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Female WWII aviators honored with medal
March 12, 2010A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Queens Woman Charged With Beating Bulldog Pup With a Shovel
March 12, 2010A Queens woman has been charged with animal cruelty after her neighbors caught her on video beating an 11-month-old English bull dog with a snow shovel.
Boy, 7, who rescued family thanks 911 dispatcher
March 12, 2010At a press conference at which the 7-year-old hero who saved his family by dialing 911 when armed robbers invaded his home thanked the woman who took his call, dispatcher Monique Patino. She said: “Hearing them screaming for help, I felt the fear through the phone.”
Crash leaves Reid's wife with broken neck, back
March 12, 2010Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday after they were involved in a car accident, according to Reid's office.
19 weird — but real — gadgets
March 12, 2010Take a walk on tech's wild side with some of the strangest, most original gizmos you've ever seen, including vacuums for your lawn and grass charging stations, just to name a few.
Norway doomsday seed vault hits 1/2 million mark (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault's operators announced Thursday.
First Lady marks International Women’s Day with Hillary ‘President’ joke (The Newsroom)
March 12, 2010
The Newsroom - In a fitting show of solidarity for International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made light of the brutal 2008 battle Clinton conducted to defeat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. As Michelle Obama launched a State Department commemoration of International Women's Day, she briefly stumbled over Clinton's job title. "Let me thank my dear friend, Senator - Secretary Clinton. I almost said, 'President Clinton,' " said the first lady to laughter and applause. "But let me thank you for that kind introduction, and most of all thank you for your friendship, thank you for your support, and thank you for your indispensable advice in getting me through this first year and helping me figure out how to get my family settled in our new life in D.C."
Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.
'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit U.S.-born women? (The Christian Science Monitor)
March 12, 2010
The Christian Science Monitor - The case of Colleen R. LaRose â also known as âJihad Janeâ and âFatima Roseâ â raises troubling questions about the ability of Al Qaeda to attract US-born women to terrorism.
Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP)
March 12, 2010
AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday.
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