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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 12:14 pm ET
The University of Nebraska's governing board was expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would limit stem-cell research at the university system's facilities to rules approved under former President George W. Bush.
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Denver Post - 1 hour 37 minutes ago
At first, it appears as though the collection of 24 pieces by George Packer will be all Iraq, all the time. It is only after about 170 pages that readers will discover Packer writes just as compellingly about other parts of the world as he does about Iraq.
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YourNabe.com - 1 hour 43 minutes ago
Lt. Col. Richard Gulley has flown all over the world, from Kosovo to Rwanda, and he has now anchored himself as the newest addition in St. John’s University’s ROTC program to which he hopes to draw not just recruits but those interested in learning a little more about the military.
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The Indiana Gazette - 1 hour 48 minutes ago
``Going Rogue: An American Life'' (HarperCollins, 413 pages, $28.99), by Sarah Palin -- There should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin's memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited.
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The Lantern - 1 hour 57 minutes ago
Sid Chafetz stood, hunched slightly, gripping his cane. He gazed over his glasses and spoke with a low rasp to those surrounding him, waiting for their turn to greet the honored guest.
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Jefferson City News Tribune - 1 hour 57 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.
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Yankton Press & Dakotan - 2 hours 6 minutes ago
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska’s governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 9:29 pm ET
Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.
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New Hope - Golden Valley Sun-Post - 2 hours 39 minutes ago
Hennepin County will hold two H1N1 vaccine clinics for children six months through nine years of age 3:15-8:30 p.m. Nov. 18, at Hopkins High School and 2:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 20, at New Hope Church. Families should first call their healthcare provider to learn if they can receive vaccine there.
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The New Britain Herald - Sun Nov 22, 1:48 am ET
NEW BRITAIN — Though the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan show no signs of ending, the American anti-war movement has gone off the rails since what was supposed to be a non-partisan “anti-war” movement became instead a very partisan “anti-George W. Bush” movement. That was the central point made by noted peace activist Cindy Sheehan at a Central Connecticut State University panel discussion held ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 9:47 am ET
President Barack Obama has nominated a former press secretary to President George W. Bush and a past chairman of CNN to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The independent agency oversees nonmilitary international broadcasts sponsored by the federal government, including Voice of America.
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The Colony Courier-Leader - Sun Nov 22, 1:46 am ET
So about this flag thing, I must admit to joining the party late. By the time I'd wrapped my head around the news, any story I wrote would be a story about the story, and that's not what this story needs.
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News Chief - Sun Nov 22, 1:16 am ET
Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.
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KXXV Waco - Sat Nov 21, 8:42 pm ET
The alleged Fort Hood shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, had his first hearning in San Antonio Saturday.
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Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ET
Megan Bloomgren came to hear from the Alpha Women.
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The Fayetteville Observer - Sun Nov 22, 12:23 am ET
T here should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin's memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited.
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KSFY Sioux Falls - Sun Nov 22, 12:23 am ET
Hasan's attorney says Hasan has no feeling from the chest down and has limited movement in his arms. He has been told the paralysis is permanent. The hearing was closed to the media and officials at Fort Hood have declined to comment.
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Strategy Page - Fri Nov 20, 9:02 am ET
(I'm sure everyone's read this by now, but what the heck). Amusing list : If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 6:26 pm ET
The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 5:59 pm ET
Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.