NEW YORK – There has been little change in the past two weeks regarding intentions for the upcoming congressional election; by a 9-point margin, voters say they would vote for the Democratic candidate for Congress over the Republican if the election were held today, compared with an 11-point margin two …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australian scientists announced Monday that they have developed a high-tech T-shirt that turns the strumming of an air guitar into music. The long-sleeved T-shirt has motion sensors built into its elbows that pick up the wearer’s arm motions and relay them wirelessly to a computer which interprets …
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LOS ANGELES – A man was arrested and accused of mailing threatening letters laced with white powder to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, TV talk show host David Letterman and other high-profile figures, the FBI announced. FBI agents took Chad Conrad Castagana, 39, into custody Saturday on charges of conveying false information …
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VEEDERSBURG, Ind. – An Indiana man stabbed a co-worker Tuesday who confronted him about placing motor oil on his peanut butter and jelly sandwich, police said. Jeremy Gordon, 22, was stabbed twice in the lower leg by Bradley McManomy, 27, during a confrontation Tuesday in a bathroom of the Fountain …
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BEIRUT – Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese turned the funeral Thursday for a slain Christian government minister into a massive demonstration of anger against Syria and its allies. The sprawling funeral for Pierre Gemayel reinvigorated suporters of the U.S.-backed government in a power struggle with Syrian-backed Hezbollah and its allies …
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Urinetown? No way. Urine Stevens Point. “Urinetown” a comedy about a town plagued by such a serious drought that residents must pay to use public restrooms, was a surprise hit on the Great White Way. But while it suited Broadway to a pee, it just won’t play in Peoria. Or …
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Saturday, November 18 at 8 p.m. ET Sunday, November 19 at 8 p.m. ET Hosted by Geraldo Rivera Surprising as it may sound, there is much to the O.J. Simpson criminal trial that the public never saw or heard about… In an exclusive interview with Geraldo Rivera, former LAPD Detective …
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NEW YORK – The world’s top accounting firms joined together Wednesday to call for an overhaul of the way companies report performance, proposing real-time results rather than traditional quarterly earning statements. The heads of the “Big Four” accounting firms — Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG as …
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Polls show that with less than 24 hours until voters decide which party will control Congress, Republicans are making major gains in key races and closing the gap nationally, meaning voter turnout could become the key factor. Nationally, Republicans cut the Democrats‘ lead to just four percentage points, down from …
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Health officials in Minnesota and Illinois say have reported whooping cough outbreaks in their states. The Minnesota Department of Health confirmed a recent outbreak of 16 cases among upper elementary students in Dakota County and an outbreak of 24 cases in Douglas County high school students. In 2005, more than …
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