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Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:45 GMT
 AP - Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags and the National Guard prepared to build clay dikes to help protect nearby homes from the fast-rising Red River.
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Widespread spring flooding forecast
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:33 GMT
 AP - With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.
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Plane kills jogger in SC beach emergency landing
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:26:04 GMT
AP - A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.
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Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif.
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:10 GMT
 AP - An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.
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EU postpones hedge funds decision
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:23:17 GMT
 AP - European Union finance ministers have called off Tuesday talks on new rules to oversee hedge funds, saying they need more time to strike a deal.
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Northeast cleaning up from wind-whipped rainstorm
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:13:05 GMT
 AP - A three-day rainstorm that flooded basements and roadways and ripped trees out of the soaking wet ground was among the most devastating ever to the electrical grid in some parts of the Northeast.
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Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:12:44 GMT
 AP - At 5 a.m. on the Army's largest training base, soldiers grunt through the kinds of stretches, body twists and bent-leg raises that might be seen in an "ab blaster" class at a suburban gym.
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$70M in prescription drugs stolen in Conn. heist
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:29:44 GMT
AP - Thieves staged a Hollywood-style heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse over the weekend and made off with about $70 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs, authorities said Tuesday.
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Study: Gene testing helps get warfarin dose right
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:28 GMT
AP - Doctors are reporting an exciting win for gene testing and personalized medicine: Checking patients' DNA before starting them on a popular blood thinner helps get the tricky dose right and keep them out of the hospital.
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Toyota dismisses Calif. man's runaway Prius report
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:33:01 GMT
 AP - Toyota Motor Corp. was quiet last week when James Sikes told reporters how the gas pedal got stuck on his 2008 Prius, leading him on a wild ride on a Southern California freeway.
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Calif. man sentenced for bilking $7M from casinos
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:03:23 GMT
 AP - A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison.
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New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:10 GMT
 AP - New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.
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Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth'
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:25:49 GMT
 AP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.
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NYC art exhibit includes nude pair standing still
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:06:17 GMT
 AP - Laurence Lallier slipped carefully between two naked women facing each other in a narrow doorway at the Museum of Modern Art.
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MPAA boss Glickman says goodbye to Hollywood
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:15:48 GMT
 AP - Dan Glickman spent his Hollywood years aiming to improve the ratings system that tells Americans what to expect in a movie — and fighting pirates.
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Plucky whooping crane gives wildlife experts hope
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:27:15 GMT
 AP - After the poisonous snake slithered into the whooping crane family's marshy grounds and sank its fangs into the chick's neck, death seemed certain.
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Some Toyota drivers suing in US for a full refund
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:16:07 GMT
 AP - A group of Toyota owners sued the Japanese automaker Monday, demanding a full refund for their recalled cars and seeking a payout that could exceed several billion dollars.
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NYC ex-bank prez charged in bailout fraud
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:12:53 GMT
AP - The former president of a small Manhattan community bank on Monday became the first person accused of trying to defraud the federal bailout program.
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States go all in, expand gaming to plug the budget
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:37:11 GMT
 AP - Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states are adding games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options — anything to keep their cut of the profits rolling in.
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ESPN reporter's stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:09:04 GMT
 AP - An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
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