Sending Them Away For Their Own Good
On a recent Sunday morning, Brian Barajas, a mop-topped 8-year-old, stashed his bike against the wall and raced inside a tired little house, ducking under two withered fruit trees. The house was so close to the tracks you could hear the engineer call out the stops when the train went by. A police helicopter was overhead, just down the street, as sure a sign as any that the day was underway.
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Adviser: President Obama Awaits Final Health Care Bill
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One German's Unusual Rebellion Against Europe's Green Movement
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Iran's Guard Chief Accuses US, Britain, Pakistan Of Links With Militants
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Strategy: Where Does Al-Qaeda Go From Here?
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Mayor Johnson Says Homeless Agree to Leave Lot Video
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Feds Warn Small Businesses To Prep Early For H1N1 Virus
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Thousands Rally Against President's Health Care Agenda Video
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Obama sets the pace in China
For reporters covering him, the sightseeing is just a blur. They can only take it a step at a time -- make that 30.
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Republicans criticize dismissal of AmeriCorps watchdog
A GOP report contends that the Obama White House was politically motivated when it fired inspector general Gerald Walpin after his 2008 investigation of Kevin Johnson, now Sacramento's mayor.
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Gates orders Pentagon inquiry on Ft. Hood shootings
A probe, which will examine military personnel policies and the stress on healthcare workers, seeks to find any 'internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings.'
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1 million stimulus jobs? House panel investigates
The economic stimulus package draws new scrutiny. Are its numbers 'propaganda' or coding errors?
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Democrats risk taxing the wealthy for healthcare
The House and Senate bills differ on who's considered rich enough and how much they should chip in. But both represent a shift that Republicans are bound to jump on.
Amid all of the uncertainties about how healthcare legislation would affect each American, one thing is clear: The more affluent...
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Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found
Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.
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Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan
When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment — and after the loss of a dozen comrades — they see warfare in a different light.
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Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen
News from Yemen has been dominated recently by an escalating rebellion along the border with Saudi Arabia. But the country has been making news for decades because of its severe overuse of a rapidly disappearing water supply, the result of natural and political causes.
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Record Rainfall Wreaks Havoc In Britain, Ireland
Raging floods engulfed northern England's Lake District on Friday, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. In Ireland, more than 3 feet of water shut down the center of the country's second-largest city, Cork, and more than a dozen other towns and villages.
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Peruvian Police Say Gang Killed People For Their Fat
Police arrested three members of a gang in the Peruvian jungle that allegedly has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed doubt about an international black market for human fat, though it does have cosmetic applications.
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Suicide Motorcycle Bomber Kills 16 In Afghanistan
Two children and a policeman were among those killed in the blast, which wounded at least 23 others when the motorcyclist detonated the explosives in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.