Iraqi PM disputes report on withdrawal plan
40years later, no justice for black man burned to death
(CBS/AP) The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night. The military would not immediately confirm the report.
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BELLEVILLE, Mich. — Senator John McCain has spent the week trying to tell people that he feels their economic pain. So it was more than a little unhelpful when one of his top economic advisers was quoted Thursday as saying that the United States was only in a “mental recession” and that it had become a “nation of whiners.”
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Making decisions about your health is never easy, and things get even harder when the choices involve children. That’s why the latest recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to widen cholesterol-testing to include kids as young as 2 is shaking up doctors and parents alike. The Academy is also urging doctors to consider treating young patients from families with a history of abnormally high cholesterol levels — a major contributor to heart disease — with medications known as statins.
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RUSUTSU, Japan — Leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, Japan’s prime minister said, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets.
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Smoke wafted from grills and burners along the grassy patches on the southern edge of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, carrying the scents of homelands near and far. From under a grove of trees came the tartness of cactus leaves known in Mexico as nopales. From under a green-and-white tent, the sweetness of banan peze, Haiti’s fried plantains.
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Two months short of the company’s 100th anniversary, General Motors Corp. executives remain defiantly upbeat in the face of a weak economy, terrible sales and Wall Street speculation that the giant automaker could ultimately wind up in bankruptcy court if the slump continues.
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