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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Blizzard likely to shut down East Coast

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A huge blizzard moving northward may paralyze the U.S. East Coast, weather forecasters said Sunday. Highways and airports are likely to be shut down from eastern North Carolina to Maine, AccuWeather.com predicted. Blizzard conditions are expected to take shape in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 24, 2010

Bethlehem having best Christmas in years

BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Tourism in Bethlehem is back from the dead despite Israel's separation wall, local merchants say. "You won't find a room in Bethlehem this Christmas," Samir Hazboun, director of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce, told the British newspaper The Independent.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Emanuel survives first test to mayoral bid

CHICAGO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The Chicago Board of Elections Thursday accepted a hearing officer's recommendation and voted to keep Rahm Emanuel on the Feb. 22 Chicago mayoral ballot. Those challenging Emanuel's eligibility to run for mayor of Chicago were expected to take their fight next to circuit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Vaccine Against Alzheimers Being Created

DALLAS, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they created an experimental vaccine to slow beta-amyloid, the protein forming brain abnormalities associated with Alzheimer's disease. Senior author Dr. Roger Rosenberg of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas says the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Amanda Knox takes heart from DNA ruling

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The mother of Amanda Knox, an American college student convicted of murder in Italy, says she is heartened by a new court ruling. Knox, sentenced to 26 years for killing her roommate, is appealing her conviction. Over the weekend, an Italian court ordered that DNA evidence... Sign in to see full entry.

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