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Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
Technology
Police and fire departments across the country are tapping into social networking to disseminate information to the public."We think the police department has an obligation to get information out to the community through whatever means or mechanisms we have at our disposal," said Lakeland Police Assistant Chief Bill LePere.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
Health
When Guatemalan laborer Faustino Morales fell from a scaffold in February, the response from volunteer firefighters was immediate. Within minutes, the "bomberos" reached the accident site with advanced rescue equipment, an ambulance and a thorough knowledge of how to treat his injuries.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
Health
At first glance, it looks like the real thing. It's white, with a brown filter. When the tip glows red, a smoke-like puff follows. But this is not a typical cigarette -- it's an "e-cig." A what? An electronic cigarette.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
World
Searchers on Friday combed the Atlantic Ocean for 16 missing people, a day after a chopper ditched in the frigid waters off Canada, a rescue official said.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
Politics
Here's the good news: Authorities say that fewer illegal immigrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that arrests along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last five months are down 24 percent from the same period last year.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
Politics
President Obama has more vacant Cabinet positions at this point in his term than any other recent president.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
Entertainment
After a week of pointed verbal barbs, host Jon Stewart sat face-to-face with financial analyst Jim Cramer on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and continued the assault Thursday. Stewart blamed Cramer and cable network CNBC for being irresponsible cheerleaders in the lead-up the the stock market meltdown.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
US
The first person ever convicted in Idaho of knowingly spreading the HIV virus is facing new charges for the same offense, authorities said Thursday.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
World
The world is facing an increasing risk of "irreversible" climate shifts because worst-case scenarios warned of two years ago are being realized, an international panel of scientists has warned.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
US
Carnage in Germany, carnage in Alabama, and one of the most saddening aspects of the killings is this:
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
US
Rosalio Reta sits at a table inside a Laredo Police Department interrogation room. A detective, sitting across the table, asks him how it all started.
Fri Mar 13, 2009 /
US
Anna Nicole Smith's longtime partner and attorney, Howard K. Stern, and a doctor were jailed Thursday on charges of conspiring to furnish drugs before her death in 2007, authorities said. The former Playboy playmate and reality TV star died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. At the time of her death several prescription medications -- both in Smith's name and that of her partner and lawyer, Stern -- were found in the room.
Thu Mar 12, 2009 /
Politics
While Bernie Madoff will never walk the streets again, there's still a lot of explaining to do, not just by Madoff and his family, but at the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose bungling of the investigation likely cost Madoff's victims even more money.
Thu Mar 12, 2009 /
US
The man who shot and killed 10 people, then himself, in southern Alabama was depressed and unhappy with his life, investigators said Thursday. "His dream was to become a Marine and later a police officer," said Col. Chris Murphy of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. "Both those dreams were unfulfilled."
Thu Mar 12, 2009 /
US
Women at two Kansas colleges are on edge after warnings that the same man may have raped 13 women at the schools in the last eight years.
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