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From Here to Eternity
(Dear Margo)
Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I despise going to wakes and funerals.
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Gymnast Hamm could miss Games after failing test
(Reuters)
Reuters - American gymnast Morgan Hamm's
participation in next month's Beijing Olympics hangs in the
balance after he failed a drugs test at a selection event in
May, USA gymnastics said on Friday.
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Federal judge orders 2 Marines released from jail
(AP)
AP - A federal judge in Riverside, Calif., has ordered two Marines released from jail despite their refusal to testify before a grand jury investigating the alleged killing of Iraqi detainees in 2004.
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What a Guy!
(Dear Margo)
Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I have been married for 25 years and have two children, one adult and one teenager.
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Woman charged in Chicago police officer's death
(AP)
AP - A 44-year-old woman was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting death earlier this week of a veteran Chicago police officer.
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Researchers open secret cave under Mexican pyramid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Archeologists are opening a cave
sealed for more than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to
look for clues about the mysterious collapse of one of ancient
civilization's largest cities.
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Rachael Ray employee claims anorexia bias
(AP)
AP - A former accountant for Rachael Ray's TV cooking show has filed a $1 million lawsuit saying he was forced out of his job because he has an eating disorder.
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Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur
(AP)
AP - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames.
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Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod?
(AP)
AP - A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world ? each a chatty bunch ? buzzing with questions about the two "friends."
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Colombia hostage rescue sidelines Chavez
(AP)
AP - Hugo Chavez, once a key mediator in securing hostage releases from Colombian rebels, could do little more than phone congratulations to President Alvaro Uribe after this week's bold rescue.
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2 die in helicopter crash near Calif. freeway
(AP)
AP - Authorities say two men are dead after a helicopter crashed near a Northern California freeway, knocking power lines into traffic lanes and starting a grass fire near the road.
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Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall
(AP)
AP - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.
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'Pregnant man' gives birth to girl: reports
(AFP)
AFP - A US man who was born a woman before undergoing gender realignment surgery has given birth to a baby girl, US media reported Thursday.
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Prosecutors: Deception ran deep in Vt. kidnapping
(AP)
AP - A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping.
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HOSPICE CAN LEND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES FACING GRIEF
(Dear Abby)
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: "Sad Dad in Arizona" (May 2) wrote that he was concerned because his teenage son didn't want to attend his mother's funeral and preferred to remember her "the way she was."
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World stocks slip again
(Reuters)
Reuters - World stocks slipped back towards this
week's five-month low on Friday as steadying oil prices failed
to erase concerns about slowing economic growth and rising
inflation, and as banking stocks came under renewed pressure.
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MCCAIN: PUMP THIS!
(Ann Coulter)
Ann Coulter - Well, I guess we're all pretty relieved we didn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back in 2002. What a disaster that would have been.
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Haywire brain chemical linked to sudden baby death
(AP)
AP - Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies ? sudden infant death syndrome.
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State media: Iran will answer nuclear proposal
(AP)
AP - Iran's state radio is reporting that the country will respond Friday to an international proposal on its nuclear program.
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Obama wades into controversy with Iraq comments
(Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over
his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first
saying he might "refine" his views but later declaring his
stance had remained unchanged for more than a year.
