UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations (search) is launching a global campaign to combat the rising threat of AIDS (search) against children, nearly 1,800 of whom are infected with HIV every day. According to a new report from UNICEF (search) and UNAIDS (search), children under 15 account for 1 in …
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NEW ORLEANS – The Army Corps of Engineers (search) pumped much of the remaining floodwater out of the city Saturday as tens of thousands of residents continued returning to dry neighborhoods to check on houses and reopen businesses. Water was still being pumped out of the heavily flooded lower Ninth …
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CAMDEN, N.J. – Authorities used helicopters, boats, a bloodhound and a house-by-house search Thursday to try to find three boys missing since the prior evening. Their families’ search for the boys, ages 5 to 11, began soon after the three friends vanished around 5 p.m. Wednesday as they played outside …
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WASHINGTON – Leading Senate Republicans on Tuesday urged the chamber to give an up-or-down vote on President Bush’s embattled pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (search), John Bolton (search). “In my usual non-confrontational fashion, I have urged Senator Frist to schedule a vote and get …
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JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday said it has protested increasing European Union (search) contacts with the Hamas (search), while the militant group confirmed that its contacts with EU diplomats are on the rise. “We believe Europeans should be strengthening moderate Palestinians and not appeasing the extremists,” said Israeli Foreign Ministry …
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – As his new bride, Amanda, and her friends chuckle at stories over dinner, Jack Self stares in silence. He doesn’t laugh much anymore. He has spent half of the last two years patrolling the cities of Iraq, dodging sniper fire and roadside bombs, and watching friends …
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A flood watch is in effect for most of the Florida Panhandle as a tropical storm is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico (search) today. The National Weather Service in Tallahassee (search) issued the flood watch, which will be effect until 4 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. …
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LOS ANGELES – Stevie Wonder showed off his dance moves, Will Smith arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and The Fugees got together again. Extravagant performances and on-stage antics largely stole the spotlight from the winners at Tuesday night’s BET Awards (search) — if the winners showed up at all, that …
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We has a special show on Thursday as Mary Doocy — middle child of Steve and Cathy — decided to cut her hair and donate her clippings to Locks Of Love — a program that uses real hair for cancer patients who need hair pieces. We also introduced you to …
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LOS ANGELES – There’s a new venue for Vanna White’s (search) letter turning. The “Wheel of Fortune” (search) game show star will be unveiling the letters V-A-N-N-A W-H-I-T-E on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (search) next year. She’s among the dozens of celebrities who will be enshrined in 2006 with …
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