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Vegas tries to kick its water addiction

By doris | Published: September 4, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Las Vegas (CNN) — At first glance, it’s pretty easy to say Las Vegas has an unhealthy water fetish. There’s the 22-million-gallon Bellagio fountain, which rockets dancing cylinders of well water 500 feet into the air to the tune of “God Bless the USA.” There’s the liquid volcano at The Mirage, [...]

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Final News of the World hits stands as scandal closes tabloid

By doris | Published: July 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com London (CNN) — The last edition of the News of the World hit stands Sunday morning, as Britain’s best-selling newspaper shuts down in the face of a scandal over illegal eavesdropping and bribery that has outraged Britain and rattled the foundation of the nation’s political establishment. Plastered with a montage of [...]

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 His son typed them all up on an electric typewriter in the 1980s but unpublished, Marbaugh’s stories remained largely in [...]

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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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Alert George Carlin — you can’t say them on the bus, either

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com Terry Duncan tells WISN-TV that he considers it un-American to get slapped with a $500 disorderly conduct fine for saying two words. The words in question started with the letters “f” and “s.” After Duncan uttered them last Tuesday, an undercover deputy ordered him off the vehicle and handed him the [...]

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All 33 miners may be released from Chile hospital by weekend

By doris | Published: October 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Copiapo, Chile (CNN) — More miners are expected to be discharged Friday from a regional hospital in Chile following their rescue after 69 days underground, and officials hope that all 33 will be home by Sunday. Three of the miners were discharged Thursday night, CNN Chile reported. CNN’s sister network identified [...]

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Bill Cosby: I’m alive. Now, please cut it out

By doris | Published: August 3, 2010

Full Story at news.blogs.CNN.com Bill Cosby is used to winking at internet rumors of his death. But after another one spread Monday, he said he hopes people will give the hoaxes a rest. After false news of Cosby’s death spread by Twitter on Monday – “Bill Cosby died” was a trending topic on the microblogging [...]

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US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect

By doris | Published: March 15, 2010

Full Story at google.com More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government’s once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the [...]

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Tiger Woods says, ‘I am so sorry’ in public apology

By doris | Published: February 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (CNN) — In a tightly controlled televised statement, golfer Tiger Woods gave an apology Friday for his “irresponsible and selfish” behavior, which he said included infidelity. “I know I have bitterly disappointed all of you,” said the golfer, dressed in a blue shirt and a blazer. “For [...]

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While world worried, ‘balloon boy’ was safe in attic

By doris | Published: October 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com He was in a box. In the attic. The whole time. “I played with my toys and took a nap,” Falcon told a group of reporters outside his home Thursday afternoon. “He says he was hiding in the attic,” said Falcon’s father, meteorologist Richard Heene, clutching his son. “He says it’s [...]

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Walter Cronkite spoke from the heartland

By doris | Published: July 18, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The reason for CBS was obvious. The “Tiffany Network” had the most renowned television news division in the country, and its heart, soul and face was the man whose carefully modulated tones defined its propriety. That man was called — without irony — “the most trusted man in America.” Walter Cronkite. [...]

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