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- Wounded vets ditch wheelchairs for Segways
Thanks to a nonprofit group, amputees wounded in war are getting around not in wheelchairs but in Segways. The advantages, they say, are they can move about in an upright position and people no longer look down on them.
- Official 'furious' over Myanmar's food seizure
The United Nations' top World Food Program official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid that was flown in for cyclone disaster victims. Future flights have been suspended.
- Hezbollah takes control of western Beirut
Sectarian fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day Friday, with small arms, machine-gun and rocket-propelled-grenade fire echoing through the streets.
- Physics wonder boy to test Einstein theories
Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics. His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test at Switzerland's Large
- U.S. Marine guilty of 'wrongful sexual contact'
A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 19-year-old Japanese woman last year was found guilty Thursday of "committing wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts," the U.S. military said, but he was acquitted of rape.
- 'I was gonna blow myself away'
"We were a normal red-blooded American family," recalls Rudy Aguilar. "And ... it took [one day] to wipe us out."
- Katrina victim claims $97 million lottery prize
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- Girl sexually assaulted on school bus, police say
Three Florida teens were arrested Thursday on charges they sexually assaulted a female classmate aboard a school bus parked at the high school they attend.
- Turning 50 prompts 75-pound weight loss
Barbara Aldrich can hardly remember a time when she wasn't a little overweight.
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- Mending bridges in Mostar
The city of Mostar lies at a crossroads of cultures: just inland from the Adriatic coast, in the southern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mostar -- which suffered horribly when its warring neighborhoods turned it into a killing zone -- provided me with one of
- Quiet on the set in Wilmington, N.C.
Some people call Wilmington, North Carolina, "Hollywood East" because of all the movies and TV shows filmed here. In the last three decades, more than 400 feature films, documentaries and television series have been shot and edited around town, drawing no
- Major airlines boost fares
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- Branson sticks to tried and true
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- Troubleshooter: Lost luggage in Las Vegas
On a nonstop flight to Las Vegas, Spirit Airlines loses Michael Germano's checked luggage. He files a missing luggage report and a lost luggage claim, but the airline is ignoring his requests for compensation. What's going on, and how can Germano get Spir
- Oregon's outdoor adventures a 'blast'
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- Plane flies across Atlantic with missing panel
An American Airlines plane flew from Dallas to Paris even though a "large panel" fell off the underside as the flight took off, the airline said in a memo to pilots.
- Superheroes pack a punch at the Met
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- China visa rules tightened for tourists
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Headlines last updated on May 09, 2008 11:24:27am.
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