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Danica Patrick still isn't saying what she plans for next season.
Asked about a cut President Barack Obama recommended in Medicare, California Rep. Fortney Stark responded with a question of his own: "What does MedPAC think?"
The Iranian government has seized and detained several hundred activists, journalists and students across the nation, in one of the most extensive crackdowns on key dissidents since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Witnesses in Iran say police have clashed with up to 3,000 protesters near a mosque in north Tehran.
The prime office space in the southeast corner of the Treasury building sits vacant four months into the Obama administration. Its ample desk is empty, the walls are bare. Occupants from nearby offices occasionally gather there when in need of a conference table, but otherwise, it's a den of inactivity.
How's this for luck: I recently found a great weekend rate for a swanky hotel in an expensive city. My minisuite had a giant flat-screen TV, a gas fireplace and one of those incredible “this isn’t a mattress, it’s a lifestyle” beds. Drifting off to sleep, I thought, “Fat chance you’ll get to do this again soon. Enjoy it while you can.”
Kris Jenkins needed a few days to get his thoughts together.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign can hardly believe its luck this week. Coming off a well-received convention where 40 million TV viewers saw Obama's acceptance speech, the Democratic nominee made three nightly appearances in battleground states that each drew 14,000 or more people.
Barack Obama achieved a historic breakthrough with his nomination for president, but you wouldn't know it by tracking the official events of the Democratic convention's first three days.
Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.
Advocates for the blind want the government to set minimum sound standards for new cars and trucks, pointing to potential safety hazards for blind pedestrians who can't hear silent gas-electric hybrid vehicles.
The top U.S. commander south of Baghdad stepped across a pile of trash to talk to an Iraqi man. "What do you need?" asked Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch.
As Simon Rattle found out, conductors can't control everything.
Rocket and mortar attacks have fallen to their lowest level in nearly two years. Civilian deaths have dropped sharply since summer. Shoppers are venturing out, even in Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods.
Admirers of Adm. William J. Fallon salute his reputation for deft diplomacy. Judging from his first weeks as top commander of American forces in the Middle East, a talent for tact has served him well in many countries of the region except, perhaps, the one that matters most — Iraq.
White House mum on new Michelle Obama dollThe White House said it had no comment Monday in response to the upcoming release of a new Michelle Obama action figure doll. The six-inch doll is made by New York toymaker Jailbreak Toys and is set for release on November 20, but the company began work on the new product six o …
Kids 'kept quiet with cannabis' A LEADING children's charity says parents in an impoverished western Sydney suburb are giving cannabis to children as young as six to "keep them quiet".
Searching for quiet in an increasingly loud worldA beautiful report that is also part essay on the effects of noise on our collective well being.
China's Twitter blackoutIs Beijing trying to quiet observances of the Tiananmen Square anniversary?
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Teacher taped young boy's mouth shut A pre-school teacher in Sweden has been reported to police for taping a six-year-old's mouth shut after he refused to be quiet.
Today my friends, I watched the ending of an era of self-induced terrorism and the beginning of the most hopeful America since the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. Today Barak Obama became president of the United States.
By Chicago standards, Blagojevich isn't crazyWell, he was caught on federal tape using multiple f-words while allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder. First Lady Patti Blagojevich was also on tape, and she's a better cusser than her husband.
God is Not a LibrarianA look at how the Christian ritual of quiet time has moved from a good principle to a form of boasting and a modern idol.
The peculiar pleasure of earplugs. I became a connoisseur of earplugs when three brownstones on my block underwent renovations at the same time. Clanging machinery, the truck deliveries, and that most noisy species, construction workers, conspired to disrupt the usual early-morning stillness.
Headphones to Shut Out the World Until you try them, you won't believe what a difference such headphones can make. As tiny microphones monitor the mind-numbing roar around you, circuitry in the device creates a sound wave 180 degrees out of phase with the original sounds.
Couple confesses to killing noisy neighbors An Italian couple have confessed to killing four neighbors including a toddler after a long feud over noise, a prosecutor said Thursday, resolving a gruesome murder case that has held the country in thrall.
The birth of a quieter, greener planeMore and more of us fly every year. As we do so, the political pressure to act to curb greenhouse gas emissions from planes is rising.
South Carolina high schools spending $2300 on security to keep High School graduation quietSome Midlands high schools will crack down on overzealous audiences this graduation season. Both Lexington 2 and Lexington 3 school districts want to quiet or kick out revelers whose prolonged cheering drowns out the big moment for other students and their families.
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