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Nev. plans more lion hunts in effort to save deer (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:27:48 +0800

AP - State wildlife officials have announced a plan to kill more mountain lions to help increase the deer population, a move criticized by animal advocates who say drought and development are more important factors in the decrease of deer numbers.

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New e-book captures kids' hopes, dreams for Obama (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:03:50 +0800

This undated photo provided by kidthing, inc. shows Aaron Van Blerkom, 7, of Pasadena, Calif., holding up his letter to President Barack Obama. Aaron  is among 150 or more kids ages 5-12 whose 'Dear Mr. President' letters and drawings were collected in an e-book available for free download beginning Monday, Presidents Day. A special hardcopy edition will be sent to the White House for their 44th commander in chief.     (AP Photo/kidthing, inc.)AP - End war, forever. Make the planet greener. Please help my dad find work. Make it rain candy!


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Amid nurse shortage, hospitals focus on retention (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:48:17 +0800

Yaima Milian, right, who is in a nursing residency program, uses a stethoscope to check on patient Marta Gonzalez  Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at Baptist Health of South Florida in Miami. More hospitals are investing in longer, more thorough residencies. These can cost roughly $5,000 per resident. But the cost of recruiting and training a replacement for a nurse who washed out is about $50,000, personnel experts estimate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Newly minted nurse Katie O'Bryan was determined to stay at her first job at least a year, even if she did leave the hospital every day wanting to quit.


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NY town seeks comfort after plane falls onto home (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:33:45 +0800

Chris Fashone, right, reacts as he joins others at a service in memory of the victims of Continental Connection Flight 3407 at Clarence Center United Methodist Church Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009  in Clarence Center, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - At Clarence United Methodist Church, they prayed — for the victims, for their families and for the small army of workers sifting through plane wreckage in suburban Buffalo.


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Aviation authorities defend safety of turboprops (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:48:09 +0800

In this June 10, 2008 file photo, a Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 is shown on it's acceptance flight at Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario. A former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board has called for authorities to ground all turboprop planes like the one that crashed into a home last week until the accident investigation is complete. But federal aviation officials insisted on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, that the planes are just as safe in bad weather as any other aircraft. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew H. Cline, File)AP - A former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board has called for authorities to ground all turboprop planes like the one that crashed last week in icy conditions, at least until the accident investigation is complete.


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RI nightclub fire victims mourned in service (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:00:53 +0800

Linda Fisher, who was severely burned in The Station nightclub fire in 2003, is seen at her home in Cranston, R.I., Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. Fisher suffered second and third degree burns to 30 percent of her body in the blaze that killed 100 people and injured more than 200. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - The survivors of a nightclub fire and relatives of the those who died in the 2003 blaze gathered Sunday to recite the names of the dead and honor them with 100 seconds of silence, one second for each victim.


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Debris falling in Texas, possibly from satellites (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:12:01 +0800

AP - The Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas, which could be related to a recent satellite collision.

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NYPD reloads after Mumbai with training program (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:07:01 +0800

Operators from the NYPD Emergency Services Unit move in a stack formation as they prepare to enter a building during training at the NYPD H.I.D.T.A., pronounced 'highduh' (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area)  training site in Orchard Beach, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 in New York. The training was to simulate response in the event of a terrorist attack similar to those that occurred in Mumbai, India in December 2008. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R.Gluck)AP - The team of police officers crisscrosses down a New York City block, bracing for a potential firefight with heavily armed suspects who've taken hostages inside a building.


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Sin City worries its image hurts business travel (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:05:45 +0800

A woman walks past a sign promoting the World Shoe Association Show in Las Vegas, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Born of carefully crafted slogans like 'What happens here stays here,' and smiling, sequined showgirls, the image of a 24-hour adult Disneyland with free-flowing booze and casino chips is making the tourist destination seem radioactive to companies keen on not appearing frivolous as they seek government bailouts. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Sin City is worried that its well-honed style is crimping its business.


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Washington painting in NY gets new frame, touchup (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:52:22 +0800

This picture provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows the painting 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.  It is one of the most iconic and enduring images in American art, dazzling visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than a century. But the painting will be out of sight until 2011 as the artwork gets a touchup and an ornate new frame and its gallery undergoes a renovation. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Museum of Art)AP - The iconic painting that depicts George Washington crossing the Delaware River is getting even more dazzling. The plain frame that held the room-size painting is being replaced with an ornate recreation of its original.


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Nation's peanut growers reeling from outbreak (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:14:07 +0800

Eleana Walsh watches her son Carter make his peanut butter and jelly sandwich in Bow, N.H., Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.  The nationwide salmonella outbreak has left many parents in a situation as sticky as peanut butter itself: Should they pack their kids' lunches with PB&J or stay away from the old standby?  (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - With hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and the economy in a nosedive, the U.S. peanut industry expected sales to soar this year.


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Uncovering ancient secrets beneath the surface (AP)

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:10:54 +0800

AP - Scholars are reconsidering what ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes knew of the concept of infinity, and archaeologists may have found a fossil brain millions of years old, thanks to new ways of looking beneath the surface of ancient objects.

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