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Archives of: October 2010

Increased Police Presence at Marine Corps Marathon

  The 35th annual Marine Corps Marathon kicked off Sunday morning under sunny skies and intense police surveillance.   The Arlington, Virginia race covers more than 26 miles and has 30,000 participants, but was started under a cloud of security concerns due to recent shootings targeting Marine facilities in the Washington, D.C. area.   For runners, the increased police presence was impossible to miss. ... read more

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October 31, 2010

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Archives of: October 2010


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Amy Kellogg

October 26, 2010 11:44 AM

Nuclear Power Plant Gets Fueled

Iran started loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear plant at Bushehr on Tuesday, and officials expect it will be fully operational by next year. Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, “The Bushehr Nuclear Plant is a big project that will help us take new steps for using alternative and clean energies.  The electricity generated by ... read more



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Conor Powell

October 25, 2010 2:38 PM

Real-life Hurt Locker Meets a Squad Killer

SANGERAY, Kandahar – The warning sign was there. A ten-foot long red rope discretely draped along a mud wall in the back alley of the rural Afghan town of Sangeray in the violent Kandahar ... read more



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Greg Burke

October 25, 2010 11:17 AM

Fiat: Making Cars in Italy is a Drag

Fiat stands for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, or the Italian auto factory in Turin. But Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne has infuriated unions here by saying that Italy is actually a drag on the carmaker. Marchionne, also the head of Chrysler, told a program on Italian state broadcaster RAI that the company was expected to make more that 2 billion euros this year ... read more



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Jennifer Griffin

October 23, 2010 6:34 PM

Wikileaks Founder Defends Iraq War Doc Leak

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange brushed off Pentagon criticism that the publication of thousands of war logs and secret battlefield reports could put the lives of US soldiers or their Iraqi allies at risk.     At a press conference in London Assange was asked: "Are you worried that the careful vetting that you outlined this morning maybe wasn't careful enough and ... read more



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Elizabeth Prann

October 22, 2010 1:27 PM

CDC: 1/3 Population May Be Diabetic by 2050

A Centers for Disease Control report released today estimates that as many as one in three American adults might have diabetes by the year 2050.  That’s a sharp increase compared to the current rate, which estimates one in 10 adults have the disease. Type 2 diabetes, which is the most common, could be triggered by family history and race.  However, it is also ... read more



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Greg Palkot

October 22, 2010 1:25 PM

Crunch Time in France

It’s crunch time in Paris.  The upper house of the French Parliament is set to vote Friday night on reforms to their pension system including a hike in the retirement age. While it’s expected to pass, the anger is not expected fade The reform move has triggered some of the biggest protests France has seen in a few years. Police today broke up a blockade at a ... read more



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Steve Harrigan

October 22, 2010 1:20 PM

Cholera Epidemic in Haiti Highlights Deteriorating Conditions

In one sense, the cholera epidemic in Haiti comes as a surprise. There has not been such an epidemic in the region for a century. The fact that at least 140 people have died and 1500 are infected is a sign of just how bad conditions have deteriorated since the January earthquake. Cholera comes from contaminated water or food, often contaminated by feces. In Haiti now more ... read more



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Ruth Ravve

October 22, 2010 11:45 AM

Blago Trial #2 Delayed Until April 20 2011

CHICAGO- Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will go on trial, for the second time, April 20, 2011.  That's four months later than was originally planned. Blago's attorneys, Sheldon ... read more



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Phil Keating

October 22, 2010 11:33 AM

Super Helicopter

It certainly doesn't look like the typical helicopter you see flying above your city. There's not one rotor spinning around on top, but two, one spinning clockwise, the other counter-clockwise. And there's no tail rotor, but a propeller. Together, this is the dynamic advancement that its maker, Sikorsky, says enabled the Sikorsky X2 to recently break the world record ... read more



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Yonat Friling

October 22, 2010 10:42 AM

Israel’s Checkmate on Iran

In order to beat the Iranian record, he needed to win at least 80% to seal the record, which previously stood at 500 simultaneous games. Before the opening move, said Gershon, who was aware of the unique opportunity, "Hopefully this is the only war we are going to have with this enemy, ever," Gershon said. He also noted the game's ancient origins in Persia - now ... read more