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| Mexico's Drug Wars: Finally Going After Number One
(Time.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:55:00 GMT Time.com - Felipe CalderÓn has been criticized for not going hard enough after the Sinaloa cartel. Now he's started but there's more bloodshed to come |
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| Heidi Montag files for divorce from Spencer Pratt
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:46:11 GMT
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| Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:02:15 GMT
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| Women rise to the top in "Mad Men"
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:19:34 GMT
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| US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:24:37 GMT
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| LeBron's Heat jersey gets fan booted from ballpark
(Newsnet5.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:56:04 GMT Newsnet5.com - Cleveland fans have not been quick to forgive LeBron James for the way he left his hometown team for the Miami Heat, and Wednesday nightâs Indians game is the most recent example of the cityâs disdain for its former âKing.â |
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| 12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:04:57 GMT AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her. |
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| Happy Empty Nester Objects To Baby-Sitting All Weekend
(Dear Abby)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:14:16 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Our daughter gave birth to an adorable little boy three years ago. We love "Connor" dearly, but my husband is obsessed with him. He wants our grandson at our house every weekend from the time we are done working on Friday until Sunday evening or Monday morning. |
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| Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:18:08 GMT
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| Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern
(LiveScience.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:05 GMT LiveScience.com - A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of Antarctica. |
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| Chavez: Venezuela has deployed troops amid spat
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:55:10 GMT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said he has deployed troops and air units in case of a conflict with neighboring Colombia. |
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| Sarkozy threatens immigrants who target police
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:29 GMT
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| Carnie Wilson sues for more pay from reality show
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:08:00 GMT Reuters - Carnie Wilson wants some extra money for the hours spent toiling on her new reality show. The Wilson Phillips songstress on Thursday sued Game Show Network seeking $277,500 in additional pay for her services on the unfortunately titled GSN series "Unstapled." |
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| Clintons emerge in NY on eve of Chelsea's wedding
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:54:36 GMT
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| Giants hold off late Dodgers rally
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:23:50 GMT
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| Anti-Islam lawmaker not part of Dutch government
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:29:39 GMT AP - Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders' hopes of becoming a Dutch Cabinet minister evaporated Friday after exploratory talks to include him in a right-wing coalition ended without agreement. |
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| 5.7 quake shakes Iran
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:27:10 GMT AP - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, injuring at least 110 people. |
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| Turkey sued in California over Armenian genocide
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:40:08 GMT Reuters - Lawyers for two Armenian men have sued Turkey and two of its major banks, claiming they and others were victims of genocide and seeking what could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. |
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| House approves oil spill reform bill
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:16:05 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| Chelsea Clinton's wedding: An instant guide
(The Week)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:57:00 GMT The Week - Neither Chelsea Clinton nor her fiancé, Marc Mezvinsky, are speaking publicly about their plans to wed this weekend, and Chelsea's tabloid-savvy parents have offered few clues. Yet, America being America, the internet has been abuzz with questions and rumors about Chelsea's upcoming nuptials — and the first glimpse of her "sizable" engagement ring on April 25 (not to mention reports that Bill's dieting) have only fueled the speculation. Here's what's been reported to date: |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:
sirenian • \sye-REE-nee-un\ • noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin
Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)
Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.