Obama Divvies Up Nobel Prize Money

WSJ.com: Washington Wire  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 04:00 PM EST   [*New!*]

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President Barack Obama announced that 10 charities will receive his $1.4 million award from winning the Nobel peace prize.


Brian Giles cites knee pain in decision to retire

Daily - Latest News  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:56 PM EST   [*New!*]

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Brian Giles says the pain in his arthritic right knee is getting worse, and the 39-year-old outfielder informed the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday that he will retire.


Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide

Daily - Latest News  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:55 PM EST   [*New!*]

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Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest.


Somali tied to Islamists worked with two UN agencies

AlertNet  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:48 PM EST   [*New!*]

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Source: Reuters * Kidnapped aid workers' ransom sent to contractor account * UN report details aid diversion, arms embargo breaches * UN's Ban urged to open independent investigation of WFP (Adds UNICEF comment ...


Chile's Aconcagua refinery back on line in days

AlertNet  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:46 PM EST   [*New!*]

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Source: Reuters SANTIAGO, March 11 (Reuters) - Chile's Aconcagua refinery will come back on line this week after being shut for repairs due to damage suffered in a Feb. 27 earthquake, new Mining Minister Laurence ...


Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap

Daily - Latest News  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:45 PM EST   [*New!*]

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An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.


Highway deaths drop to lowest level since 1950s

Daily - Latest News  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:44 PM EST   [*New!*]

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The roads today are full of hazards: Runaway Toyotas, teen drivers texting, commuters using the rearview mirror to check their hair while juggling cups of scalding coffee. Nonetheless, the number of people dying on the highway is the lowest since the 1950s.


The superintendent of the Kansas City, Missouri, school district on Thursday defended a plan to shutter nearly half the district's schools.


Police said a man did more than take a pickup for a spin during a test drive this week. Red Star Auto of Lincoln reported a pickup had been stolen Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The dealership's owner said a 39-year-old man had taken the truck for a test drive earlier Tuesday.


Oil prices settle just above $82

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  | Links  | Related | Mar 11, 2010 03:31 PM EST

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Oil prices stayed put, just above $82 on Thursday, as investors mulled demand uncertainties and a government report that showed the country's huge natural gas reserves shrank a little last week.


After 20 years as the face of organized labor in Pennsylvania and 50 years since the United Steelworkers issued his first union card, Bill George is stepping down as the state president of the AFL-CIO.


Kingsport Police have filed a 10th DUI charge against a driver who was going about 20 miles per hour on Interstate 26 and weaving. The Kingsport Times -News reported that the 57-year-old man told the officer on Tuesday, 'I'm drunk. Do what you gotta do.' The police report stated that when asked to take sobriety, breath or alcohol tests, the man kept repeating that he was drunk.


President Obama on Thursday ordered an all-out effort by the U.S. government to increase exports to create more jobs amid record-high unemployment. 'This morning, I signed an executive order instructing the federal government to use every available federal resource in support of that mission,' the president told the roughly 1,200 people attending the Export-Import Bank's annual conference in Washington. As part of the president's initiative, he also has created the Export Promotion Cabinet, which will include officials from the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and State to execute his plan to double U.S. exports in five years. Mr. Obama said ... Email


Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually.


Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement.



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