More birthdays give wealthy unwanted gift: anxiety
Feb 22 2012 6:22AM
Posted 8 hrs 41 mins ago
If you knew you would be around for your 100th birthday party, would that change how you manage your money today?
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Photos make slow way home in tsunami-hit Japan
Feb 21 2012 5:06AM
Posted 1 day 9 hrs 57 mins ago
In a large, bright room, a handful of people with magnifying glasses pore over boxes of photographs of friends or loved ones.
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Fifty years after Glenn flight, U.S. buying rides to space
Feb 20 2012 5:41AM
Posted 2 days 9 hrs 22 mins ago
Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA no longer has the ability to fly astronauts in space.
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Alcohol seen killing 200,000 Britons in next 20 years
Feb 20 2012 4:53AM
Posted 2 days 10 hrs 10 mins ago
Up to 210,000 people in England and Wales will be killed prematurely by alcohol over the next 20 years.
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Tightrope walker to attempt first crossing of Niagara Falls
Feb 17 2012 5:18AM
Posted 5 days 9 hrs 45 mins ago
Canada agreed to allow a member of the Flying Wallenda family of daredevils to attempt a tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
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TV network aims for new viewing audience: dogs
Feb 16 2012 4:34AM
Posted 6 days 10 hrs 29 mins ago
A new cable TV station has a fresh audience in its backyard and tails are wagging excitedly.
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Mattel to issue William and Kate dolls for anniversary
Feb 16 2012 4:19AM
Posted 6 days 10 hrs 44 mins ago
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are really getting dolled up for the first anniversary of their royal wedding.
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Corruption still rife in Chicago years after Al Capone
Feb 16 2012 3:15AM
Posted 6 days 11 hrs 48 mins ago
The city where gangster Al Capone once kept the mayor on his payroll ranked first in corruption over the past three decades.
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Oscar red carpet off limits for 'Artist' dog Uggie
Feb 15 2012 10:51AM
Posted 7 days 4 hrs 12 mins ago
Uggie, the canine star of "The Artist", won't be appearing on the red carpet next week.
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'Malachy' the Pekingese wins Westminster dog show
Feb 15 2012 4:31AM
Posted 7 days 10 hrs 32 mins ago
A placid Pekingese slowly trotted to victory on Tuesday at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club dog show.
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Apple May Face iPad Export Ban
Feb 14 2012 9:11AM
Posted 8 days 5 hrs 52 mins ago
A Chinese tech firm that says it owns the iPad trademark, plans to seek a ban on exports of Apple Inc's computer tablets from China.
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Could Your Valentine's Kiss Give You Lead Poisoning?
Feb 14 2012 6:08AM
Posted 8 days 8 hrs 55 mins ago
If you're going to be on either end of a kiss this Valentine's Day, you may want to consider smooching bare-lipped.
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Pet Owners' Hearts May Cope Better with Change
Feb 14 2012 5:47AM
Posted 8 days 9 hrs 16 mins ago
A new study shows that pet owners with chronic diseases appear to have healthier tickers.
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Mortgage problems? Turn your house into a billboard
Feb 13 2012 4:22AM
Posted 9 days 10 hrs 41 mins ago
When their LA house was being painted a startling orange and green, Scott and Beth Hostetler's neighbors were initially angry.
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Apple to reveal latest iPad in March: report
Feb 10 2012 8:37AM
Posted 12 days 6 hrs 26 mins ago
Apple plans to introduce its latest iPad tablet at an event in the first week in March.
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Frisbee beach ban overblown, LA officials say
Feb 10 2012 4:00AM
Posted 12 days 11 hrs 3 mins ago
Los Angeles officials who have been widely mocked since reports surfaced that they had imposed a $1,000 fine for throwing Frisbees.
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FBI memos paint Jobs as reality-distorting visionary
Feb 9 2012 10:43AM
Posted 13 days 4 hrs 20 mins ago
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dabbled in illicit drugs in his youth.
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Teen pregnancy, abortion rates at record low
Feb 9 2012 4:05AM
Posted 13 days 10 hrs 58 mins ago
Birth and abortion rates among U.S. teens fell to record lows.
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Malaria kills twice as many as thought: study
Feb 7 2012 5:11AM
Posted 15 days 9 hrs 52 mins ago
Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought.
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Queen Elizabeth marks 60 years on throne
Feb 6 2012 12:22PM
Posted 16 days 2 hrs 41 mins ago
Sixty years after she ascended to the throne, Queen Elizabeth marked the milestone on Monday.
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