host of “organic PV” and other nanoparticle technologies pursuing the promise of truly ubiquitous solar power. [...]

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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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Japan seeks Russian help to stem nuclear crisis

By doris | Published: April 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TOKYO — Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines as it fights to contain the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said late on Monday.                                                      Japanese engineers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been forced to release [...]

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Cities are going dark for the Earth

By doris | Published: March 25, 2011

Full Story at CosmicLog.msnbc.msn.com Cities around the world are going dark on Saturday night for the annual Earth Hour event, which aims to raise awareness about actions people can take for the environment’s sake. The campaign, now in its fourth year, boasting participation of more than 4,000 cities in 131 countries and territories around the [...]

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180K flee as Japan’s nuke-plant crisis intensifies

By doris | Published: March 13, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com KORIYAMA, Japan – Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion Sunday at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and [...]

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Superhuman or super sleepy: Short sleepers function on four hours

By doris | Published: March 12, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — For most of us, setting the clock forward in the spring is a sad occasion, a sign that we’re losing an hour of sleep. Daylight saving time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. in most of the U.S. — except for Hawaii and Arizona. But for some genetically blessed people, [...]

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Skyrocketing water bills mystify, anger residents

By doris | Published: March 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Atlanta (CNN) — Imagine paying as much for water as you do for your mortgage. Residents throughout Atlanta are outraged by hundreds, even thousands of dollars in monthly spikes in their water bills, and have questioned the legitimacy of the charges for years. Now, they’re demanding answers. “I thought we were [...]

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Fourth Child Dies After Houston Day Care Blaze

By doris | Published: February 26, 2011

Full Story ataolnews.com A fourth child died today as a result of a fire in a Houston home day care center, a local television station reported, and investigators are trying to determine whether the center’s owner was out shopping when the deadly blaze ignited. Eighteen-month-old Elias Castillo died this morning, Houston television station KTRK reported. [...]

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Sheriff: Three adopted children suffered horrific abuse

By doris | Published: February 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Three adopted children who allegedly suffered burns and were forced to eat pet food lived in “inhumane conditions” and might never fully recover, an Oklahoma sheriff said Thursday. “They have been raised worse than dogs,” Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards told CNN of the three malnourished juveniles, who are [...]

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Rising wholesale prices spur inflation concerns

By doris | Published: February 16, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Steady improvement in the economy may soon come at a price — faster inflation. Shoes, clothes, tires, plastics and other products all cost more at the wholesale level last month, putting pressure on businesses to pass the increases along to their customers. The hikes also give ammunition to critics [...]

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