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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Ben Bradlee, renowned Washington Post editor, dead at 93

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Ben Bradlee died at age 93 on Tuesday. The renowned former Washington Post editor died of natural causes at his home in Washington, D.C., according to The Washington Post. Bradlee was born in Boston in 1921, and became a reporter at the New Hampshire Sunday News after... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Thousands of U.S. children are improperly medicated each year

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Every eight minutes, a child in the United States is improperly medicated at home -- that according to a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics. Double-dosing, whereby a parent or guardian accidentally gives a child the same medication twice, accounted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Joko Widodo inaugurated as president of Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Joko Widodo, a slum-born "man of the people," was inaugurated president of Indonesia Monday, marking the first time a non-military member or someone from Indonesia's political elite was elected to the nation's highest office. Sworn in on the Koran, Joko, 53, was joined by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 18, 2014

Officer who shot Michael Brown recounts incident

FERGUSON, Mo., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The law enforcement officer who fatally shot Michael Brown two months ago told investigators the unarmed black teen pinned him in his car and was trying to grab his gun. Government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation into the matter told The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Scientists locate water ice on Mercury

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Images beamed back from the NASA's Mercury Messenger mission show that in the deep, dark, bowl-shaped cavities of the planet closest to the sun sits ice -- water ice. Mercury isn't exactly the first place one would expect to find frozen water. Being the closest planet to... Sign in to see full entry.

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