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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — By the time 9-year-old Jabari Sanders called 911, his mom was already giving birth to his little brother in the bathroom of their home. "The baby's coming now!" Jabari told the dispatcher as his mom screamed in the background. So the woman on the other end of the line talked ...
Read moreCalifornia kids stay calm, help deliver mom's baby - KHOU
Put the bubbly on hold, cancel the speeches and welcoming parties -- Indonesia's adopted son isn't coming home just yet. Across this sprawling archipelago, people took the news stoically that President Obama had postponed his trip here next week to attend to a pressing political agenda back home ...
Read moreIndonesia's reaction to Obama's postponed trip? It's OK - Los Angeles Times
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende attacked on Friday claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 because of the presence of gay soldiers. "The remarks were outrageous, wrong and beneath contempt," Balkenende told a news ...
Read moreDutch lash out at gay link in Srebrenica massacre - YAHOO!
PHILADELPHIA—A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims cooperated with authorities, a congressman said. Colleen LaRose pleaded not guilty Thursday to the four-count indictment at a brief ...
Read moreUS Rep: Pa. 'Jihad Jane' terror suspect cooperated - Denver Post
The MAC tournament champion Bobcats have an NCAA tournament win for the first time in 27 years. Armon Bassett, the MAC tournament MVP, made it look easy. His 32 points led the 14th-seeded Bobcats to a convincing 97-83 win over the Hoyas in the Midwest Regional. Ohio seized the lead early on its 3 ...
Read moreOhio beats Georgetown in Midwest Regional - St. Louis American
NEW YORK -- Activist shareholder Carl Icahn is launching a takeover bid for Lions Gate Entertainment. The disclosure comes a week after the film studio rejected his bid to take a larger stake in the company. Icahn says in a statement he is offering $6 a share for the entire company. Investors sent ...
Read moreIcahn launches hostile bid for Lions Gate - Richmond Times-Dispatch
WASHINGTON — Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics. Obama himself was to talk up the sweeping overhaul in a ...
Read moreDemocrats push toward Sunday vote on health care - Honolulu Advertiser
Fess Parker , who starred as Davy Crockett on the wildly popular 1950s TV series of the same name, died Thursday of natural causes, The Associated Press reported. He was 85. Parker died at his Santa Ynez Valley home in California, on his wife Marcella's 84 th birthday, family spokeswoman Sao Anash ...
Read moreDavy Crockett and Daniel Boone star Fess Parker dead at 85 - WQOW
COST: $940 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office . HOW MANY COVERED: 32 million uninsured. Major coverage expansion begins in 2014. When fully phased in, 95 percent of eligible Americans would have coverage, compared with 83 percent today. INSURANCE MANDATE: Almost ...
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