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| Former NFL star, actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:11:09 EST Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen, a giant man who friends say had an even larger heart, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer, football and university officials said. |
| Court clears reciting of Pledge of Allegiance at Western schools Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:08:34 EST Public schools in Western states can continue teacher-led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, after a federal court ruled against a group of atheist parents. |
| Democrats try to finish health care reform Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:16 EST Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement. |
| Dr. Drew Pinsky: Corey Haim should have done my show Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:11 EST Corey Haim apparently made a fatal mistake when he recently told "Celebrity Rehab's" producers he had no interest in participating, the show's host, Dr. Drew Pinsky, told PEOPLE. |
| All the dirt from 'The Real Housewives of O.C.' reunion Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:53 EST The ladies of "The Real Housewives of Orange County" reunited Wednesday night after the dramatic season 5 finale, which showed Tamra Barney's marriage falling apart and Lynne Curtin's teen daughters acting out. |
| Three strong earthquakes strike Chile in quick succession Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:11 EST Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile on Thursday, causing significant damage in at least one city, the country's newly inaugurated president said Thursday. |
| Officials: Bacterial meningitis kills Oklahoma student Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:17:43 EST An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness. |
| Mississippi school sued for canceling prom over lesbian student Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:15:38 EST A Mississippi high school faces a lawsuit over its decision to cancel its prom rather than allow a lesbian high school student to attend with her girlfriend. |
| Georgia judge bars release of photos of hiker's nude, decapitated body Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:23 EST Photos of the nude and decapitated body of a murdered hiker, sought by a writer on assignment for Hustler magazine, will not be released, a judge in Georgia ordered Wednesday. |
| House votes to impeach federal judge from Louisiana Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:47 EST The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana. |
| Building free homes for wounded vets Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:22 EST Alexander Reyes' boyhood dream of a military career ended when he was hit by an improvised explosive device during a patrol two years ago in Baghdad. |
| Nightshift: 'Different lifestyle in reverse' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:46 EST Every night when America puts on its PJs and heads to bed, I -- and thousands of others like me -- head out the door. |
| British Airways employee faces terrorism charges Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:47:03 EST A British Airways employee accused of funding terrorism and planning suicide bombings -- including his own -- appeared in court Thursday. |
| Kansas City superintendent defends plan to shutter schools Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:58 EST The superintendent of the Kansas City, Missouri, school district on Thursday defended a plan to shutter nearly half the district's schools. |
| Billionaire sworn in as Chilean president Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:32 EST Sebastian Pinera was sworn in Thursday as president of Chile, taking over a country battered by a recent earthquake but with a strong economy and stable social institutions. |
| Coroner: Post-Katrina hospital death not homicide Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:36:13 EST After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina, coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he cannot classify her death as a homicide. |
| Early Iraq election results put prime minister's group in lead Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:12:04 EST The first results from Iraq's parliamentary elections were released Thursday, five days after millions of Iraqis went to the polls in defiance of the threat of violence. |
| Poulter aims to become top-ranked European Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:20 EST Ian Poulter can become the top-ranked European golfer for the first time in his career if he can clinch his second world title of the season in Florida this week. |
| The 8 people - and 1 cat - Twitter made famous Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:38 EST When Conan O'Brien randomly started following Sarah Killen's Twitter page (@LovelyButton) she got nearly 19,000 followers, a new iMac, a free wedding gown, gratis wedding rings, $2,600 in donations for her cancer walk, and the chance to meet Ludacris. |
| Feldman says Corey Haim was winning fight with drugs Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:39:54 EST Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, his manager and closest friend said Wednesday. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 11, 2010 is:
will-o'-the-wisp • \will-uh-thuh-WISP\ • noun
1 : a light that appears at night over marshy ground *2 : a misleading or elusive goal or hope
Example sentence:
Though her friends think she's chasing a will-o'-the-wisp, Alexis is determined to quit her job and follow her dream of becoming a pop music star.
Did you know?
The will-o'-the-wisp is a flame-like phosphorescence caused by gases from decaying plants in marshy areas. In olden days, it was personified as "Will with the wisp," a sprite who carried a fleeting "wisp" of light. Foolish travelers were said to try to follow the light and were then led astray into the marsh. (An 18th-century fairy tale described Will as one "who bears the wispy fire to trail the swains among the mire.") The light was first known, and still also is, as "Ignis Fatuus," which in Latin means "foolish fire." Eventually, the name "will-o'-the-wisp" was extended to any impractical or unattainable goal.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.