School drinking water contains toxins
CUTLER, Calif. - Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.
Nations:U.S. People:Barbara Boxer Source:(AP)
2009-09-25
Thousands rally against Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ten of thousands of protestors from across the United States descended on the nation's capital Saturday, decrying President Barack Obama, "big government" and big spending.
Nations:U.S. Ukraine Saudi Arabia People:Barack Obama Source:(AFP)
2009-09-12
For accused museum shooter, a downward spiral
WASHINGTON - James von Brunn carried a lifetime of hatred and an aging rifle to the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, authorities say, and was met with a simple act of kindness: a security guard opening the door for him.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Holocaust Source:(AP)
2009-06-11
Md. mom pleads guilty in cult starvation death
BALTIMORE - A former religious cult member pleaded guilty Monday to starving her 1-year-old son to death after making an unusual deal with prosecutors: If the child is resurrected, her plea will be withdrawn. Ria Ramkissoon, 22, also agreed to testify against four other members of the now-defunct religious group known as 1 Mind Ministries. All four are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Javon Thompson.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-30
Obama focuses on food safety, picks FDA new chief
WASHINGTON - The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he focused on that task by filling the top job at the Food and Drug Administration.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Bill Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-03-14
Ferocious storm dumps heavy snow on East Coast
NEW YORK - A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.
Nations:U.S. People:Michael Bloomberg
2009-03-02
Northeast pounded by snowy late-winter storm
NEW YORK - A massive late winter snowstorm pummeled the Northeast on Monday, grounding hundreds of flights, causing spinouts on highways, delaying trains and buses and closing school for over a million children from South Carolina to Maine.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-02
Assisted suicide ring members prep for court fight
ATLANTA - Members of an assisted suicide ring say they've done nothing wrong and seem eager for a court battle over criminal charges they helped a Georgia man kill himself, while their supporters are using the case as a rallying cry for more debate about end-of-life issues.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-02-28
More than a million wait in icy darkness across US
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Well over a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country Wednesday, waiting for warmer weather and for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it took a snowy, icy journey from the Southern Plains to the East Coast.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-28
Deadly winter storm begins barrage in Northeast
PHILADELPHIA - A destructive winter storm that has left more than 800,000 customers in the dark barreled into the Northeast on Wednesday, delaying flights and turning the morning rush into the morning slush as communities braced for the worst.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-28
Obama visits with troops, honors King on holiday
WASHINGTON - With history intersecting the transfer of power, large crowds thronged to the capital Monday, on the eve of Barack Obama's elevation to the presidency as America honored slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Nations:U.S. People:Michelle Obama Joseph Biden Barack Obama John McCain Colin Powell George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-01-19
Obama rides the rails to DC for inaugural kickoff
WASHINGTON - Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into the capital city Saturday night pledging to help bring the nation "a new Declaration of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the times. He kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861.
Nations:U.S. People:Joseph Biden Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-01-17
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