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Ebola alert grips Guinea and Sierra Leone
Al Jazeera English - 23 Mar 2014 04:37
Highly contagious virus kills 59 people in Guinea, with fears the disease may have spread to neighbouring Sierra Leone.
Woman's scream is 'major problem' for Pistorius: Expert
New York Post - 23 Mar 2014 18:12
JOHANNESBURG -- Prosecutors at Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial have presented a “golden thread” of evidence suggesting Reeva Steenkamp screamed before she died, leaving the double-amputee athlete with “serious ques...
Gold Seized in Ukraine Graft Probe
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 08:01
Ukrainian police say they seized almost 50 kilogrammes of gold from apartments belonging to the country's former energy minister. Officials said a second safe contained nearly five million dollars in cash. The haul was f...
Boston Police Raise Money To Help Officers Deal With Marathon Bombings Trauma
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 06:14
Boston Police Raise Money To Help Officers Deal With Marathon Bombings Trauma
VP Biden calls on Congress to pass gay rights bill
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 06:13
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass a measure to outlaw workplace discrimination against gays, saying it's outrageous that the country is even debating the subject.
US first lady hosts education roundtable in China
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 06:09
BEIJING (AP) -- U.S. first lady Michelle Obama told Chinese professors, students and parents on Sunday that she wouldn't have risen to where she was if her parents hadn't pushed for her to get a good education.
Oil spills into Galveston Bay after ships collide
Fox News - 23 Mar 2014 06:00
A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of especially thick, sticky oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, spilling an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat just as the peak of the mi...
Sanctions: Russian business uneasy
CNN - 23 Mar 2014 05:56
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on anxiety in Russia's business community following sanctions levied over the Crimea crisis.
Official: No survivors expected in plane crash
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 05:09
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) -- Authorities believe there are no survivors after a small plane crashed into a reservoir in southwestern Colorado.
Afghan hotel attackers were searched twice
Al Jazeera English - 23 Mar 2014 03:53
Video from Kabul's Serena hotel shows men passing through metal detector before going on to kill nine with hidden guns.
More Planes and Ships Join Search for Jet in Southern Indian Ocean
The New York Times - 23 Mar 2014 08:06
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 37o, now in its third week, continued Sunday following a possible debris sighting by a Chinese satellite.
Missing Plane Investigators Keep Focus on 'Deliberate Act'
ABC News - 23 Mar 2014 05:09
American investigators have settled on three primary theories to explain the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a senior U.S. official told ABC News tonight.
Teen charged with killing N.Y. bus rider
CNN - 23 Mar 2014 05:04
For Angel Rojas, the daily bus ride through the streets of Brooklyn provided a respite from a hardscrabble existence juggling two low-paying jobs.
The truth about Venezuela: a revolt of the well-off, not a "terror campaign"
OpEdNews - 23 Mar 2014 23:57
Polling data finds the protests to be deeply unpopular in Venezuela, although they do much better abroad when they are promoted as "peaceful protests" by people like Kerry. The data also suggest that a majority of Venezu...
Clarkson women win NCAA hockey championship
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 23:56
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) -- Shannon MacAulay scored on a breakaway with 4:16 left in the third and it proved to be the difference as Clarkson beat two-time defending champion Minnesota in Sunday's NCAA women's hockey champions...
"The Time of Al Shabaab Is Over," Somali General Says
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 23:55
The Somali National Army and the African Union Mission to Somalia patrolled the town of Qoryooley on Sunday, some 100 kilometers from the Somali capital Mogadishu. It comes following the town's liberation from Al Shabaab...
WBZ AccuWeather Afternoon Forecast For March 23
Boston - 23 Mar 2014 23:55
Barry Burbank has an updated weather forecast.
Ukrainian commander 'abducted' by pro-Russia forces
New York Post - 23 Mar 2014 23:54
KIEV, Ukraine -- A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, and the acting president called for his release Sunday....
Ukraine Says Air Force Commander Being Held After Crimea Base Stormed By Pro-Russian Forces
The Huffington Post - 23 Mar 2014 23:53
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, and the acting president called for his release Sunday. Col. Yuliy Mamchur is the commander ...
Ground Operations: Battle Fields to Farm Fields: Happy Earth Day to Returning Vets
OpEdNews - 23 Mar 2014 23:52
A review of the award-winning documentary by Dulanie Ellis and Raymond Singer, "Ground Operations: Battle Fields to Farm Fields."
5 Ways To Increase Your Career Capital
Forbes - 23 Mar 2014 23:51
In November 2013, Accenture conducted a career survey with 4,100 executives from large and medium-sized business, including equal thirds of Boomers, Generation X, and Millenials, and 50/50 men and women. This global rese...
Bill Clinton: 'Everybody Can Serve Everywhere'
The Huffington Post - 23 Mar 2014 23:50
PHOENIX (AP) -- Bill Clinton said Sunday that "everybody can serve everywhere" at a community service project intended to convert vacant Phoenix lots into urban gardens and spaces for public use. The former president and...