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Day: February 5, 2013

Stock indexes close higher

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) — The Dow Jones industrial average closed higher Tuesday, following an equities rebound in Europe. By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow added 99.22 points

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Grains mixed Tuesday

CHICAGO, Feb. 5 (UPI) — Grain futures prices were mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday with the dollar index flat on the International Exchange. Corn was off 4 3/4 to

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Suspension for coach-teacher after rant

ROGERSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 5 (UPI) — An Alabama high school teacher and football coach was suspended for derogatory remarks against gays and first lady Michelle Obama, a school official said. Bob Grisham,

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Sports

Cyclones Throttle Oklahoma, 83-64

Courtesy: cyclones.com – AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (16-6 overall, 6-3 Big 12 Conference) raced out to a 25-point lead early in the second half and never let up in an 83-64

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Resistant weeds said threat to U.S. crops

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — A U.S. health advocacy group Monday urged limiting the use of herbicides on genetically engineered crops, saying the technology is unsustainable. The Center for Science in the

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Strom Thurmond’s biracial daughter dies

COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 4 (UPI) — Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of the late one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., died Monday at 87, a funeral home said. The notice from

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Asteroid to make close fly-by of Earth

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) — A small asteroid approaching Earth will pass by so near it will come closer than the orbits of many weather and communications satellites, NASA says. Although

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Israeli official: Iran to soon have bomb

TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 4 (UPI) — A former head of Israel’s military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, warned Monday Iran will have the ability to manufacture a nuclear bomb in four to six

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Cantor to reposition GOP beyond debt talk

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will urge Republicans to stop fussing about federal spending cuts and start talking about helping U.S. families, an aide says. The change

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Erekat says Israel must stop settlements

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 4 (UPI) — Palestinians will not return to peace talks until Israel halts all of its construction in settlements, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said. Palestinians will not “repeat

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44% of U.S. families live week-to-week

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) — About 44 percent of U.S. households have almost no savings to cushion a job loss, health crisis or other income-depleting emergency, a non-profit group says. The 2013

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Online ‘unfriending’ has consequences

DENVER, Feb. 4 (UPI) — Unfriending someone on Facebook has repercussions beyond cyberspace, U.S. researchers say, with some people avoiding in real life anyone who unfriended them. Computer science researchers at the

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Inmate Admits Threatening Federal Judge

AMARILLO, TX—Larry Boyd Wren, II, 40, appeared in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, yesterday, and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to one count of mailing a threatening communication.

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Martian rover drills first rock

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) — NASA says its Mars rover Curiosity has used its drill for the first time to hammer briefly into a rock targeted on the floor of its

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Government goes after S&P

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (UPI) — The U.S. government has plans to file charges against credit rating firm Standard & Poor’s for misleading bond ratings, sources told The Wall Street Journal. State

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