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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobvanin wins election

MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Acting Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobvanin won Sunday's mayoral election, but it wasn't the landslide some political analysts expected, exit polls indicate. A poll by the Public Opinion Foundation showed Sobvanin earned 52.5 percent of the vote over opposition leader Alexei... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Ariel Castro, Cleveland kidnapper, dead in apparent suicide

ORIENT, Ohio, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Ariel Castro, sentenced to life plus 1,000 years for abducting and raping three Cleveland women over a decade, has died of an apparent suicide, officials said. Castro, 53, was found hanged in his prison cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the Ohio... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 2, 2013

Self-powered nanoparticles may deliver drugs to heal bones faster

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say cracks in bones can be healed with a new method of delivering drugs directly to the cracks on the backs of tiny self-powered nanoparticles. Chemists and bioengineers at Penn State University and Boston University report the energy to power... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Nelson Mandela sent home from the hospital to recover

PRETORIA, South Africa, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from a Pretoria hospital Sunday but was still critically ill, a government statement said. Mandela, 95, had been hospitalized in Pretoria since June 8 with a lung infection and other complications.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Pope said preparing to name new secretary of state

VATICAN CITY, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Pope Francis is reportedly preparing to replace Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, an Italian newspaper said Friday. Bertone will be replaced by archbishop Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's representative in Venezuela, the Italian news agency ANSA... Sign in to see full entry.

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