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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Obama speech sparks protest at Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 17 (UPI) -- Nineteen anti-abortion demonstrators were arrested at Notre Dame as the South Bend, Ind., university prepared for President's Barack Obama's visit, police said. The protesters, who were not students, were arrested Saturday when they entered the campus, which is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Obama may pick Sotomayor for Supreme Court

By MARTIN SIEFF WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama 's 100th-day-in-office weeklong celebration continued Friday with the news that Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to step down after 19 years. The news came as a surprise. Souter still seems to be in excellent health, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Detroit leads off NFL draft Saturday

NEW YORK, April 24 (UPI) -- National Football League teams begin the business of stocking their rosters Saturday at the annual college draft. The draft, around which a cottage industry has appeared, will get under way at 4 p.m. EDT, with the Detroit Lions owning the first pick by virtue of their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Columbine Still Haunts Survivors

COLUMBINE, Colo., April 13 (UPI) -- The shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Colorado that left 12 students and a teacher dead a decade ago still haunts some survivors, a doctor says. Dr. Frank Ochberg, a former FBI psychiatrist who helped coordinate counseling efforts following the April... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Report says spies compromised US electric grid

By JORDAN ROBERTSON – 1 hour ago SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Spies hacked into the U.S. electric grid and left behind mechanisms for them to disrupt service, according to a newspaper report Wednesday that renewed questions about the security of key pieces of national infrastructure. The report in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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