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The UN Environment Program estimates that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter in every square mile of ocean, and a swirling vortex of trash twice the size of Texas has spawned in the North Pacific.
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Homicide investigators used ground-penetrating radar Friday to determine if the bones of a long-vanished couple were buried in the backyard.
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Federal authorities say two airliners were a minute away from colliding when they turned away from each other over the Caribbean this week.
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AP, Monaca
Barack Obama’s spokesman fired off a fast criticism of Republican John McCain’s new running mate on Friday, but the Democratic candidate himself quickly...
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AP, Seattle
Machinists union leadership has called for a strike after deciding Boeing’s final contract offer isn’t good enough.
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AP, New York
Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate has given a brief, upbeat biography of her the kind...
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AP, Raleigh
John Edwards will emerge from seclusion and speak next month at Hofstra University in New York, taking the stage exactly one month after admitting to an extramarital...
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AP, New York
A highly respected retired NYPD detective with inoperable liver cancer was charged with bank robbery Friday after authorities identified him as the so-called Bling...
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AP, Erie
A defense attorney says his client will plead guilty to conspiracy in a bizarre 2003 bank robbery that led to the collar-bomb death of a Pennsylvania pizza delivery...
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Let’s face it: everything is a lot more horrifying than you thought when you were a kid. Pick even the most childlike, innocent thing you can think of, and the...
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AP, George Town
Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome...
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AP, Seattle
The machinists union has rejected Boeing’s final contract proposal and has called for a strike.
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AP, New York
Stocks have ended the day sharply lower after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending...
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A panel of federal appeals court judges pushed a U.S. government lawyer on Wednesday to answer why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking...
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AP, Washington
The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, has given his military superiors and Defense Secretary Robert Gates his initial recommendation on when to resume a...
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AP, San Francisco
A lush, under-the-stars spread of handmade bread, gourmet olives and fine wine makes an unlikely launch for a weekend dedicated to ending hunger, empowering poor...
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AP, New York
Gold prices fell slightly Friday as a stronger dollar prompted selling from investors seeking commodities as an inflation hedge.
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AP, Miami
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Gustav has again strengthened into a hurricane.
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AP, New York
Jennifer Aniston will make a return visit to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on “Friends.”
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AP, Charlotte
A North Carolina man has been formally indicted on a charge that he threatened to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Forget about buying cheap, tacky plastic add-ons to mod the iPhone’s camera. Flickr-er Daniel Forsythe instead used his knowledge of cellphone camera lenses to...
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Glaciers are shrinking at record rates and many could disappear within decades, the U.N. Environment Program said Sunday.Scientists measuring the health of almost 30...
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According to a Brazilian newspaper, termites now come to challenge corn and sugar cane-based technology in ethanol-production, a top United Nations environment official...
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