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Minority babies now the majority in U.S.
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:49:34 EDT Census shows that for 1st time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S. |
Iran stays defiant amid nuclear talks
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:58:36 EDT In spite of signs sanctions taking a toll on Tehran, Iranian envoy warns West against "pressure strategy" |
Belated honor for Vietnam hero
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:00 EDT Leslie Sabo, killed protecting comrades in Cambodia 42 years ago, receives the Medal of Honor Platoon leader describes day |
Mind-controlled robot arm
Wed, 16 May 2012 03:36:53 EDT Woman profiled on "60 Minutes" in 2008 can drink coffee using an arm and sensor array controlled by her thoughts |
Man charged for not taking TB meds
Wed, 16 May 2012 03:49:20 EDT 34-year-old man accused of failing to take medication for highly contagious disease and skipping appointment at health center |
Zithromax tied to rare heart risks
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:19:05 EDT Study suggests there would be 47 extra heart-related deaths per 1 million courses of treatment with Zithromax |
FBI director confirms probe into foiled-plot leak
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:32 EDT Robert Mueller tells senators agents looking into who leaked information of Qaeda's upgraded underwear bomb |
Google's new search attempts to read our minds
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:34:55 EDT Search engine giant launches a 500-million-item database of people, places, and things |
Apple orders 4-inch iPhone screens, says report
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:54:19 EDT The company has been buying larger-sized screens from its Asian suppliers, according to the Wall Street Journal |
Gitmo prisoner in limbo begs for military trial
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:50:47 EDT Lawyer for the longest-held "high value" detainee at Guantanamo Bay says her client is stuck in limbo without charges |
DEA admits to role in deadly Honduras incident
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:45:30 EDT Two men and two pregnant women were killed in Honduras by police in a helicopter with DEA agents on board; locals furious |
FBI links 100s of white powder mailings to Texas
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:12:33 EDT A 4-year string of threatening letters with later-proven harmless white powder may be the work of one person, FBI says |
Watch: Fugitive penguin sighting in Tokyo Bay
Wed, 16 May 2012 03:32:59 EDT A fugitive penguin that escaped its enclosure at Japan's Tokyo Sea Life Park was filmed two months later, swimming in the Tokyo Bay. Felipe Maya reports. |
Jury convicts Steve Powell of voyeurism charges
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:59:10 EDT A jury has convicted Steve Powell of voyeurism charges that stemmed from an investigation into his missing daughter-in-law |
Watch: Yosemite Falls now streaming online
Tue, 15 May 2012 19:43:39 EDT The Yosemite Conservancy has started streaming time-lapse footage of the tallest waterfall in North America - Yosemite Falls. |
WH: We won't let GOP hold economy "hostage" again
Wed, 16 May 2012 03:24:48 EDT Obama talks debt with congressional leaders; Seeks to avoid repeat of last year's debt limit debacle |
RFK Jr.'s estranged wife found dead in New York home
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:11 EDT Mary Kennedy was found dead in her home in Mount Kisco, New York, WCBS has confirmed |
Chuck Brown, go-go music pioneer, dies at 75
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:01:24 EDT Brown's gravely voice defined the unique go-go music of Washington, D.C. |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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