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Daily Mail, 06.01.09 16:01 UTC

'Hi y'all this is the latest on my ******': Britney has her Twitter account hacked

They were intended to give their armies of fans an insight into their high-profile lives. Instead, the Twitter accounts of celebrities, broadcasters and politicians have been hacked into leaving a ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 06.01.09 05:36 UTC

Westinghouse to build nuclear plants in Fla.

Progress Energy in Florida is planning to retire two of its old coal-fired power plants and replace them with nuclear power units from Westinghouse Electric Co. The two units, which will cost the ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 05.01.09 19:32 UTC

8 dead, 1 hurt after chopper crashes in La. marsh

HOUMA, La. -- Authorities planned to search a southern Louisiana marsh by boat today for clues that might determine the cause of a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore oil ...

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USA Today, 05.01.09 07:06 UTC

Time, nature threaten La. island and Native American tribe

ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. — There was a time, people here remember, when groves of Cypress trees stretched to the horizon and the underbrush shook with mink and muskrat.

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USA Today, 05.01.09 03:31 UTC

Helicopter crash in Louisiana kills 8

HOUMA, La. (AP) — Eight people are dead and a ninth injured aboard a helicopter that went down in coastal Louisiana.

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Los Angeles Daily News, 03.01.09 02:34 UTC

Demonstrators gather in LA over Mideast clash

The Friday evening protest has drawn about 350 Palestinian supporters and Israel backers. The pro-Palestinian demonstrators have gathered outside the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard, while ...

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USA Today, 02.01.09 18:30 UTC

Gulf officials discuss hurricane evacuation problems

POPLARVILLE, Miss (AP) — Mississippi officials want to improve emergency traffic flow from Louisiana in Pearl River County and Poplarville, where evacuation traffic from Hurricane Gustav created congestion and confusion.

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USA Today, 02.01.09 13:31 UTC

New ignition lock laws aim to foil drunk drivers

CHICAGO (AP) — Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week.

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Belfast Telegraph, 02.01.09 12:30 UTC

Disappearing Caribbean: The unique Cuban way of life

There's nowhere like Cuba. But how much longer do we have to experience its unique way of life?

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USA Today, 02.01.09 06:00 UTC

States push fire-safe cigarettes

States are circumventing more than 30 years of tobacco industry opposition to federal safe cigarette legislation by passing their own laws that require the sale of self-extinguishing cigarettes.