President Obama announced Friday that the United States will withdraw nearly all troops from Iraq by the end of the year, effectively bringing the long and polarizing war in Iraq to an end. He said the last American troops will depart the country by January 1 “with their heads held high, proud of their...
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The breast cancer drug letrozole, marketed as Femara, may be more effective than tamoxifen at preventing the return of breast cancer and improving survival among older women with hormone-sensitive breast cancers, a new study reports. In the study, published online Oct. 21 in The Lancet Oncology, the researchers updated data from an ongoing study...
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CAUTION EXOTIC ANIMALS. At the Wednesday press conference, Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said 49 animals had been killed, and a monkey possibly infected with herpes B virus was still on the loose. He said there were a total of 56 animals kept on the farm. .
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Four people are dead and reportedly 24 more injured after a stage collapsed tonight at the Indiana State Fair before the country band Sugarland was to perform. The band tweeted their regrets on their official Twitter account shortly after the news broke. “We are all right. We are praying for our fans, and the...
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 which launched in Britain and other parts of Europe last week might be seeing itself pulled from the shelves soon, and not from buyers. Apple has claimed that Samsung’s Galaxy line of smart phones and tablets copies Apple design features – including the packaging and accessories. A judge in...
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Travis Pastrana crashes while trying to pull off his “toilet paper roll” trick. It’s a trick Travis Pastrana has been trying to land for years. Thursday at the X Games 17 in downtown Los Angeles, the action sports star failed again and, worse, broke his right foot and ankle in the process, which puts...
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The New England Patriots have now pulled the trigger on a deal that nets them former Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. The only thing serial tweeter Ochocinco has offered this evening is: “God is so Good” Ochocinco and Patriots coach Bill Belichick might seem like an odd couple, but they’ve expressed overwhelming...
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Mila Kunis, The 27-year-old actress recently sealed a deal to play Theodora, the youngest of three witches in the new “Wizard of Oz” movie prequel, “Oz, the Great and Powerful.” James Franco plays the title role, an illusionist who ends up in Oz after a tornado blows his hot air balloon off course and...
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Rodney King, whose videotaped 1991 beating by police and their subsequent acquittal sparked the Los Angeles riots the following year, was arrested Tuesday afternoon, suspected of driving under the influence in Moreno Valley. Officers from the Moreno Valley Police Department pulled King, 46, over after observing him commit several traffic violations, according to a...
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Mumbai News, Three explosions rocked India’s busy financial capital at rush-hour Wednesday, killing at least eight people and injuring 70 in what officials described as another terror attack on the city hit by a major attack by militants nearly three years ago. “We can confirm three blasts,” police control room officer Madhuri Waghare said....
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The Dallas Mavericks reached a trade agreement with the Portland Trail Blazers in which Dallas acquires swingman Rudy Fernandez, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The trade includes picks and Denver’s involvement as well. • Blazers receive: Raymond Felton (from Denver); rights to No. 57 overall pick (from Dallas) • Nuggets receive:...
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Republican Jon Huntsman, the former U.S. ambassador to China, entered his party’s 2012 presidential race on Tuesday pledging to make “hard decisions” to prevent America sinking into a debt disaster. The former governor of Utah, Huntsman, 51, is lagging in polls of Republicans but has a high profile in the media and worries the...
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New York police said Thursday that they will talk to an inmate who admitted to being part of the 1994 robbery and shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. The inmate was quoted on the website allhiphop.com this week admitting to being a part of the attack and saying he was paid by a music mogul...
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