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Day: March 4, 2013

Boy, 7, suspended over pastry shape

BALTIMORE, March 4 (UPI) — A Maryland father said it was “insanity” to suspend his 7-year-old son from school for chewing his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun. Josh Welch,

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NBA: Miami 97, Minnesota 81

MINNEAPOLIS, March 4 (UPI) — Dwyane Wade went 15-of-23 from the field en route to 32 points Monday and the Miami Heat won a team-record 15th straight game, 97-81 over Minnesota. Wade

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Politics

Obama convenes 1st Cabinet meeting of term

WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) — President Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, welcoming familiar and new members and saying the agenda would focus on the sequester. “Well, this

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Flacco signs NFL’s richest contract

OWINGS MILLS, Md., March 4 (UPI) — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco signed a new contract Monday, making him the highest-paid player in NFL history. The agreement is reportedly for six years

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Decapitated roosters found in cemetery

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 4 (UPI) — Residents of a Charlotte, N.C., neighborhood said someone placed several decapitated roosters on headstones at a cemetery, possibly part of a ritual. The rooster bodies appeared

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Fighting escalates in Homs, Syria

HOMS, Syria, March 4 (UPI) — Opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad said fighting in the central city of Homs escalated Monday, a day after high casualties in battles in Aleppo. The

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Arpaio out of hospital after fall

PHOENIX, March 3 (UPI) — Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-described “America’s toughest sheriff,” is out of the hospital after falling and breaking a shoulder bone. Arpaio, 80, thanked supporters

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Man arrested after charging at deputies

LONGMONT, Colo., March 3 (UPI) — A Colorado man was stun-gunned and then arrested for allegedly charging at Boulder County sheriff’s deputies with a broom, officials said. John Sena, 56, was stun-gunned

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Coordinated bombs hit Pakistan capital

KARACHI, Pakistan, March 3 (UPI) — At least 24 people, including women and children, were killed and several others were injured when a blast went off in Karachi Sunday, officials said. The

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N. Korea preps for military drills

SEOUL, March 3 (UPI) — North Korea is moving to hold dueling military exercises in the East Sea as U.S. and South Korean forces hold their own annual war games. Intelligence officials

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FDA approves drug for pain during sex

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Osphena, or ospemifene, to treat women experiencing moderate to severe pain during sexual intercourse. Dyspareunia, severe pain during sexual intercourse,

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Baby ‘functionally cured’ of HIV

ATLANTA, March 3 (UPI) — U.S. researchers say a 2-year-old is exhibiting a “functional cure” to HIV after getting anti-retroviral therapy within 30 hours of birth. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s

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British child strip-searching continues

LONDON, March 3 (UPI) — The British government’s promises to end routine child strip-searching often were broken as 43,000 incidents recently were recorded, rights activists said. In only 275 of those searches

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NBA: Indiana 97, Chicago 92

INDIANAPOLIS, March 3 (UPI) — David West poured in 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting Sunday and the Indiana Pacers prevailed over Chicago 97-92 in a key Central Division battle. West also hauled

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