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Al-Qaida car bomb kills 8 in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 28 (UPI) — Al Qaida is being blamed for a suicide car bomb in central Yemen that killed at least eight government soldiers, military officials said. The attack took

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Syrian gov’t intensifies attacks on rebels

DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 27 (UPI) — The Syrian government stepped up attacks on rebels in Damascus Sunday with warplanes and intensified artillery, anti-government activists in Beirut said. Thousand of Syrians have fled

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Feds investigate Stuxnet leak

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) — The Obama administration is investigating who leaked classified information about a highly secret cyberwar targeting Iran’s nuclear facility, officials said. The Justice Department investigation started by Attorney

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State of emergency in 3 Egyptian cities

CAIRO, Jan. 27 (UPI) — Egyptian President Morsi declared a state of emergency in three cities after seven people were killed Sunday during a funeral for protesters killed Saturday. The state of

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Fuel removed from grounded minesweeper

MANILA, Jan. 26 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has removed 15,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the USS Guardian, a minesweeper that ran aground off the Philippines, officials say. Rear Admiral Thomas

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Anonymous threatens Justice Department

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) — Hackers claiming to be with the group Anonymous threatened to release sensitive U.S. Justice Department documents as retaliation for the death of Aaron Swartz. The group posted

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Are Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn an item?

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 26 (UPI) — Tiger Woods and U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn have been dating for the past several weeks, sources told the celebrity website HollywoodLife.com. The globe-trotting pair

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At least 13 dead in Afghan bombings

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 26 (UPI) — At least 13 people were killed and 28 hurt in separate suicide bombings Saturday in eastern provinces of Afghanistan, officials said. Provincial security chief Gen. Mohammad

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Arizona reconsiders license ban

PHOENIX, Jan. 25 (UPI) — Arizona lawmakers are reviewing a state law that denies driver’s licenses to young people who recently received immigration relief and work permits. In August, Gov. Jan Brewer

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Report: J.J. Abrams to direct ‘Star Wars’

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (UPI) — Hollywood director-producer J.J. Abrams has signed on to helm the seventh “Star Wars” film for Disney, TheWrap reported. Abrams is the mastermind behind TV’s “Fringe,” “Lost”

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Abortion rights protesters pack Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) — Tens of thousands of people crowded Washington to protest the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Despite frigid weather Friday, the

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Officials say al-Qaida behind attack

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) — U.S. officials said they believe al-Qaida operatives were responsible for the attack and hostage-taking at a natural gas plant in Algeria last week. Officials said al-Qaida in

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FDA approves colon cancer drug combo

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it approved a new use of Avastin in combination with oxaliplatin chemotherapy for those colorectal cancer. Dr. Hal Barron, chief

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Te’o says he wasn’t involved in hoax

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UPI) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o told U.S. interviewer Katie Couric he didn’t create the hoax involving a phony online girlfriend who supposedly died of cancer. Te’o,

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FBI agent denies paying for prostitutes

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) — An FBI agent says he did not use public money to purchase sexual services for suspected arms traffickers while working undercover in the Philippines. Lawyers for

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Lance Armstrong turns down ‘DWTS’

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) — Lance Armstrong’s publicist has confirmed the disgraced U.S. cyclist turned down an offer to compete on TV’s “Dancing with the Stars.” “Lance has been offered the

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Vitamin D may be a breast cancer therapy

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) — Vitamin D may be involved in a possible new breast cancer therapy, U.S. and Spanish researchers say. Susana Gonzalo, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular

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Group allegedly enslaved mentally disabled

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23 (UPI) — A mother and daughter and three men were charged Wednesday in a federal indictment in Philadelphia with enslaving disabled people. Federal prosecutors say Linda Weston, the alleged

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Suicide bomb kills 35 in Iraq

TUZ KHURMATU, Iraq, Jan. 23 (UPI) — At least 35 people were killed by a suicide bomber, and many more injured, near a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, police said Wednesday. The

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Colorado felons can hunt, not shoot

DENVER, Jan. 22 (UPI) — Felons in Colorado can get hunting licenses but may not possess firearms, and gun advocates say there should be an exception for non-violent felons. Law enforcement officials

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Canada woman accused of poisoning lunches

GATINEAU, Quebec, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A 60-year-old Canadian woman is facing charges she tainted her co-workers’ lunches with an anti-psychotic drug, authorities say. Lise Filion of Gastineau, Quebec, faces two counts

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At least 3 shot at Lone Star College

HOUSTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) — At least three people were shot Wednesday at Lone Star College near Houston, where police arrested one suspect and were searching for another, officials said. The college

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