 | Man's rare ability may unlock secret of memory |
| Give Brad Williams a date, and he can usually tell you not only what he was doing but what world events happened that day. He can do this for almost every day of his life.
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| Amputee runner gets to try for Olympics |
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| Kidnap victim buys captor's home |
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| Cleaning her mountains one bottle at a time |
| Carmen Salva's mission may be ambitious, but her belief is simple: "It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in."
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| Black college has first white valedictorian |
| Joshua Packwood knows what it's like to be a minority.
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| Computers can help end hunger |
| Next time you get up from your computer, consider this - you could be helping scientists discover new ways to attack the global food crisis, find a cure for cancer or understand the impact of climate change on Africa.
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| Zimbabwe runoff set for end of June |
| The runoff for Zimbabwe's presidential election will be held June 27, Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission said Friday.
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| Bin Laden urges Muslims to liberate Palestine |
| Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- in a blunt new message that coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary -- urged his followers to liberate Palestine, a terrorism analyst told CNN on Friday.
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| Ellen DeGeneres, girlfriend plan to marry |
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| Doomsday cult members leave cave |
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| Fear keeps Kenyans from returning home |
| The thought of going home terrifies Sarafina Nyambura.
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| Marine pleads guilty in Japan sex crime |
| A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty Friday to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16, bringing to a close a criminal case that stoked outrage in Japan, a Marine spokesman said.
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| Deadly taxi bomb targets police in Sri Lanka |
| Eight people were killed and 90 wounded when a three-wheel scooter taxi loaded with explosives rammed a bus in Sri Lanka's capital, police and army sources said.
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| China pushes frantic search for survivors |
| President Hu Jintao arrived in southwestern China on Friday to observe the country's devastated earthquake zone, state-run media reported.
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| Ex-NBA star Rodman charged after hotel fight |
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| Shania Twain, husband splitting up |
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| Police: Florida arson suspect lit decoy fires |
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| U.N.: U.S. a drag on world economy |
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| Attendant charged with setting fire on plane |
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| Iranian Embassy employees shot in Iraq |
| Iranian Embassy employees and their driver were shot Thursday in a Baghdad incident that some reports said involved Iraqi troops.
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| Web site: New bin Laden message coming soon |
| Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will address the West in a new message, according to a banner ad from the group's production wing posted on Islamist Web sites known to carry messages from al Qaeda and bin Laden.
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| Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax |
| A Missouri mother was indicted Thursday in the case of a teen who killed herself after being taunted on the social networking site MySpace.com.
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| Michelle Obama gets heat from Tennessee GOP |
| In a preview of the political onslaught Michelle Obama may face in the fall, the Tennessee Republican Party unveiled a Web video Thursday highlighting her comment that she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult life."
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| Republicans block Dems' war-funding bill |
| Republicans in the House of Representatives blocked a $163 billion war funding bill Thursday, dealing a surprising defeat to Democrats who had expected to pass the measure.
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| Sleuth to stars guilty of illegal dirt-digging |
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| Indictment sought in Internet suicide |
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| Hezbollah lifts Beirut street blockades |
| Hezbollah militants Thursday began removing street blockades -- one day after the reversal of two Lebanese Cabinet decisions made during the recent factional violence.
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| Red Cross: 100 killed in Nigeria pipeline fire |
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| China quake: Total chaos, tiny miracles |
| iReporter Ben Geisler rode his motorcycle into some of the areas hardest hit in Monday's earthquake.
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| Calif. same-sex marriage ban struck down |
| The California Supreme Court today struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Several gay and lesbian couples, along with the city of San Francisco and gay rights groups, sued to overturn state laws allowing only marriages between a man and a woman.
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| Bush slams Dems for terrorist 'appeasement' |
| President Bush launched a sharp but veiled attack on Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats, suggesting they favor "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II.
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| Polygamist objects to ex-child bride's book |
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| China gives rare transparent look at disaster |
| Graphic footage of death and destruction has been shown on China's state-run news networks in the days following the massive earthquake that hit southwest Sichuan province earlier this week.
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| Myanmar warns against hording cyclone aid |
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| Madonna faces new adoption decision delay |
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| Beer, free stuff lead to 'man cave' |
| During the week Ryan Samuels, 30, is a married man working in the energy market in Richardson, Texas. But on the weekends he lures men away from their homes, wives and children with beer, camaraderie, power tools and "The Ponderosa."
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| Americans to travel less this holiday |
| With soaring gas prices amid a slumping economy, Americans are planning on driving less this Memorial Day weekend than they did last year, according to a AAA study released Thursday.
