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Beach Boys Win Legal Fight but Must Still Sell a Collection
The Beach Boys may have won a battle over their memorabilia, but they must sell it and split the money with others who said they had a claim to it.
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Bolivia bishops deny theft collusion
Bolivian bishops say allegations by the president that they colluded in the theft of precious religious art are "incredibly hurtful".
Categories: BBC World News
U.S. agency moves against Nevada hospital cited for "patient dumping"
By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal authorities have taken disciplinary action against a Las Vegas hospital cited for improperly sending newly released psychiatric patients by bus to neighboring California and other states in a practice called "patient dumping." The Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital was warned that it was in violation of Medicare rules governing the discharge of patients and could lose critical funding under the federal healthcare insurance program if it failed to correct the problem. ...
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Chiefs' Fisher feeling welcome in Kansas City
It was sometime after the Senior Bowl when Eric Fisher realized he was going to be picked early in the NFL draft. He might even have a shot at being the first player selected.
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George Jones | 1931-2013: George Jones, Country Music Star, Dies at 81
George Jones’s baritone singing, universally respected, found vulnerability and doubt behind the cheerful drive of honky-tonk.
Categories: New York Times Headlines
Details learned this week in Boston bombing probe
As the Boston Marathon bombings investigation continues, more information from authorities has emerged that clarifies some earlier reports from officials or provides more details on the suspected bombers, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and their backgrounds:
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Boko Haram 'was paid hostage ransom'
Boko Haram militants were paid more than $3m (£2m) before freeing seven French hostages, a confidential Nigerian government report says.
Categories: BBC World News
VIDEO: Suburban house is N Korean embassy
The unlikely suburban home of North Korea's UK embassy
Categories: BBC World News
EPA: Alaska mine project could hurt salmon streams
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Build-out of a large-scale mine near the headwaters of a world-class salmon fishery in Alaska could wipe out as many as 90 miles of streams and alter stream flows, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a revised assessment released Friday.
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Whisky Galore ship bottles auctioned
Two rare bottles of whisky salvaged from a shipwreck which inspired a book and film are being auctioned.
Categories: BBC World News
How worms aid the study of climate change
Fighting climate change with Antarctic worms and dirt
Categories: BBC World News
Investigation finds "pattern" of past abuse at New York school
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City investigators have uncovered a pattern of sexual abuse of children at the prestigious Horace Mann School between the 1960s and 1990s, but the complaints are now too old to prosecute under the statute of limitations, the Bronx District Attorney's office said on Friday. The district attorney's office began an investigation of abuse allegations and set up a hotline last June following a New York Times Magazine article that accused some former teachers at the prep school in the Bronx of molesting and raping male students. ...
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Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range.
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Panel: Structures may be needed to boost lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A U.S.-Canadian panel urged both nations Friday to consider installing water retention structures to boost levels on Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, which fell to their lowest point on record in January and have lagged well below their historical average since the late 1990s.
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Lucas Glover leads Zurich Classic
Lucas Glover birdied his final hole Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Boo Weekley after the second round of the Zurich Classic.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Lucas Glover leads Zurich Classic
Lucas Glover birdied his final hole Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Boo Weekley after the second round of the Zurich Classic.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Sheriff: Remains are 13-year-old missing 2 years
Remains found in a remote West Texas location last month are those of a 13-year-old middle school cheerleader missing since December 2010, authorities announced Friday.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
FIU's Cyprien 1st pick of 2nd round
The Jacksonville Jaguars have made Florida International safety Johnathan Cyprien the first pick of the second round of the NFL draft on Friday.
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Sheriff: Remains are 13-year-old missing 2 years
SNYDER, Texas (AP) — Remains found in a remote West Texas location last month are those of a 13-year-old middle school cheerleader missing since December 2010, authorities announced Friday.
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Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves
Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines