Monday, January 28, 2013

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Monday, Jan 28, 2013 06:35 PM PST
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'No numbers' in this math museum 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 06:35 PM PST
'No Numbers Here': Math Museum Founder Glen WhitneyA new museum in Manhattan shows math's 'beautiful, exciting and fun' side.
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No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 08:09 PM PST
A youth holds a photograph of his sister Pamella Lopes, who died in a nightclub fire, in a public square near the club in Santa Maria, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in this southern Brazilian city early Sunday, killing more than 230 people. Many of the victims were under 20 years old, including some minors. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) â€" The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a frenzy, launching into another fast-paced, accordion-driven tune and lighting flares that spewed silver sparks into the air.
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Might need to tilt your head: Australian park features 'Horizontal Falls' 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 02:37 PM PST
New Australian National Park Features Unique 'Horizontal Falls'The attraction is part of a new Australian national park and marine park along the scenic shoreline.
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New breeds debut on Westminster 'red carpet' 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 01:58 PM PST
Dog showAt certain moments it had the air of a red-carpet event, with camera shutters clicking in rapid fire and flashbulbs igniting the room in white light.
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New arms for Iraq war's first quad amputee 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 02:36 PM PST
FILE - In this July 4, 2012 file photo, Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco of Staten Island, N.Y., wearing a prosthetic arm, poses for a picture at the 9/11 Memorial in New York. Marrocco, 26, the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq war, has received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore. His father, Alex Marrocco, said Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 that his son had the operation on Dec. 18, 2012 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Doctors used a novel approach to give the veteran two limbs.
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U.S. mom missing in Turkey took mysterious excursions 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 08:52 AM PST
US Mom Missing in Turkey Took Several Side TripsTurkish media reported today that police were trying to establish why Sierra visited Amsterdam and Munich.
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Police push for background checks on gun purchases 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 07:06 PM PST
President Barack Obama pauses as the press leaves the room as he meets with representatives from Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, in Washington, to discuss policies put forward by President Obama to reduce gun violence. From left are Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau and Hennepin County Minnesota Sheriff Richard W. Stanek . (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Law enforcement leaders who met with President Barack Obama Monday urged him to focus on strengthening gun purchase background checks and mental health systems, but did not unify behind his more controversial gun control efforts.
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Bodies of missing Mexican band members found in well 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 06:59 PM PST
MONTERREY (Reuters) - Police found a dozen bodies inside a well in northern Mexico, some of them members of a band abducted last week by an armed group, a spokesman for the state of Nuevo Leon, Jorge Domene, said on Monday. Authorities have identified four of the bodies, including that of a Colombian national. All were wearing jeans and T-shirts with the logo of the music group - "Poderoso Kombo Kolombia." One band member who managed to escape told police that after he and the others were kidnapped, their armed men captors asked them if they belonged to an organized crime gang. ...
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J.C. Penny ditches its 'no more sales' tactic 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:40 PM PST
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR JCPENNY - JCP Cares Supporter John Legend autographs a JCPenney banner at J.V. Stockard Middle School in Dallas on Monday Sept. 10, 2012, in Dallas. (Photo by Brandon Wade/Invision for JCPenny /AP Images)The company is bringing back sales and is adding price comparisons on clothing tags.
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50 Cent has doubts about Rick Ross being targeted in drive-by 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:52 PM PST
Beats By Dr. Dre CES After-Party With ZEDD & Rick Ross at Marquee Nightclub At The Cosmopolitan Of Las VegasRoss crashed into a building after shots were fired in his direction early Monday morning.
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Florida women frighten off intruder by chanting ‘Jesus’ 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:45 PM PST
If you ask the 15 women inside Jacquie Hagler’s house what happened, they’ll tell you it’s simple: Jesus scared a would be thief out of the Florida woman’s home. At first, those gathered at Hagler’s house for a jewelry party thought the intruder was simply part of an elaborate gag, using a “water gun” to [...]
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A Whopper to go with the casket, please 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 02:31 PM PST
FILE - This Wednesday June 20, 2012 file photo shows a Burger King sign in Richardson, Texas. British and Irish burger fans could face a Whopper shortage after Burger King announced Thursday Jan. 24, 2013, it has stopped buying beef from an Irish meat processor whose patties were found to contain traces of horse DNA. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)A funeral procession for a big Burger King fan makes a special stop in his honor.
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Sandy aid bill heads to Obama's desk 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:42 PM PST
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, a beach front home that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy rests in the sand in Bay Head, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Lawmakers say the money is desperately needed to help recovery efforts.
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Disaster-torn county faces toughest natural enemy yet 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 03:18 PM PST
In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Caddo County farmer Karen Krehbiel examines unharvested milo on her family’s farm near Hydro, Okla. Not all of the farm’s milo fields were irrigated because of an ongoing drought, the latest natural disaster to strike the county, which also has been beset in recent years by floods, tornadoes, ice storms and hail. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)Oklahoma ranch country has seen more than its share of destructive weather.
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Casey Anthony may put her legal system experience to use 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:24 PM PST
FILE - In this July 7, 2011 file photo, Casey Anthony smiles before the start of her sentencing hearing in Orlando, Fla. A Florida appellate court on Friday, Jan. 25, 2012 set aside two of the four convictions Anthony faced for lying to detectives during the investigation into her missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Anthony was acquitted of killing Caylee in 2011. Jurors convicted her of four counts of lying to detectives, and her attorneys appealed those convictions. Anthony was sentenced to time served for the misdemeanors. Judges on the 5th District Court of Appeals agreed with Anthony's attorneys that two of the charges constituted double jeopardy, or being convicted more than once for the same crime. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool, File)Casey Anthony has become so experienced with the legal system since her daughter disappeared in 2008 that she may be considering a job as a paralegal, her attorney said today.
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A driving test can't stop this 105-year-old woman 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 03:05 PM PST
105-year-old Edythe Kirchmaier recently renewed her California drivers license (Facebook)She passed her driving test â€" continuing 86 years without a blemish on her driving record.
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Lose your job to technology? Share your story 
Monday, Jan 28, 2013 12:55 PM PST
A job seeker in New York fills out an application during a job fair in December. (Mary Altaffer/AP) According to an Associated Press series published last week, the United States lost 7.5 million jobs during the recession, but in the three and a half years since it ended, the country has recovered just 47 percent [...]
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