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Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East
1 RelatedWashington Post
The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. In response to requests from U.S. Central...
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Libya prisoners make new torture allegations
BBC
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten, whipped and given...
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Alien worlds abound! NASA scope finds 26 alien planets
FOX News
NASA's prolific planet-hunting spacecraft has hit the jackpot again, discovering 11 new planetary systems with 26 confirmed alien planets among them. The findings nearly double the number of bona fide planets found outside our solar system by the Kepler...
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Goldman Sachs ties enrich Romney
MSNBC
When Bain Capital sought to raise money in 1989 for a fast-growing office-supply company named Staples, Mitt Romney, Bain’s founder, called upon a trusted business partner: Goldman Sachs, whose bankers led the company’s initial public offering. When Mr....
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12 Hours of Terror: Conn. Woman Held Hostage by Arsonist Ex
ABC News
Nancy Tyler thought she had met the man of her dreams in Richard Shenkman, a prominent advertising executive. She met him on a blind date in 1992. "I had had a heart attack actually three months before at...
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Lululemon killer is sentenced to life in prison without chance for parole
Washington Post
A Montgomery County judge, his voice rising in anger at times, sentenced Brittany Norwood to life in prison without the chance of parole Friday for the savage killing of co-worker Jayna Murray in a Bethesda yoga store last...
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Children Among 74 Dead in 2 Days of Syrian Turmoil
2 RelatedABC News
Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday....
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From S. Korea with love: Warm socks sent to North by balloon
MSNBC
South Korean activists sent warm socks and messages attached to balloons toward North Korea Saturday, according to the AFP news agency.About 1,000 pairs were attached to the five large gas-filled were launched in the northern South Korean city...
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Gingrich calls Romney ‘totally dishonest’ in debate
1 RelatedWashington Post
MIAMI — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich spent Friday struggling to fend off the perception that his presidential campaign has stalled after a flat debate performance on Thursday and fresh polling data showing his support slipping in Florida....
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South Sudan 'to complete shutdown' of oil production
BBC
South Sudan says it will complete the shutdown of its oil production on Saturday, after attempts to resolve a dispute with Sudan failed. The presidents of both countries held talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but were...