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House boosts college aid for students in need - msnbc.com
FILE -- In a March 9, 2010 file photo Gen. James N. Mattis, US Marine Corps, testifies in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. James Mattis is expected to testify at the pretrial hearing Monday, March 21, 2010, about his role in a case involving the deaths of 24 Iraqi men ...
Read moreLast Haditha defendant seeks to dismiss charges - Bismarck Tribune
FARGO, N.D. - The good news was all about things that didn't happen: No floodwaters pushing aside hastily built sandbag walls, no neighborhoods evacuated, no panicked residents wondering if they'd ever see their homes again. The Red River crested in Fargo, N.D., on Sunday without doing major damage ...
Read moreRed River hits crest in Fargo - AZCentral.com
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, pile of tasks are placed on the ground at the immigration office during a news conference in Bangkok. A global ban on ivory in 1989 halted widespread poaching but it has steadily worsened since 2004, mostly going to Asia to be carved into chopsticks ...
Read moreTanzania, Zambia demand one-off sales of ivory - Idaho Statesman
REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby. The eruption at the Eyjafjallajokull (AYA-feeyapla-yurkul) volcano, located ...
Read moreIceland Fears 2nd, Even Larger Volcanic Eruption - ClickOnDetroit.com
(AP) JERUSALEM - Egypt has freed an Israeli journalist arrested last week as he tried to smuggle himself across the Israeli-Egyptian border with a group of African migrants he was documenting. Yotam Feldman arrived back in Israel early Monday. He told Israeli media that he was glad to have ...
Read moreEgypt frees Israeli journalist - WHEC TV-10
Port-au-Prince , Haiti (AP) - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are traveling to Haiti's rubble-filled capital Monday as part of their effort to raise aid and investment for a country still reeling from a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. It is the first joint visit to the impoverished ...
Read moreBush, Clinton to Visit Haiti As Part of Fund-Raising Mission - CNS News
HONG KONG (AP) - One of Peter Jackson 's frequent collaborators says the "Lord of the Rings" director passed the torch to Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to give the trilogy's two-part prequel, "The Hobbit," a fresh look. After the huge success of the "Rings" series, Jackson is now working on ...
Read moreFilmmaker Del Toro to give 'Hobbit' new look - Big Hollywood
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Cornell players jumped up and down near midcourt, exchanging chest-bumps and high-fives, then ran toward their fans. And stood around. Forgive those Ivy League guys for not knowing how to celebrate. After all, they've never experienced anything like this before. Then again ...
Read moreCornell dominates another higher seed - Boston Globe
Congressional Democrats released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of passage Sunday by the House. Some features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve: COST: $940 billion over 10 years, according to the ...
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