 Summer safety tips for kids and teens Sat 19 May 2012
Keeping kids safe during summer is easier when you plan for summer fun activities. Heat and sun safety is important. However, kids are active outdoors and teens have more... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Examiner
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 Keeping Your Family Safe From Dog Bites Sat 19 May 2012
Medical, veterinary experts offer prevention tips SATURDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- More than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, and more than half of... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) US News
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 Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets Sat 19 May 2012
Tweet NEW YORK: Wheat charged higher on Friday to post its biggest weekly gain in 16 years and gold continued its recovery from four-month lows as commodity markets saw... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Times of India
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 David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax Sat 19 May 2012
David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions.... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) The Daily Telegraph
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 Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete Sat 19 May 2012
Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. Despite the winding down of... (photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton) The Daily Telegraph
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 Merkel 'suggests Greek referendum on euro membership' Fri 18 May 2012
German leader Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece could hold a referendum on continued use of the euro when it votes in national elections next month, Greek officials... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) BBC News
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 The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion Fri 18 May 2012
Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod) Al Jazeera
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 US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya' Fri 18 May 2012
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenya”.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews
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 Obama hosts the G8 and NATO summits, plus more to watch for this weekend in politics Fri 18 May 2012
Diplomacy is the word for the weekend. President Barack Obama hosts the G8 Summit at Camp David on Friday and Saturday and then the NATO Summit in Chicago on Sunday and... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren) ABC News
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 Obama to tout $3B pledge for food security Fri 18 May 2012
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama is set to announce $3 billion in private sector pledges aimed at alleviating hunger in Africa and urge the world's biggest economies to... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The Boston Globe
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 Afghanistan takes center stage at NATO event in Chicago Fri 18 May 2012
WASHINGTON -- Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the U.S. and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops... (photo: US Army / DOD) Detroit Free Press
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 The burqa reminder Fri 18 May 2012
Since a 2009 trip to Kabul, I have kept a sky-blue burqa in my office as a reminder of the responsibility we have to the women of Afghanistan. As world leaders gather in... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Chicago Tribune
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 Obama caught up in pastor smear campaign Fri 18 May 2012
Barack Obama ... a "metrosexual black Abe Lincoln". Photo: AP The Wrap It is not often you get to see inside a political smear campaign before it is... (photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC) Canberra Times
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 G8 summit: The hunger game Fri 18 May 2012
One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serious... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) The Independent
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 Obama Can't Knock the Hustle Thu 17 May 2012
How did we end up with such smart scoundrels? Even after it was known that Jamie Dimon's bank blew more than $2 billion on the same suspect derivatives trading that has... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) Huffington Post
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 Virtual World Takes on Childhood Obesity Wed 16 May 2012
MIT Technology Review Follow @techreview Malica Astin, 11, never paid much attention to how much physical activity she got. But one day she played basketball while... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Mashable
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 Gardening tips for the Pacific Northwest Wed 16 May 2012
First time vegetable gardeners make two common mistakes, according to Marianne Binetti. First, they make their gardens too big. Second, they plant too early. She... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The News Tribune
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 Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Wed 16 May 2012
Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Al Jazeera
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 Merkel, Hollande promise joint growth strategy Wed 16 May 2012
BERLIN (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in... (photo: AP / Steffi Loos) The Star
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 Obama, Monti agree to intensify growth, job creation Wed 16 May 2012
Tweet WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti agreed on Tuesday on the need to "intensify" growth and job creation, as Washington... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa) The Times of India
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