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Traffic Fatalities Take Biggest Toll in Developing World
KickingTiresTraffic accidents ranked as the 10th leading cause of death in the world in 2004, but they???re on track to become the fifth-leading cause by 2030, with most of the increase coming in the developing world, according to a report......Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Services and Shopping, Transportation Accidents, Vehicles
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North Korea's nuke: 'A few kilotons'
The Swampby Mark Silva The North Koreans set off a small nuclear bomb in that recent underground test that the United States and other nations condemned as a provocative act. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued this brief......Tags: North Korea
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Obama: Healthcare 'ticking time bomb'
The Swampby John McCormick and Bruce Japsen President Barack Obama today is calling the cost of health care a "ticking time-bomb" that threatens to slow the nation's economic recovery. "We are spending over $2 trillion a year on health care --......Tags: Medical Services, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Politics, Hillary Clinton
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Conservatives: Four in 10 Americans
The Swampby Mark Silva Republicans may be in decline, the party out of power and apparently leaderless, but politicians still must contend with a formidable conservative base of voters that straddles party lines. Conservatives, polling finds, still represent the...Tags: Republican Party, Democratic Party, National Government, Politics, Government
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Obama: U.S. no 'foil' for Iranian leaders
The Swampby Mark Silva While some Republicans criticize President Barack Obama for not standing up more forcefully for the opposition in Iran's disputed elections, the president insists that Iranians must settle their own fate - and inserting the United States...Tags: Barack Obama, CBS Corp., Heads of State, Fencing, Harry Smith
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Obama picks another Chicagoan
The Swampby John McCormick President Barack Obama has picked another Chicagoan for an ambassador post, selecting the head of a Chicago public affairs firm to be the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. Named to the......Tags: Chicago, United Nations, University of Georgia, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
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Gas prices: 50th day of pumped-up cost
The Swampby Mark Silva It's starting to look like another hot summer. If you've taken a long ride lately, you've noticed something familiar. Retail gasoline prices climbed today for the 50th straight day. Pump prices added a half cent overnight to......Tags: Economy, Commodity Markets, Energy Saving, Getty Images Inc., AAA
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Bush pulls punch on Obama: 'We'll see'
The Swampby Mark Silva It's been described variously as Bush's "first shot'' at his successor -- or a "salvo'' across Obama's bow -- but the words that have filtered out of the closed-door speech that the former president delivered in Pennsylvania......Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Medical Services, Barack Obama, Alexander Hamilton, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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NBC, ESPN gear up for first-round U.S. Open coverage
WatchdogNBC will kick off the U.S. Open by showing Tiger Woods teeing off Thursday live on the "Today" show and 11 other NBC Universal networks. Not to be outdone, ESPN, which will televise the bulk of the first two rounds,......Tags: Bill Kratzert, Bob Murphy, Verizon Communications, Television Industry, Tiger Woods
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Obama's approval, 'mixed reviews'
The Swampby Mark Silva Add another poll to the fire: This, one, a sizeable survey from the Pew Research Center, pegs President Barack Obama's overall job-approval at 61 percent - arriving in the midst of two other surveys (New York Times/CBS......Tags: National Security, Medical Services, Barack Obama, New York, National Government
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Supreme Court: DNA tests up to states
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court agreed today that DNA has a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing......Tags: Oklahoma, Massachusetts, New York, Politics, Human Body
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White House visitor logs: Still off-limits
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Back in the days when everyone wanted to know how often the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff had entered the White House, the Bush White House refused to give up its visitor logs. Now, with a......Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Justice System, White House, Heads of State
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