| Miley Cyrus 'Stalker' Struggling With Grief Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:49 AM PDT  The lawyer for the Georgia man accused of stalking Miley Cyrus said he is struggling with grief and needs help. Mark McLeod, 53, is in custody and awaiting a hearing date after appearing before a judge at the Tybee Island Municipal Court. James Byrne, his court-appointed lawyer, said McLeod's mother and brother had both died in the last 18 months and that he had lost his job and was unable to find work as a plumber. He said: "People need to understand that he's a human being. If there's something wrong, we need to address it. He's one of our fellow citizens who might need some help." Police o
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| Firms with Obama ties profit from health push (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 01:58 PM PDT  AP - President Barack Obama's push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers.
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| Reports: Scottish government will release Lockerbie bomber (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 12:07 PM PDT  AP - A decision has been reached in the case of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and will be announced Thursday, the Scottish government said. British news networks reported that he would be released on compassionate grounds.
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| 'Spry' Kim surprises Clinton Posted: 19 Aug 2009 11:59 AM PDT  Bill Clinton's rescue mission reveals that two big rumors about the North Korean leader may be false.
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| CBS News pioneer Don Hewitt dies at 86 Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:27 AM PDT ![]() Don Hewitt, a TV news pioneer who created 60 Minutes and produced the popular CBS newsmagazine for 36 years, died Wednesday. ...
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| South African teen wins 800 amid gender-test flap (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:11 AM PDT ![]() Facing questions about her gender, South African teenager Caster Semenya easily won the 800-meter gold medal Wednesday at the world championships. Her dominating run came on the same day track and field's ruling body said she was undergoing a gender test because of concerns she does not meet requirements to compete as a woman.
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| CDC says life expectancy in U.S. up, deaths not (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:17 AM PDT  AP - U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported Wednesday. The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.
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| Bond With Your Baby Without Breastfeeding Posted: 19 Aug 2009 12:29 AM PDT  Breast milk is not a magic potion that creates a secure bond. Formula Moms can behave the same way as breastfeeding mothers. Breast milk is not a magic potion that creates a secure bond. Formula Moms can behave the same way as breastfeeding mothers. Dr. Wendy Walsh: It's not new news that a healthy attachment between a parent and child has a strong relationship to mental health. A host of personality disorders, including an inability to tolerate intimacy and some sexual disorders, can be linked to early life attachment injuries. Parenting books love to promote breastfeeding as a powerful too
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| New gov't study shows mercury in fish widespread (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:09 AM PDT  AP - No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country.
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| UBS to divulge 4,450 account names, more expected (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 08:10 AM PDT ![]() Swiss banking giant UBS AG agreed Wednesday to turn over to the IRS the details of 4,450 accounts suspected of holding undeclared assets by American customers, piercing Switzerland's long-standing tradition of banking secrecy.
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| The New York Irish Theatre Festival is back, and twice as big! (IrishCentral) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:50 AM PDT ![]() Featuring 21 Irish playwrights, 12 venues and 375 artists over five weeks from September 1 to October 4, the second New York Irish Theatre Festival has doubled in size since its inaugural year in 2008.
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| NY DEALERS PULL OUT OF CASH FOR CLUNKER PROGRAMS Posted: 19 Aug 2009 11:16 AM PDT ![]() Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in getting reimbursed by the government, a dealership group said Wednesday. The Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, which represents dealerships in the New York metro area, said...
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| Chase introduces new card for wealthiest customers Posted: 19 Aug 2009 08:22 AM PDT ![]() WILMINGTON, Del. – Chase Card Services, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co ., said Wednesday it will now offer a rewards card designed for wealthy customers.
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| Q&A: Why We Lie So Much Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:37 AM PDT ![]() A professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts , Robert Feldman has spent most of his career studying the role deception plays in human relationships.
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| Picnic that changed history Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:34 AM PDT  20 years ago today, a picnic along the Austria-Hungary border put a fatal crack in the Iron Curtain.
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