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When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.
Jim Tracy was out of baseball when Clint Hurdle called last October to talk to him about joining Hurdle's staff in Colorado. Tracy was focused on his duties as bench coach for the Rockies when he came to spring training.
Jamie Dixon of Pitt has been chosen as USA Basketball's national coach of the year for guiding the United States' first FIBA under-19 world championship team since 1991.
Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in.
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle proposed a plan Sunday to end the state's hotly disputed teacher furloughs starting in January, using a rainy day budget fund and converting planning days for teachers into regular classroom time to cancel a 10 percent reduction in school days.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
Early morning Dec. 26, I will stumble into the cold, hair tangled, bathrobe askew and eyes half shut. I will drag in the heavy newspaper, and over a steaming cup of coffee, begin to attack the pages with scissors.
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi are on a 23-player shortlist for this year's FIFA player of the year award.
The busiest and in many ways most difficult year in Landon Donovan's increasingly storied soccer career ultimately could be the most satisfying.
Hundreds of angry parents protested Hawaii's statewide public school shutdown Friday, saying their children are losing out on education due to government budget cuts.
A Montana woman accused of letting her 12-year-old daughter drive three siblings to day care has been fined nearly $1,000. Angela Parenteau entered a no contest plea to one count of criminal endangerment Thursday in Municipal Court in Great Falls. Three other criminal endangerment charges were dropped under a plea agreement.
Marynell Meadors was honored Thursday as the WNBA coach of the year after leading the Atlanta Dream to a remarkable turnaround in the franchise's second season.
Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry is the WNBA's rookie of the year.
Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings has been named the WNBA's defensive player of the year for the third time.
Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year Friday evening, grateful for the recent calm spell in the region but skeptical that the coming year would see the achievement of ever-elusive peace.
Year-over-year figures are the bread-and-butter measurement of economic activity. When analysts want to know just how well a company or industry is performing, they compare current results to ones from a year earlier to see the big picture.
It was — note the past tense — the worst housing recession anyone but survivors of the Great Depression can remember.
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare law on July 30, 1965, and 11 months later seniors were receiving coverage. But if President Barack Obama gets to sign a health care overhaul this fall, the uninsured won't be covered until 2013 — after the next presidential election.
Quarterback Garrett Gilbert, headed to Texas in the fall, and guard Skylar Diggins, a Notre Dame basketball recruit, were honored as national high school athletes of the year Wednesday.
While educators debate the wisdom of three-year college degrees, some ambitious students are going ahead and finishing their coursework in three years anyhow as a way to save thousands of dollars in tuition.
Pittsburgh school officials are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy slipped away from his preschool in the middle of the school day and walked to his home about a mile away.
Between doctors' appointments, Edward Kennedy has been working the phones, urging Senate colleagues to pass a health care bill. He's trying to finish his memoirs. And he's overseeing the design of a namesake building to stand next to his brother's presidential library.
A Denver man accused of firing a gun into the air and killing a woman and an 11-year-old girl as he celebrated the new year has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
On Friday a Sullivan County, Tennessee Judge allowed a 4 year old child to be 'legally kidnapped' by her father! Terri McGee, of Kingsport has been fighting in the Sullivan County Court system for several months to gain custody of her 2 grandchildren from her disabled daughter.
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Click on the year you were born and read the news for that yearWhat happened the year you were born? See major news events and statistics from your birth year.
Student Who Brought Camping Utensil to School Has Suspension Lifted - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.comBoy Suspended For Utensil Gets Reprieve
Pictures that make you say 'wow': Photographers get up close and personal with wildlifeA stark but stunning image of a damselfly in silhouette has landed its creator with the title of British Wildlife Photographer of the year.
And the greenest car of the year is … a diesel-powered VolvoIt may not be a streamlined hybrid, a futuristic electric vehicle or a snazzy biofuel car, but a distinctly boxy diesel Volvo has won What Car? magazine's award for the year's greenest car.
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Alice Nez Horseherder, a Navajo sheep herder her entire life, lives in Hard Rock, Arizona in the the Black Mesa Region.
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Al Jazeera English - Africa - Jets 'bombed convoy in Sudan'A Sudanese minister has told Al Jazeera that the US launched two air raids in the country earlier this year.
Teenager paints 60ft phallus on roof of family homeA teenager got away with painting a 60ft phallus on the roof of his parents' home for a year before his parents found out.
66-year-old Bloomfield man accused of having sex with 15 year oldA Bloomfield man faces statutory rape charges" Charles Glass, 66, is accused of having sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl" Investigators are also combing through at least two computers and other items seized from his home"
China expects Tibet to celebrate, or else - Los Angeles TimesChina Sux Buy American
Today is my 33rd birthday and until my new roommate told me I was 33 I taugh I was turning 32, seems like I forgot to add a year last birthday. I could not stop laughing when she told me that I was stealing a year.
A Broader View Volunteers 2008A Broader View Volunteers was created on the idea that one person can make a difference. We offer a range of affordable international service projects with the opportunity for cultural immersion abroad.
Volunteer Abroad 100 Great Tips blog.abroaderview.orgOur programs open you up to world of discovery. You will experience people, places and things of which you have only dreamed.
Volunteer Abroad in Argentina: Volunteering Work Abroad, Argentinians International Volunteers OpportunitiesOur volunteer program allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Argentina. Volunteering in Argentina is a way to totally immerse yourself in Spanish culture.
Volunteer Abroad in Chile: Volunteering Work Abroad, Chilean International Volunteers OpportunitiesVolunteering opportunities are available in many areas of the country. Our local Project Coordinators are located in La Serena, Santiago and Concepcion.
That is a question I keep asking myself on a daily basis. The past 12 years or so have totally flown by. From the first meeting of my future wife to the downfall of our marriage it has been a bit bumpy. Some friends have came and gone as well.
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4 Year Old Shoots Baby SitterPolice say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Beavers was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen was also injured.
If a 13 year-old can launch a startup you have no excuseThis 13 year old boy has started his own tech company.
2008 Photos of the YearSee the Burlington Free Press 2008 photos of the year from Burlington, Vermont.
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