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  1. Technology a blessing, a curse for remote island

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 12:14 pm ET  Sent 287 times
    In this Oct. 6, 2010 photo, Muggs Bass, 70, sits in her kitchen... AP

    BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. - Muggs Bass doesn't own a computer. She's pretty much dead set against e-mail. Anyone who calls her home on Michigan's remote Beaver Island should be prepared for a busy signal, if she's on her land-line phone. She has no cell. Full Story »

  2. U.S. doctors still too cozy with drug industry: survey

    Reuters – Mon Nov 8, 6:54 pm ET  Sent 250 times

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors in the United States are still too cozy with drug companies, although they have managed to break some of those ties, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Full Story »

  3. Art believed destroyed by Nazis found in Berlin

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 9:31 am ET  Sent 241 times
    A photographer takes a picture of the sculpture 'Portrait of... AP

    BERLIN - Nearly a dozen sculptures considered by the Nazis to be "degenerate" artwork and believed to have been lost or destroyed after World War II have been unearthed during construction near Berlin's city hall and were shown to reporters Monday. Full Story »

  4. Scientists re-create Big Bang in lab

    The Upshot – Mon Nov 8, 2:14 pm ET  Sent 191 times

    Scientists say they have created a mini Big Bang using the world's largest atom smasher, resulting in a temperature "a millions times hotter" than the sun's center, the BBC reports. In an underground tunnel near Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research smashed together particles inside the $10 billion accelerator known as the Large Hadron [...] Full Story »

  5. Gold sets record high amid economic fears

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 4:01 pm ET  Sent 175 times

    Investors looking for safer places to stow their assets pushed gold to a record price above $1,400 an ounce Monday as they become more worried about the global economy. Full Story »

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  1. Italy: More building collapses at Pompeii possible

    AP – Sun Nov 7, 2:53 pm ET  
    A worker jumps over a puddle among debris in the ancient Roman... AP

    ROME - More buildings inside the ancient Roman city of Pompeii could collapse, Italy's culture minister said Sunday, a day after a 2,000-year-old house once used by gladiators disintegrated into rubble. Full Story »

  2. Govt suspects cholera has entered Haitian capital

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 7:09 pm ET  
    A woman suffering from cholera symptoms is carried by a volunteer... AP

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Health officials said Monday they are examining at least 120 suspected cases of cholera in Haiti's capital, the most significant warning sign yet that the epidemic has spread from outlying areas to threaten as many as 3 million people. Full Story »

  3. 5 Moroccan troops, 1 civilian killed in W. Sahara

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 6:58 pm ET  
    Saharan women protest in front of the Morocco Embassy in Spain,... AP

    RABAT, Morocco - Moroccan forces raided a protest camp in the disputed territory of Western Sahara on Monday and unrest spread to a nearby city, with buildings ablaze and rioters roaming the streets. Five Moroccan security officials and one demonstrator were killed, reports said. Full Story »

  4. Lady Gaga wins big at MTV Europe Music Awards

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 7:49 am ET  
    Katy Perry reacts after winning Best Video for 'California Gurls'... AP

    MADRID - Lady Gaga won three prizes at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday, claiming Best Female, Song, and Pop honors, just a year after taking the plaudits for best new act. Full Story »

  5. Alarm glitch could have iPhone users scrambling

    AP – Sun Nov 7, 3:50 am ET  

    CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple says the end of daylight savings time could cause problems for iPhone users. Full Story »

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  1. Iraq's Basra hosts first foreign circus in decades

    Reuters – Fri Nov 5, 8:18 am ET  

    BASRA, Iraq (Reuters Life!) - The Iraqi audience roared with laughter as the clowns, one fat and one thin, pretended to walk along a tightrope stretched on the ground. Full Story »

  2. Obama backs India's drive for UN power

    AFP – Mon Nov 8, 2:37 pm ET  
    US President Barack Obama (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan... AFP

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - US President Barack Obama Monday backed India's quest for a permanent UN Security Council seat, inviting the world's largest democracy to take its "rightful" place at the summit of global power. Full Story »

  3. Where's the Gulf oil? In the food web, study says

    AP – Mon Nov 8, 9:47 am ET  
    In this Oct. 14, 2010 picture, an oil-covered crab crawls on... AP

    WASHINGTON - Scientists say they have for the first time tracked how certain nontoxic elements of oil from the BP spill quickly became dinner for plankton, entering the food web in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story »

  4. 1-win Cowboys fire coach Wade Phillips

    AP – 2 hrs 2 mins ago  
    Newly appointed interim head coach Jason Garrett responds to... AP

    IRVING, Texas - Jerry Jones never wanted to change coaches this season. As the blowout losses mounted, and Wade Phillips' defense was mostly to blame, the owner-general manager of the Dallas Cowboys had no choice. Full Story »

  5. Violence breaks out in Myanmar after election

    AFP – 56 mins ago  
    Thai soldiers run for cover near the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae... AFP

    YANGON (AFP) - 20,000 people have crossed from Myanmar into Thailand to escape clashes between government troops and ethnic rebels following Myanmar's first elections in 20 years, Thai officials said Tuesday. Full Story »