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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Ex-N.Y. Times columnist Bill Safire dies

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist William Safire died of cancer Sunday at the age of 79, The New York Times reported. Safire was an influential conservative columnist for the Times from 1973 until 2005 and also wrote "On Language," a popular long-running series... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Travolta says at trial Jett was autistic

NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- John Travolta described his late son, Jett, as autistic for the first time in public Wednesday when he testified at an extortion trial in the Bahamas. "My son was autistic and he suffered from seizure disorder every 5 to 10 days," People.com said Travolta told the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Obama links healthcare, immigration reform

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Healthcare reform is crucial for Hispanic Americans because reforming the U.S. healthcare system is linked to immigration reform, U.S. President Obama said. "My commitment is real and so is my desire to get this (immigration reform) done," Obama said Wednesday during... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Implanted tooth helps restore vision

MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A 60-year-old woman says she can see again after a tooth was implanted into her eye in a Miami surgery. Though the process has long been used in Asia and Europe, the procedure had never been performed in the United States before, CNN reported Wednesday. Kay Thornton of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Long-missing Jackie Kennedy note recovered

DALLAS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A note from Jacqueline Kennedy to Ethel Kennedy written after Robert F. Kennedy's assassination has been recovered years after it went missing, the FBI said. The hand-written note of condolence, written after RFK's 1968 assassination, changed hands many times, going for as... Sign in to see full entry.

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