| Iran sets up Internet crime unit (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 01:27 AM PST ![]() AP - Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday.
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| Obama calls himself 'America's first Pacific president' Posted: 14 Nov 2009 03:04 AM PST  President Barack Obama declared Saturday that an era of American disengagement in the globe's fastest-growing region is over and warned that the U.S. and its Asian partners "will not be cowed" by North Korea's continued defiance over its nuclear weapons and other provocations.
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| China confronts issues of race and long-held prejudice Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:02 AM PST ![]() As a mixed-race girl growing up in this most cosmopolitan of mainland Chinese cities, 20-year-old Lou Jing said she never experienced much discrimination -- curiosity and questions, but never hostility.
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| Population of historic Venice totters near 60,000 (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:35 AM PST  AP - Historic Venice is approaching the dread status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000 — a largely symbolic threshold considered by some to signal the end of the city's viability.
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| 2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:19 AM PST ![]() AP - Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession.
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| Eliot Spitzer Talks Financial And Personal Crisis In BBC Interview (AUDIO) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:43 AM PST  In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Carrie Gracie, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer discusses crashes -- both personal and financial. After eighteen months out of the spotlight, following his resignation amid a sex scandal, Spitzer is once again engaging in public discourse about the origins of the financial collapse. During his tenure as New York State Attorney General, Spitzer gained a reputation as a foil to Wall Street. "It is very difficult to have watched this story unfold," Spitzer told Gracie, referring to the economic crisis. "It was during the decade of financial e
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| Govt: Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:19 AM PST ![]() AP - The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year.
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| Palin's five book tour goals (Politico) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 05:58 AM PST ![]() Politico - Sarah Palin's new book isn't even on shelves, but it's already a phenomenon.
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| Some Scars Only Doctors See Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:20 AM PST ![]() Veterans of the war in Iraq experience effects that are not always obvious. Sometimes their problems are only visible to doctors like Natalie Mariano, who for the past five years has worked at the Veteran Affairs Primary Care Center in Hyannis, Mass.
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| Friday’s Statewide scores Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:41 PM PST ![]() Scores from around the Palmetto State
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| Woman widowed by cop husband's suicide sues NYPD (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:46 AM PST ![]() AP - Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader.
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| Broaching Birth Control With Afghan Mullahs Posted: 14 Nov 2009 02:58 PM PST  Afghanistan's fertility rate of 6 children per woman is the highest in Asia, and the country is second only to Sierra Leone in maternal mortality rates.
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| In Wisconsin, looking east to Chinese buyers Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST ![]() WAUSAU, WIS. -- In a cavernous warehouse amid rolling hills and dairy farms, a group of farmers recently gathered around a buyer in a conversation heralding a sea change in the United States.
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| Pacquiao Vs. Cotto Fight: Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto To Face Off In Las Vegas Posted: 14 Nov 2009 04:43 PM PST  LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 144 pounds, his heaviest ever, while Miguel Cotto came in at the contract limit of 145 pounds for their scheduled 12-round fight. A raucous crowd of about 7,000, some of whom had been waiting for hours, was on hand Friday at the MGM Grand to see both fighters make weight for the bout.
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| Levi Johnston's Playgirl Update Posted: 13 Nov 2009 09:53 AM PST  Manager Updates Us on Levi's Nude Moments I love that Levi Johnston's manager is dedicated to giving us updates on the status of his Playgirl hotness! Considering my odd fascination with the whole spread (him? really? why?!), I feel obligated to let you know: yes, stage 1 of the Playgirl photoshoot has been completed.
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