Pakistani officials confirm Taliban chief is dead
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Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has died, the country's top civilian security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. It was the government's first categorical...
Kenya relocates thousands of animals to game park
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A senior Kenyan wildlife official says about 7,000 zebras and wildebeests are being moved to one of the country's premier game parks to restore the balance of predators and prey disrupted...
Vonn says bruised shin could limit training
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U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn revealed Wednesday she bruised her right shin while training last week and might skip some practice sessions at the Olympics but plans to race. "I'm...
Round 2: Blizzards hit Mid-Atlantic to New York
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Snow, wind and slush hounded eastern commuters early Wednesday as blizzard warnings from Baltimore to New York City heralded the second major snowstorm in less than a week for the region....
Being bored could be bad for your health
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Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary to be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April, experts say there's a possibility that the more bored you are,...
Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station
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Shuttle Endeavour arrived to a warm welcome at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction...
Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut
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Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers. Fans took to the Internet to express their pleasant surprise over the 52-year-old funnylady's debut as the singing...
Honda adds 437,000 cars to global air bag recall
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Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese automaker. The company will replace the...
New report: Consumers spent modestly in January
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Americans backed off from holiday spending in January, but retail sales rose for a third month in a row compared with a year earlier, largely because of gas price hikes, according to...
Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
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Don't say "mental retardation" _ the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome _ call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral...