Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade - Houston Chronicle
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(AP) — An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. Another 12 to 15 victims were taken to
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No Triple Crown: Oxbow upsets Orb at Preakness - Houston Chronicle
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Thanks to Oxbow`s wire-to-wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens have themselves another classic to add to their stellar resumes. Lukas put Stevens on his first Triple Crown race winner — when th
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Amey fights injury, asthma to claim Ironman crown - Houston Chronicle
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Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina - Houston Chronicle
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Working for The Associated Press, I wanted to talk to her, her captors or anyone else to get the story. Just hours after the coup, an iron lid of silence had already clamped shut on the whereabouts and condition of de Peron, and I knew trying to find her
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Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply - Houston Chronicle
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch`s brew of canc
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Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police - Houston Chronicle
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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Earlier Saturday, po
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HSO delivers going-away gift to Graf - Houston Chronicle
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During the goodbye ceremony Friday night before conductor Hans Graf`s last program as the Houston Symphony`s music director, one of the players gave him a going-away present: a replica of the manuscript of Mozart`s Symphony No. 40. Mozart`s turbulent 40th
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Endangered leatherback sea turtles experience resurgence in Trinidad - NY Daily
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 Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark.
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Photos of the day from around the world: May 17 - NY Daily News
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 A woman in vampire make-up attends the traditional park picnic on the first day of the annual Wave-Gotik Treffen, or Wave and Goth Festival, on May 17, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. The four-day festival, in which elaborate fashion is a must, brings together
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David Beckham walks off the field in tears after final home game - NY Daily Ne
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 David Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation — for the last time in front of a home crowd at a football game.
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Miley Cyrus spotted at recording studio in Los Angeles while Liam Hemsworth part
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 Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are oceans apart. While she`s just being Miley around LA, her fiancé is living it up in the South of France, according to reports.
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Preakness Stakes: Oxbow upsets Kentucky Derby winner Orb, ends hopes of a Tripl
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 Horse racing desperately was seeking history in the Preakness on Saturday. The race was one for the history books. Though not what you would expect as a Hall of Fame trainer and jockey, with a combined age of 127, turned back the clocks as 50-year-old Gar
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Steve Jobs widow: How is Laurene Powell Jobs spending her wealth? (+video) - CSM
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Steve Jobs widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, is emerging as a education philanthropist and immigration reform campaigner. Since her husband, Steve Jobs, passed on, Mrs. Powell Jobs has joined the push for passage of the Dream Act.
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Collision closes New York area train route as NTSB investigates (+video) - CSMon
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A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived Saturday to investigate a commuter rail collision that caused a prominent railroad line near New York City to be partially closed.
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Moon hit by boulder-size meteoroid, causing`explosion` visible from earth (+vide
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If you had been looking up at the moon at the right moment on March 17, you could have seen a one-second burst of heat caused by the impact of a large meteoroid.
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What IRS scandal says about health insurance reform - CSMonitor.com
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The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, daily news briefing, and email newsletters.
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IRS scandal becomes Republican battering ram against Obamacare (+video) - CSMoni
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Republicans lawmakers say the scandal over Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups raises new doubts about President Obama’s health-insurance reform law.
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Did the Associated Press blow an Al Qaeda informant`s cover? - CSMonitor.com
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Some officials say the Associated Press scoop on a thwarted terrorist plot by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen harmed the effort to neutralize a master bomb-builder. Does that excuse the Obama administration`s aggressive crackdown on national security leaks
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Worst departure cities - chicagotribune.com
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Here are 10 cities CardHub.com suggests you might try to avoid if you`re traveling in the United States this summer.
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Dwyane Wade surprises Miami teen as her prom date - chicagotribune.com
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