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Life / Top Stories
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MSNBC
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Too close for comfort — or not close enough
Specific incidents aside, the fact remains that the FAA inspection system is not the hands-on, feet-on-the-tarmac system that many in the flying public assume it is. Generally speaking, FAA doesn’t even i..
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MSNBC
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It's up, up and away for air travelers: Fares are up, late flights are up and more passengers are being bumped away from boarding gates. All these problems are making travelers grumpy, an annual survey of airline quality says.
The industry posted decli..
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MSNBC
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A man of contradictions, controversy
But King was not meek, nor were his words always soothing. He called for boycotting discriminatory businesses, sometimes demanding that they advertise in black newspapers and deposit some of their money in black sav..
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MSNBC
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Americans have always been hearty drinkers. W.J. Rorabaugh—author of "The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition" and a history professor at the University of Washington—suggests that travel and immigration have influenced our beer-drinking habits..
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MSNBC
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A kitten survived a plane trip halfway across the United States after accidentally ending up in a suitcase, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Seth Levy's suitcase, in which 10-month-old tabby Gracie Mae stowed away, was mistakenly picked up by the wrong pe..
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MSNBC
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British Columbia is developing a new high-tech driver's license that could be used as a passport alternative to enter the United States by land and sea, officials said.
A new pilot program will involve 500 volunteers who agree to share personal informa..
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MSNBC
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Michelangelo's heroic David could be on the move after 135 years in the museum designed to showcase the marble masterpiece.
The impact of mass tourism on Florence's city center is forcing officials to consider remedies, including one drastic proposal t..
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New border crossing rules to take effect at the end of the month will initially mean longer lines for those entering the country, including returning Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday. But he said the rules are necessar..
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Reuters
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More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin's theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday.
It is the latest survey to highlight America's deep level of religiosity, a cultural trait that sets it apart..
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SF Gate
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A Bay Area sixth grader captured the world championship in chess for the under-12 division after a final two-hour match Wednesday in Antalya, Turkey.
Daniel Naroditsky, of Foster City, had the highest score of the 160 boys in his division after 11 roun..
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MSNBC
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8. Pick the right shopping buddy. Unless you want to bicker and feel frustrated all day, think hard about who would get into the spirit of a shopping day like this. As Yuri Baranovsky wrote in a hilarious survival guide to Black Friday, “Taking your lo..
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MSNBC
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade marks one of two opportunities a year for Broadway to strut its stuff on national television. But for the cast of "Legally Blonde," the parade on Thursday is a showcase without a show.
The musical is one of more than..
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Yahoo News
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Bryan Smith has pictures of his dog in his coat pocket, a reminder of the pet that sacrificed itself to save him from his burning house.
It was Tuesday night when Storm jumped on the slumbering Smith and alerted him to the growing smoke and flames outs..
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blogs.reuters.com
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Covering religion may be harmful to your faith. Two leading religion journalists — one in Britain, one in the United States — have quit the beat in recent months, saying they had acquired such a close look at such scandalous behaviour by Christians th..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Their eyes met across a crowded room. The party chatter ebbed away, and the music slowed. That first lovers' glaze is the staple of the romantic novelist, and scientists believe they have now revealed the true nature of its true attractive power.
Accor..
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www.marieclaire.com
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Growing up in Jackson, MS, I gravitated toward white people. It felt natural, I suppose, because I looked like them. While my cousins got black baby dolls for Christmas, mine were always peaches and cream. Once, during playtime in elementary school, one o..
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MSNBC
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Daddy's girl
I am no longer merely mildly annoyed by her obvious preference. I find it downright disturbing. So does my husband, enough so that when he and I return from a romantic weekend and pick up our daughter at my parents' place, Gary insists I w..
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BBC News
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The US may be one of the most religious countries in the West but is it undergoing a period of doubt.
A few days ago, I attended a memorial service for a friend who died far too young, of throat cancer. The service was held at a history museum, and it..
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SF Gate
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How Americans treat pets has changed dramatically over the past decade or so. No longer do we relegate dogs and cats to life in the backyard eating table scraps. Sixty-three percent of cat owners and 42 percent of dog owners share their beds with their pe..
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CBS News
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The Skinny is Keach Hagey's take on the top news of the day and the best of the Internet.
Modern times seem to be riddled with growing gaps - the income gap, the achievement gap, the tolerance-of-celebrity-gossip gap. Now here's another one to worry ab..
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