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Today's Most Popular News: Psst. No shutdown during a 'government shutdown' Throngs view space shuttle Discovery's last launch CBS, Warner pull plug on season of Sheen's sitcom All 2,000 Providence teachers told they could be fired Hazardous for health? Roots of Brazilian Blowout General ordering probe into report of mind tricks Newspapers, GOP call for congressman to resign Study sees benefit to early menopause hot flashes Tea party vision for Mont. raising concerns Study: PSA rise not good prostate cancer predictor Shop to make breast milk ice cream U.S. crop boom not enough to rebuild thin supplies Separate but unequal: Charts show growing rich-poor gap Earliest human remains in US Arctic reported Saudi man charged with plotting terrorist attack Some Republicans soften tough talk on unions 'Deadliest Catch' crew member found dead in motel Boeing wins massive US air tanker contract Ex-convict sisters too overweight to share kidney Indigenous Ecuadoran woman humbles US oil giant Psst. No shutdown during a 'government shutdown' Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:26 pm PST AP - Social Security checks would still go out. Troops would remain at their posts. Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, though not until later. And virtually every essential government agency, like the FBI, the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard, would remain open. Full Story Top Throngs view space shuttle Discovery's last launch Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:58 pm PST AP - Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era. Full Story Top CBS, Warner pull plug on season of Sheen's sitcom Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:38 pm PST AP - In the wake of an incendiary radio interview with "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen, CBS and Warner Bros. Television said they are ending production on TV's top-rated sitcom for the season. Full Story Top All 2,000 Providence teachers told they could be fired Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:18 am PST The Lookout - Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras is sending layoff warnings to all 1,926 of the city's teachers. They won't all be dismissed, but state law requires the city to notify teachers by March 1 whether the district could lay them off before the start of the next school year. School officials say warning every teacher [...] Full Story Top Hazardous for health? Roots of Brazilian Blowout Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:18 pm PST AP - Erlice de Oliveira juggles two kids, a full-time job, a long commute — and really resents the time it takes to tame her curly hair every morning. Full Story Top General ordering probe into report of mind tricks Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:01 am PST AP - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is ordering an investigation into charges that an army unit trained in psychological operations was improperly told to manipulate American senators to get more money and troops for the war. Full Story Top Newspapers, GOP call for congressman to resign Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:52 am PST AP - A photo of Rep. David Wu wearing a tiger costume and other unusual revelations about his mental health are increasing pressure on the seven-term Oregon Democrat to step down. Full Story Top Study sees benefit to early menopause hot flashes Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:11 pm PST AP - Hot flashes that bedevil many women in menopause might actually be a good thing, depending on when they strike, according to new data from a long-running government study. Full Story Top Tea party vision for Mont. raising concerns Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:13 pm PST AP - With each bill, newly elected tea party lawmakers are offering Montanans a vision of the future. Full Story Top Study: PSA rise not good prostate cancer predictor Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:09 pm PST AP - A rising PSA level isn't such a good predictor of prostate cancer after all and can lead to many unnecessary biopsies, says a large new study. Full Story Top Shop to make breast milk ice cream Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:49 am PST Reuters - A specialist ice cream parlor plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat. Full Story Top U.S. crop boom not enough to rebuild thin supplies Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:31 pm PST Reuters - Huge U.S. corn and soybean plantings this spring will likely fail to refill razor-thin stocks enough to quell the surge in grain prices, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday. Full Story Top Separate but unequal: Charts show growing rich-poor gap Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:13 pm PST The Lookout - The Great Recession and the slump that followed have triggered a jobs crisis that's been making headlines since before President Obama was in office, and that will likely be with us for years. But the American economy is also plagued by a less-noted, but just as serious, problem: Simply put, over the last 30 years, [...] Full Story Top Earliest human remains in US Arctic reported Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:23 pm PST AP - Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska. The discovery of that burial is shedding new light on the life and times of the early settlers who crossed from Asia to the New World, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science. Full Story Top Saudi man charged with plotting terrorist attack Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:58 pm PST AP - A college student from Saudi Arabia who studied chemical engineering in Texas bought explosive chemicals online as part of a plan to hide bomb materials inside dolls and baby carriages to blow up dams, nuclear plants or the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department said Thursday. Full Story Top Some Republicans soften tough talk on unions Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:32 pm PST AP - With a wary eye on Wisconsin, Republican leaders in several states are toning down the tough talk against public employee unions and, in some cases, abandoning anti-union measures altogether. Full Story Top 'Deadliest Catch' crew member found dead in motel Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:40 am PST AP - A member of the hit cable TV show "Deadliest Catch" fishing crew has been found dead in an Alaska motel room, police said Wednesday. Full Story Top Boeing wins massive US air tanker contract Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:08 pm PST AFP - US aerospace giant Boeing on Thursday won a massive contract to supply aerial refueling tankers to the Air Force, defeating European rival EADS in a long and tortuous contest. Full Story Top Ex-convict sisters too overweight to share kidney Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:40 pm PST AP - A proposed kidney transplant that won two Mississippi sisters their freedom from prison can't take place until one quits smoking and they lose a combined 160 pounds. Full Story Top Indigenous Ecuadoran woman humbles US oil giant Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:09 am PST AFP - She has no legal training, and doesn't speak the Spanish that dominates government in Quito but indigenous villager Maria Aguinda helped bring a landmark judgment against US oil giant Chevron for polluting the rain forest she calls home. Full Story Top

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