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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Missing Texas boaters found alive

HOUSTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Three fishermen missing since Aug. 21 have been found alive nearly 180 miles off the coast of Texas, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A pleasure boat found the men sitting atop the hull of their capsized 23-foot catamaran Saturday evening, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Kennedy: 'Champion of those who had none'

BOSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy 's body was escorted Saturday from a Catholic basilica in Boston to the strains of "America The Beautiful." The mass was held at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Roxbury, Boston 's largest black... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Canada 'ready' for 2010 Olympics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Representatives of the International Olympic Committee declared the Vancouver and Whistler areas in British Columbia ready for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The IOC's Coordination Commission, led by Rene Fasel, made its final visit to the site of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Ted Kennedy to be buried next to brothers

BOSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The body of Sen. Edward Kennedy will lie in repose at his brother's presidential library before a funeral at a historic Boston church, officials said Wednesday. The senator, who died of brain cancer Tuesday night at age 77, will then be buried at Arlington National Cemetery... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Report: Jackson's death ruled a homicide

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County coroner's office has ruled the death of pop icon Michael Jackson was a homicide, KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, reported Monday. The report cited a law enforcement official whose name was not reported. It came the same day as court documents unsealed in... Sign in to see full entry.

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