World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115

Although she liked her bacon crispy and her chicken fried, she never drank, smoked or fooled around, Gertrude Baines once said, describing a life that lasted an astonishing 115 years and earned her the title of oldest person on the planet.

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Man struck and killed by Metro train

Metro says a man who was struck and killed by a train at a station in Maryland just outside Washington was on the tracks intentionally.

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World's oldest person celebrates 115th in LA

The world's oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday Monday.

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Obama named TIME’s Person of the Year

Could TIME magazine’s 2008 Person of the Year have been anyone than President-elect Barack Obama?

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Indiana woman dies at 115 as world's oldest person

Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.

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Original Village People policeman in hospital

Former Village People lead singer Victor Willis is recovering from vocal cord surgery and has postponed his tour.

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World's Oldest Celebrates Longevity

A 114-year-old Indiana woman who became the world's oldest person this week celebrated the distinction Thursday with a slice of her favorite cake.

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Time Magazine's Person of the Year: You

Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."

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World's Oldest Person Dies at 116

Maria Esther de Capovilla, considered the world's oldest person, has died in her native Ecuador, her granddaughter said Monday. At 116, she was born the same year as Charlie Chaplin and married the year the U.S. entered World War I.

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Oldest Man Turns 115 in Puerto Rico

The world's oldest person celebrated his 115th birthday Monday, offering advice on healthy living at a party where he was serenaded by a well-known Puerto Rican singer.

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The Corporate 'Person' [Re-edit]

Nowhere are corporations mentioned in The Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution was 32 years old before the Supreme Court even dealt with its first case regarding a private, for-profit corporation (Dartmouth College vs.

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Fun - Part One

What parts of yourself do you like and what parts of yourself do you not like? What could be improved?

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Kyle Maynard is competing in an amateur mixed martial arts match despite being born with no elbows, knees, hands or feet.

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An international team led by the Scripps Research Institute in California said on Thursday it is the safest method yet found to transform ordinary skin cells into what are called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. More Articles

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The British researchers discovered that the new auditory cells produced from the fetal cells, performed identically to existing cells in developing ears. Researchers are also studying the use of embryonic and adult stem cells for their studies on restoring hearing loss.

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"I just think it's immoral to create life and destroy it in the name of science," said Georgia State Sen. Ralph Hudgens. "In Nazi Germany they did experiments with human beings. I don't want to see that done here."

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When Are You a Person?

This is a very touchy and controversial topic, however in light of recent news reports and debates on stem cell research, I feel that it needs to be comprehensively aired, debated and discussed in all areas because the possible implications are just too horrendous.

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Excerpt: Darryl and Dan Culberson were cheapskates before it was cool. And they can prove it. The two brothers have been exchanging the same birthday card since 1973.

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If they are otherwise to be destroyed, then does not the good that can be done to heal disease outweigh protecting a non-existent potential? Theologians must advise the bishops that there is a difference between metaphysical potentiality and this specific case. More Articles

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Daytona Beach police announced this morning that they have found the person who dropped off several bags of clothes and more than $10,000 at a thrift store in October.

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Excerpt: A man returned home Saturday to find someone had broken in, but nothing was missing - except a $6 steak that was apparently cooked and eaten while he was away. An intruder broke a window to enter 1516 NE Perry Ave. sometime between 11 a.m. and 9:45 p.m.

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Gametrailers has posted their review for Killzone 2 in amazing HD quality. It simply LOOKS incredible and isn't half bad as a game either.

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Excerpt: Tim Miller, the founder of Texas EquuSearch, has told the Orlando Sentinel that getting his group involved in the Caylee Marie Anthony case might be one of the biggest mistakes he's made for the organization.

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Convenience stores are packed with products to give consumers a quick boost of caffeine. The stimulant comes in all forms -- from drinks to pills to sprays -- and is available at almost all locations.

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George Denis Patrick Carlin was a goddamned hypocrite, and I loved him for it.

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It condemned in-vitro fertilisation, saying the techniques "proceed as if the human embryo were simply a mass of cells to be used, selected and discarded."

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DAVIS COUNTY — It may take a village to raise a child, but sometimes it takes an entire nation to bring one home.

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Video: A Knoxville, Tenn., kidnap victim speaks out about her attack.

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Are Race and Skin Colour superficial or are they as integral as anything else about humankind?

I get this phrase a lot, about being 'colour-blind'.

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The Corporate 'Person'

Nowhere are corporations mentioned in the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution was 32 years old before the Supreme Court even dealt with its first case regarding a private, for-profit corporation (Dartmouth College vs.

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Legal, real estate experts wonder how Dart's promise will play out

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I Need a Holiday

Nero fiddled as Rome burned. I can't believe they would take off in the middle of the worst crisis in almost 100 years.

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Q:Is the money going to the wrong people/institutions? Why should the money go to these institutions instead of homeowners or banks who hold the sub-prime mortgages?

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What's Wrong with Trickle-Up Economics?

It all trickles up anyway. Is the economy not like a food chain, in which the bottom...the plankton...is the money of individuals? If the plankton isn't there, no one eats. Of course, neither will the sharks in the end. It filters/trickles up no matter what.I'm not a communist.

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Personal Carbon Trading - A response from the office of David Cameron (UK Tory leader)

We've all heard how carbon traders are getting rich at the expense of us all, and very very little is being achieved with this regarding carbon reduction. OK, so now we have PERSONAL CARBON TRADING.

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