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Friday, October 7, 2011

Blue whales at risk off LA Harbor

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Blue whales feeding off the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex are at risk of being hit and killed by enormous ships using the port, researchers said. The whales, which migrate along the coast of California, are congregating in feeding grounds near the port in such... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at 56

CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, hailed as a "visionary and creative genius" by colleagues, has died, the U.S. firm said Wednesday on its Web site. He was 56. "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Amanda Knox arrives home on first day of freedom

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Amanda Knox landed in Seattle Tuesday on her first day of freedom in four years, after an Italian court overturned her conviction in the murder of her roommate. Speaking briefly to reporters and onlookers at Sea-Tac Airport, Knox said she was "really overwhelmed right... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Amanda Knox set to return home after acquittal

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. student Amanda Knox spent her first day of freedom in four years Tuesday going to Seattle from Italy, where she was cleared in the murder of her roommate. Witnesses in the Fiumicino Airport, where Knox and her family were preparing to board a flight for London... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Amanda Knox: 'We deserve freedom'

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. student Amanda Knox awaited a decision Monday in the appeal of her prison sentence in the 2007 death of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Knox, 23, of Seattle, and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in December 2009 of sexually assaulting... Sign in to see full entry.

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