Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:39:07 GMT
AP - Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday.
California passes new auto emission rules
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:53:32 GMT
AP - Seeking to influence other states and Washington, California air regulators passed sweeping auto emission standards Friday that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on state roads by 2025.
Romney, Gingrich focus on Hispanic voters in Fla.
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:57:42 GMT
AP - Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney pitched their ideas for reforming immigration law and pushing democracy into Cuba and across Latin America as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, entering the final, frenzied weekend before Florida's primary.
Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:38:45 GMT
AP - Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression.
US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:38:23 GMT
AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.
'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:55:20 GMT
AP - A federal judge on Friday sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.
St. Louis hosts 1st big parade on Iraq War's end
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:17:16 GMT
AP - Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades. No massive, flag-waving public celebrations.
Tubby tabby gets revolutionary new knee joint
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:57:08 GMT
AP - Because Cyrano weighs more than 20 pounds, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question. So the tubby tabby's owners turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get him back into mice-catching trim.
Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:13:39 GMT
AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
Column: Stop shrieking about women's tennis noise
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:27:49 GMT
AP - On serve and when whipping his forehand, Novak Djokovic's grunt is that of a bullfrog, "WooooAH-UH." Rafael Nadal goes for a throatier, "AAArrgggHH." Occasionally, Andy Murray offers up a more hushed, constricted, "Eeeeeehhh." From Roger Federer, of course, we tend to get the sound of silence.