Nigerian cities enduring fuel shortages
UPI - Wed Dec 2, 4:04 pm ETABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Residents of the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Lagos are facing ongoing fuel shortages in the oil exporting African nation, officials said Wednesday.
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Itzhak Perlman fiddles against polio
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 4:32 pm ETItzhak Perlman was afflicted with polio when he was 4. Now, 60 years later he's helping to rid the world of the disease.
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Lawrence Lab Retiree Directs International Energy Studies
The Livermore Independent - Thu Dec 3, 8:54 pm ETWhen Bob Schock retired in 2002 from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he wasn’t about to remain idle. After some 30 years working in energy technology and energy policy, he knew he would return to the Lab part-time and consult on the topics he had such a strong background in.
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Pots for the World Cup draw
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 2, 3:12 pm ETCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Pots for Friday's World Cup draw. Teams can't be placed into a group with a team from the same confederation, except for Europe, which can have up to two teams in a group: Pot One (seeded teams): Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa Pot Two (Asia, North and Central America, and Oceania): Australia, Honduras, Japan, Mexico ...
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Uwem Akpan, Oprah's new favorite writer, got his start in the University's MFA program
The Michigan Daily - Thu Dec 3, 2:24 am ETHarrowing and unbearable scenarios befall the young protagonists of Uwem Akpan’s “Say You’re One of Them,” a 2008 collection of short stories describing the plights of war- and poverty-stricken children across Africa.
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Goal.Commentary: Best Cast, Worst Case For Mexico
Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 2, 2:12 pm ETWhat draw would be favorable for Mexico? What teams would Mexico do well to avoid in Friday's World Cup draw? Goal.com's Mexico staff breaks down how the draw could benefit or hurt El Tricolor.
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Goal.Commentary: Best Case, Worst Case For Mexico
Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 2, 2:12 pm ETWhat draw would be favorable for Mexico? What teams would Mexico do well to avoid in Friday's World Cup draw? Goal.com's Mexico staff breaks down how the draw could benefit or hurt El Tricolor.
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Chelsea Clinton to wed Jewish boyfriend
J Weekly - Thu Dec 3, 6:06 pm ETChelsea Clinton is engaged to marry her Jewish boyfriend of two years.
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Nigerian president treated for heart condition
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 5:08 am ETThe chief physician for Nigeria's president says the leader is undergoing treatment for a heart condition at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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Eugene O. Engle: WWII pilot, diarist
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Thu Dec 3, 4:36 am ETGene Engle had never been far from his hometown of Hannibal, Mo., when in 1942 at age 20 he joined the Army Air Forces.
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L.A. Dem may become Assembly's 1st gay speaker
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 3:26 am ETLos Angeles Democratic Assemblyman John Pérez appears to be in line to become the next speaker of the state Assembly - and the body's first openly gay chief. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles County), said Wednesday that Pérez has...
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The Secret Fur Business
Los Angeles Downtown News - Thu Dec 3, 4:16 pm ETDOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - If your 1-year-old just has to have that pink mink coat for her birthday, or if you’ve been going crazy trying to figure out where to get the best deal on a custom-made rabbit scarf and fox earmuffs, don’t worry — the answer is in Downtown Los Angeles. In the center of the Jewelry District, to be exact.
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U.S. nervously awaits Friday's World Cup draw
ESPN - Wed Dec 2, 11:21 pm ETFriday's World Cup draw could go a long way to determining whether the Americans get out of the first round next June in South Africa or make a quick exit as they did in 2006.
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Somalia force 'let down' by troop no-shows
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 12:04 pm ETThe head of the African Union's troubled Somalia peacekeeping force expressed frustration on Wednesday at the failure of countries to honour troop commitments.
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Historic sites open doors to seasonal decor, events
Wisconsin State Journal - Thu Dec 3, 11:14 am ETThe Pabst Mansion in Milwaukee isn’t the only historic home in Wisconsin that gets gussied up for the holidays.
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United States and Organization of the Islamic Conference join forces against polio
Unicef - Thu Dec 3, 8:56 pm ETNEW YORK, USA, 3 December 2009 – The United States and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) resolved to work together to eradicate polio from the last remaining endemic countries. The launch of the joint initiative – a response to U.S. President Barack Obama's call for such an effort in Cairo last June – was held yesterday at UNICEF Headquarters in New York.
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