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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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AP, Revere
City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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AP, Pittsburgh
The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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AP, Chicago
In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A federal appeals court panel has upheld a Texas law that calls for schoolchildren to have a moment of silence during which they can pray, reflect or meditate.
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A U.S. missile strike in Iraq took Mustafa Ghazwan’s hearing nearly two years ago. On Tuesday, far from home, the 3-year-old’s wall of silence finally...
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AP, Chicago
A federal judge has ruled that a state law requiring a moment of silence in public schools across Illinois is unconstitutional, saying it crosses the line separating...
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I have a friend, let’s call her “Tasha” just in case she’s reading this website.
The girl is mega-sensitive!
Dilemma: Tasha has this...
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Metaphorically speaking, sometimes silence is not only golden but also speaks volumes where words fail. No amount of ringing, buzzing or loud music can awaken a...
made popular Aug 18 2008
Look into my eyes,
See my broken heart,
Pain reflected in my eyes,
Taste my tears,
My liquid pool of emotion,
See my sadness,
Hear my voice,
A recipricated...
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Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of “least democratic in...
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AP, Chicago
A federal judge on Thursday barred school districts statewide from holding the daily moment of silence suitable for prayer that is required under state law.U.S....
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AP, Chicago
A federal judge on Thursday barred school districts statewide from holding the daily moment of silence suitable for prayer that is required under state law.U.S....
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AP, Labutta
Apart from the sound of children crying, the town of Labutta is strangely silent.Traumatized by the ordeal of surviving Cyclone Nargis, few people have anything to say....
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AP, Chicago
A man locked away 26 years for murder was granted a new trial and freed on bond Friday with the help of two attorneys who came forward with a client’s confession...
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A man who spent 26 years in prison is free on bond while he awaits a new trial for a murder another inmate confessed to his lawyers.Alton Logan’s family say they...
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For nearly 26 years, the affidavit was sealed in an envelope and stored in a locked box, tucked away with the lawyer’s passport and will. Sometimes he stashed the...
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A federal judge favors expanding a legal challenge to a mandatory moment of silence in classrooms into a class-action lawsuit that would include all Illinois school...
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AP, Washington
Two years and 142 cases have passed since Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last spoke up at oral arguments. It is a period of unbroken silence that contrasts with...
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AP, Austin
Texas schoolchildren will continue to pray or meditate during a daily minute of silence after a federal court threw out a challenge to the state law.The ruling issued...
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AP, Chicago
A federal judge refused Monday to temporarily bar schools from observing a brief period of prayer or reflective silence for students, but he allowed a lawsuit...
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AP, Chicago
A 14-year-old girl and her outspoken atheist father filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging a new Illinois law requiring a brief period of prayer or reflective...
made popular Oct 27 2007
A silence comes within us all,
When we with darkness again fall;
A shadow creeping softly stays,
And show its vision many ways.
Everything my brain still knows,
Step by...
made popular Oct 3 2007
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Ghazwan Al-Nadawi checks the cochlear implant of his son Mustafa Ghazwan, 3, of Baquba, Iraq, after it was activated at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center in San Francisco on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. Mustafa was 2 years old and just.
