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Diplomats: Iran censured at UN nuclear meeting
The U.N. nuclear agency's board censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations backing a resolution that demands Tehran immediately mothball its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed U.N. Security Council resolutions calling on it to stop uranium enrichment.
Edward Stimpson, aviation advocate, dies at 75
Edward Stimpson, an aviation advocate who pushed to rejuvenate struggling small aircraft manufacturers in the 1990s by limiting lawsuits against them, has died after a five-month illness. He was 75. |
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Was president in danger from dinner crashers?
The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened for radiological or biological weapons.
Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.
Off the mound, Pirates pitcher pursues farm policy
An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs.
Pinetop Perkins' 80-year career still going
Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins.
In tobacco-loving Va., bars to quit cold-turkey
The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit dates to the Jamestown settlement some 400 years ago.
2 rescued earlier at site of Utah cave tragedy
The medical student who died in a Utah cave was the third spelunker in recent years to get stuck in the same tiny crevice but the only one die - an outcome that devastated the dozens of rescuers who worked for more than a day to save him.
Broncos end 4-game skid with 26-6 win over Giants
Four weeks after getting ripped for taunting opponents during warmups, Denver coach Josh McDaniels was caught on TV cursing at his bumbling Broncos.
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