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Today's Most Popular News: Ohio child cancers confound parents, investigators Iconic face of Rosie the Riveter poster dies Polar bears destroy BBC documentary cameras Kidney parole condition raises ethical questions Ford recalls F-series pickups, Edge, Lincoln MKX Storms dump heavy rain, snow on parts of West Minimum wage earners in 7 states getting raises What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs Australia floods larger than France strand 200,000 Countless Juarez residents flee 'dying city' Queen Elizabeth becomes a great-grandmother Police officers, doctor killed in Mexico shootings Daughter, wife of AZ official accused in sex case Authorities crack down on flea market fakes Boney M singer Bobby Farrell dies on tour "Eat' em" stratagem for lionfish invasion in Florida French model in anti-anorexia campaign dies US helps Ukraine sends enriched uranium to Russia Protests intensify in Bolivia over gasoline prices Rep: John Mellencamp, wife split after 20 years Ohio child cancers confound parents, investigators Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:33 pm PST AP - Every time his kids cough, Dave Hisey's mind starts to race. Is it cancer? Is it coming back? His oldest daughter, diagnosed with leukemia nearly five years ago when she was 13, is in remission. His 12-year-old son has another year of chemotherapy for a different type of leukemia. And his 9-year-old daughter is scared she'll be next. Full Story Top Iconic face of Rosie the Riveter poster dies Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:23 pm PST AFP - A Michigan factory worker used as the unwitting model for the wartime Rosie the Riveter poster whose inspirational "We Can Do It!" message became an icon of the feminist movement has died. Full Story Top Polar bears destroy BBC documentary cameras Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:51 am PST The Lookout - BBC documentary cameras are no match, it turns out, for the destructive curiosity of your average polar bear. Producers of the BBC show "Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice" thought they could outwit their documentary subjects on the Arctic islands of Svalbard by concealing weather-resistant high-tech cameras inside casings that mimicked the look of ice [...] Full Story Top Kidney parole condition raises ethical questions Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:33 pm PST AP - A debate is unfolding over an unusual offer from Mississippi's governor: He will free two sisters imprisoned for an armed robbery that netted $11, but one woman's release requires her to donate her kidney to the other. Full Story Top Ford recalls F-series pickups, Edge, Lincoln MKX Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:18 pm PST Reuters - Ford Motor Co is recalling about 20,000 new vehicles in North America, mainly its heavy duty pickup trucks, due to the chance that an electrical short could cause a fire, Ford and U.S. federal regulators said on Thursday. Full Story Top Storms dump heavy rain, snow on parts of West Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - A winter storm pummeled the western U.S. on Thursday with fierce wind gusts, heavy rain and more than 2 feet of snow, closing hundreds of miles of roads and dumping a snowy mix of precipitation on the edges of Phoenix. Full Story Top Minimum wage earners in 7 states getting raises Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:02 am PST AP - It will be a happier New Year for nearly 650,000 workers earning minimum wage. They're getting small raises in seven states that tie their salaries to the cost of living. Full Story Top What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and want your money's worth: full benefits after you retire. Nearly three out of five people say in a recent Associated Press-GfK poll that they paid into the system so they deserve their full benefits — no cuts. Full Story Top Australia floods larger than France strand 200,000 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:56 pm PST AP - Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in northeastern Australia as the prime minister promised new assistance Friday to the 200,000 people affected by waters covering an area larger than France and Germany combined. Full Story Top Countless Juarez residents flee 'dying city' Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:39 pm PST AP - The mother of four raised a finger, pointing out abandoned and stripped concrete homes and counting how many families have fled the Western Hemisphere's deadliest city on her street alone. Full Story Top Queen Elizabeth becomes a great-grandmother Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:54 am PST Reuters - Queen Elizabeth, 84, became a great-grandmother for the first time when the wife of her grandson Peter Phillips gave birth to a baby girl, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. Full Story Top Police officers, doctor killed in Mexico shootings Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - Gunmen believed to be linked to drug cartels killed four police officers and a doctor in apparently coordinated attacks in and around the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, authorities said Thursday. Full Story Top Daughter, wife of AZ official accused in sex case Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - The daughter of a county supervisor has been arrested on suspicion of sexual misconduct with the same teenage boy that her mother is accused of sexually abusing over a three-year period, police said Thursday. Full Story Top Authorities crack down on flea market fakes Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:35 pm PST AP - Used to be, if you wanted a knockoff handbag or fake fragrance, Lower Manhattan's Canal Street was a mecca. Full Story Top Boney M singer Bobby Farrell dies on tour Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:36 am PST AP - Bobby Farrell, whose group Boney M topped the 1970s European charts with its glittering showmanship and blend of disco and Calypso music, was found dead in his hotel bed Thursday while on tour in Russia, his agent said. He was 61. Full Story Top "Eat' em" stratagem for lionfish invasion in Florida Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00 pm PST Reuters - Florida marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life -- eat them. Full Story Top French model in anti-anorexia campaign dies Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:19 am PST AP - Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model whose emaciated image in a shock Italian ad campaign helped rivet global attention on the problem of anorexia in the fashion world and beyond, has died at the age of 28. Full Story Top US helps Ukraine sends enriched uranium to Russia Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:12 pm PST AP - In a secret operation to secure nuclear material, the United States has helped Ukraine send to Russia enough uranium to build two atomic bombs. Full Story Top Protests intensify in Bolivia over gasoline prices Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - Protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices intensified and turned violent in Bolivia on Thursday, as thousands of demonstrators demanded President Evo Morales' government repeal the hike. Full Story Top Rep: John Mellencamp, wife split after 20 years Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:52 pm PST AP - John Mellencamp and his wife are calling it quits. Full Story Top

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