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March 9, 2010

Mitchell: Israel, Palestinians to hold talks

JERUSALEM – Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to begin indirect, American-brokered talks, U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell announced Monday. The agreement ends a 14-month deadlock in peacemaking and represents the Obama administration’s first substantive diplomatic achievement here. The announcement, however, came just hours after Israel enraged Palestinians by announcing new West Bank settlement construction […]
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March 9, 2010

‘Hurt Locker’ too risky for real life, say bomb experts

The Oscar-winning film was 'sexed up,' veterans say, but it did capture the reality of an adrenaline rush.
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March 9, 2010

Baptist missionary freed in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the U.S. group’s leader remained in custody. Charisa Coulter, 24, was taken from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for […]
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March 9, 2010

Networks, cable continue battle over fees

TV networks want a bigger share of the fiscal pie, but cable providers are pushing back.
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March 9, 2010

No more quakes than usual, scientists say

Earthquakes don't kill people – buildings do, they say. And now more people live on fault lines.

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March 9, 2010

World dispatches

LAGOS, Nigeria More than 500 people killed in attack on Christian village At least 528 people were killed in an attack on a predominantly Christian village by Muslim Fulani herders near the central Nigerian city of Jos, a local rights group said. The pre-dawn attack Sunday on the Dogo na Hauwa village was in reprisal […]
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March 9, 2010

N.Y. congressman offers a third reason for resignation

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – New York Rep. Eric Massa is now blaming his resignation on a conspiracy by House Democratic leaders to force him out before a crucial vote on health care, his third explanation for leaving office after he earlier cited health issues and an ethics investigation. One of 39 Democrats who voted against an […]
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March 9, 2010

Nation dispatches

LOS ANGELES Women who drink lightly gain less weight in midlife Women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol don’t gain as much weight in midlife as those who abstain, according to a study released Monday. However, the authors as well as alcohol abuse experts were quick to say that drinking should not be heralded […]
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March 9, 2010

Sept. 11 mastermind won’t get civilian trial, aides say

A military tribunal may be the only way for the White House to get a deal to close Guantanamo Bay.
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March 9, 2010

High court to rule on allowing hateful speech outside funerals

Should emotionally hurtful protests at services be protected as free speech?