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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 10/07
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Affordable colleges: a new tool for cost comparison
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/12
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In Pictures: Civil War reenactors
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In Pictures: St. Patrick's Day 2011
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Robin Williams: CBS brings comic into Fall TV lineup (+video)
Robin Williams: CBS Fall TV lineup includes a new comedy with Robin Williams playing an unorthodox advertising executive with Sarah Michelle Gellar as his daughter. What else is in the CBS schedule?
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House race: Mark Sanford win crushes Democrats' hope of red-state toehold
Democrats spent $1 million to elect Elizabeth Colbert Busch in true-red South Carolina. But Republican Mark Sanford won handily with a message of fiscal restraint, despite ethical and moral lapses while governor.
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Supreme Court to hear child custody fight; at crux is law on tribal rights
US Supreme Court on Tuesday hears an appeal of an adoptive couple seeking the return of the girl they raised for two years. The child now lives with her father, a member of the Cherokee Nation, per order of a lower court.
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Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
A new biography sheds light on some of the 'undelightful' aspects of the life and work of eminent Swiss zoologist, glaciologist, and paleontologist Louis Agassiz.
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DOD furloughs: a four-day work week for Pentagon?
DOD furloughs would affect 'vast majority' of 800,000 workers, Defense secretary tells Congress. DOD furloughs could shave 20 percent off of pay and last 22 weeks.
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Alleging US torture, terror convict Padilla appeals to Americas’ rights group
Jose Padilla's mother is alleging to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that her son, currently in solitary confinement in a Colorado prison, was tortured during his 4 years in a naval brig.
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HMS Bounty: Search for missing captain continues (+video)
HMS Bounty Capt. Robin Walbridge was wearing a survival suit and the waters off North Carolina are warm. The US Coast Guard continues to search for Walbridge, three days after the sinking of the Bounty.
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Hurricane Sandy tears through Bahamas, weakens to Cat. 1
Hurricane Sandy has left 22 people dead in the Caribbean, but winds weakened to Category 1 hurricane strength. Hurricane Sandy killed 11 people in Cuba.
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Discipline in parenting: Take charge over your child
Disciplining needs to be done fearlessly – natural authority is advantageous and parents should build on it when drawing the line with their offspring.
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Sea levels rising on US East Coast much faster than global average (+video)
The Atlantic Ocean is rising at an annual rate three times faster than the global average since 1990, according to the US Geological Survey.
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The New Economy Greek default? It's already happening, debt deal or not.
Greek debt swap may not be a default technically speaking, but it's still a default. Holders of Greek debt and Greece's citizens are feeling its pinch.
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Can American manufacturing really be cornerstone of economic revival?
For decades, the US manufacturing sector has shriveled, but President Obama now envisions it as an engine of a revived US economy. The basis of his optimism may be hopes for 'advanced' manufacturing.
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South Carolina Republican debate: Surging Newt Gingrich scores (+video)
In the Republican debate Thursday night, the former House speaker won two standing ovations during one exchange alone. Three of four polls out Thursday showed Newt Gingrich slightly ahead of Mitt Romney for the lead in South Carolina.
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How Newt Gingrich won over the tea party
As opponents and the Republican establishment turn on former House speaker Newt Gingrich, he's getting a lifeline of support from a constituency he has ambitiously courted: the tea party.
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Penn State football players given favorable treatment, ex-official says
A former Penn State vice president says football players at the school received special treatment when it came to getting in trouble.
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Occupy Wall Street braces for Nor'easter: Hunker down or flee?
The Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York have weathered criticism and a bid to roust them from their Zuccotti Park home. Now, a 'nasty' Nor'easter is set to blow through Wednesday.
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Mitt Romney's hawkish foreign policy plan: A substitute for experience?
In a speech at The Citadel military college in South Carolina Friday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney outlined a muscular foreign policy and national security plan.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 10/07
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Appeals court's unusual ruling: Give Jose Padilla a tougher sentence
Convicted Al Qaeda supporter Jose Padilla, a US citizen once labeled an 'enemy combatant,' was given a 17-year sentence. In a rare ruling, a US appeals court called that too lenient.
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Porgy and Bess: newly conceived version of 'folk opera' tests the waters
Updated, musical-theater-style 'Porgy and Bess' offers a more 'intimate' narrative but has raised controversy.
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Six Southern cookbooks
A round-up of recent cookbooks featuring new twists on traditional Southern tastes.
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Three earthquakes in three days. More than coincidence?
First came an earthquake in Colorado. Then Virginia's quake shook the US from South Carolina to New England. Finally, San Francisco had a rattler as well. Are they connected?
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East Coast earthquake: How does a 5.9 temblor happen in Virginia?
Fault lines in the East are not as apparent or as active as in the West, but certain stresses can lead to a rupture. Tuesday's East Coast Earthquake was the biggest in 100 years.
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Hurricane Irene strengthens, puts Bahamas in its sights
Hurricane Irene has strengthened and could become a Category 3 as it slams into Bahamas, Tuesday.
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Atlantic's first 2011 hurricane, Irene, tracks toward Cape Canaveral
Hispaniola and the southern Bahamas are on alert, as hurricane Irene strengthened to a Category 1 storm Monday. Hurricane Irene is forecast to track 120 miles east of Cape Canaveral by late Friday.
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