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| McCain envisions his presidency |
| Sen. John McCain thinks the Iraq War will be won but the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan won't yet be eliminated, even though Osama bin Laden will be captured or killed, by 2013.
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| Woman opens heart to man who killed family |
| Her husband and five children were hacked and clubbed to death. But now Iphigenia Mukantabana has lunch with the killer and works with his wife in a rare story of reconciliation, reports Christiane Amanpour.
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| Reports: Quake deaths could hit 50,000 |
| Chinese authorities say nearly 400 dams were damaged by Monday's massive earthquake, according to media reports, as efforts to relieve the pressure at a dam near one quake-hit city continue.
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| Clinton win leads to Obama boost |
| Hillary Clinton's decisive win in West Virginia caused John Edwards to throw his support to Barack Obama, the Illinois senator's aides said.
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| Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube |
| The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped.
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| Glenn Beck: The world's largest tax break |
| There is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.
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| Senate OKs bill halting oil reserve shipments |
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| Why homeowners aren't getting help |
| Drowning in a mortgage you can't afford? Whether or not you get a new one will be decided by someone you've probably never met at a company whose role is barely visible: the mortgage servicer.
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| Girl's twin found inside her stomach |
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| 911 dispatcher gets pink slip after cursing caller |
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| China quake leaves many parents childless |
| As a result of China's one-child policy, the massive earthquake that already is responsible for at least 15,000 deaths is producing another tragic aftershock: Not only must thousands of parents suddenly cope with the loss of a child -- they must often cope with the loss of their only child.
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| 5 mistakes women make at the doctor's office |
| For 10 years, Barbara's gut told her she needed to get a new doctor for her daughter, and for 10 years, she didn't listen, even as her daughter got sicker and sicker.
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| As inauguration looms, security prepares |
| Federal agents sped after phantom drug runners and fired at mock hijackers in coastal Georgia this week -- honing their skills, just in case.
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| 'American Idol' final: a tale of two Davids |
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| Red Cross: Myanmar cyclone toll soars |
| At least 68,000 and as many as 128,000 people have died in Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the coastal nation earlier this month, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday.
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| 'Fusion Man' soars above Swiss Alps |
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| 140-year-old baby used to be a star |
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| Jack Black confirms: Twins for Jolie, Pitt |
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| Actor tells House of newborn twins' overdose |
| Actor Dennis Quaid told lawmakers Wednesday of how his newborn twins came close to death after receiving an overdose of blood-thinning medication -- the fault of a drug company that did not recall easily confused bottles despite previous problems, he said.
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| Clinton: McCain over Obama would be 'error' |
| Hillary Clinton today reiterated her vow to stay in the presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama. "I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is -- obviously I'm still hoping to be that nominee," she said in a CNN interview.
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| iReporters ask tough questions of Clinton |
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| Mississippi election loss is GOP 'wakeup call' |
| A third-straight special election defeat in as many months left congressional Republicans reeling Wednesday, seriously concerned about what the November elections have in store for their party.
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| Edwards will endorse Obama, campaign says |
| Former presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama at a rally tonight in Michigan, Obama's campaign says. Both Obama and the other remaining Democrat, Sen. Hillary Clinton, had sought Edwards' blessing since the former North Carolina senator quit the race in January.
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| House GOP unveils 'change' agenda for fall |
| Sensing trouble in the fall, the House GOP leadership on Wednesday addressed recent losses in special Congressional elections by unleashing a new agenda aimed at changing that party's image.
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| Girl pulled from quake rubble after 50 hours |
| A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory Wednesday evening -- 50 hours after she was buried by Monday's earthquake, state-run media said.
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| Iraqi official: Suicide blast kills 22 near mourners |
| A female suicide bomber killed two Iraqi troops Wednesday at an army checkpoint south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.
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| Moore plans 'Fahrenheit 9/11' sequel |
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| U.S. lists polar bear as 'threatened' species |
| The U.S. government will list polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said today. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey predict that two thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the next 50 years because of declines in Arctic sea ice.
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| No. 1 female tennis player quits at 25 |
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| O'Connor presses for Alzheimer's funding |
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| Ford recalls 655,000 trucks |
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| Ecotourists missing in quake found |
| Twelve American ecotourists who went missing Monday in China's earthquake used a satellite phone to let their loved ones know they are alive and well, an official said Wednesday.
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| China's earthquake victims 'eat bitterness' |
| In Che Jia Va, survivors of the deadly earthquake that struck central China wait patiently for aid. They don't complain.
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| Navarrette: No racism in White House contest? |
| In claiming victory in West Virginia last night, Hillary Clinton reiterated her last best argument as to why she should be the Democratic nominee: because only she can win in November.
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| 5th suspect charged in NFL star's slaying |
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