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Thursday, May 27, 2010

U.S. soccer team visits White House

WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Thursday wished the U.S. World Cup soccer team good luck in the upcoming tournament in South Africa. Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton, greeted the team at the White House. "I just want to say how... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sestak: WH offered job if he left race

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., repeated Sunday the White House had offered him a job if he would withdraw from the primary race against Sen. Arlen Specter. Sestak, who defeated the five-term incumbent Specter to win the Democratic nomination in the Senate primary, was asked on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Boy, 13, youngest to reach Everest summit

BIG BEAR, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- A 13-year-old California boy became the youngest person ever to reach Mount Everest's summit -- and promptly called his mother from the peak, his family said. "Mom, I'm calling you from the top of the world," Jordan Romero, of Big Bear, said to his mother, Leigh... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Bret Michaels suffers 'warning stroke'

OS ANGELES, May 20 (UPI) -- Bret Michaels was readmitted to the hospital this week after suffering a warning stroke, a posting on the U.S. rocker's Web site said Thursday. The 47-year-old musician suffered a brain hemorrhage last month. He returned to the hospital after experiencing numbness, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Coffee, soda not linked to colon cancer

BOSTON, May 14 (UPI) -- Drinking large amounts of coffee or soda is not linked to a greater risk of colon cancer, U.S. researchers said. Study leader Dr. Xuehong Zhang of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston found those drinking large amounts of coffee -- more than six 8-ounce cups a day --... Sign in to see full entry.

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