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Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie (AP)

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010.  A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.  (AP Photo)AP - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.


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last updated: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:51:09 PDT

March Madness Bracket 2010: DOWNLOAD HERE

The 2010 March Madness bracket has been released. Click HERE to download the bracket (PDF file). (Scroll down to see an embedded version, as well as a text copy.) The 1-seeds are Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse. Kansas is the overall #1 seed. The opening round game is on Tuesday, March 16. Round one kicks off on Thursday and runs from March 18-19. The second round takes place on March 20 and 21. The Sweet 16 round starts on March 25 and concludes on the 26th. The Elite Eight round occurs on March 27 and 28. On April 3, the Final Four is narrowed to just two teams, and the NCAA champions


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last updated: Mon, 15 Mar 10 06:52:43 GMT

Executive to hear dioxin report
A report into the dioxin contamination of Northern Irish cattle feeds is to be presented to the Stormont Executive.

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last updated: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:33:41 GMT

Human remains found in bushland
HUMAN remains have been found in bushland in NSW's Hunter region.

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last updated: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:40 GMT

Paying to pick seats loathsome, many passengers say (Reuters)
Reuters - Paying for extras has become routine for airline passengers but it doesn't mean they like it, with a poll showing more than half all travelers hate having to fork out to choose their seat.

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last updated: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:45:35 GMT

'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)

FILE - In this May 22, 1996 file photo, actor Peter Graves says he wasn't asked to portray his signature role in the film remake of ``Mission Impossible,'' the big-budget movie starring Tom Cruise. Graves said in the New York Daily News, Sunday, May 26, 1996, he wouldn't like to play Phelps as the bad guy.  Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file )AP - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.


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last updated: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:25:39 GMT

Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2005 file photo, Susan Chapman, director of the Division of Federal Investments, sorts through paper securities pulled from a safe at the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt offices in Parkersburg, W.Va. The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, FILE)AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.


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last updated: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:26:26 GMT

Qantas jet's engine drama
A QANTAS jet from Melbourne to Canberra made an emergency landing on one engine yesterday after a mid-flight malfunction.

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'Botched surgery' claims grow
NINE more women have launched legal action against a Queensland plastic surgeon accused of botching cosmetic procedures.

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Senate financial reform bill boosts Fed: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would gain new powers over non-bank financial firms and keep much of its authority over banks under a new bill to be unveiled on Monday by the Senate's architect of financial reform.

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last updated: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:26:46 -0500

Sting and Trudie Face-Off

Apparently the theory that we're attracted to people who look like ourselves is true! Thanks, Sting and Trudie.

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