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September 29, 2009
9 in 10 high schoolers short on fruits, veggies
ATLANTA—Health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get...
Obama meets today with NATO secretary general
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama meets at the White House today with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The likely topic of discussion:...
Jet that crashed in 1955 found in Pacific near L.A.
LOS ANGELES—An amateur historian says the wreckage of an Air Force jet believed lost at sea 54 years ago with two crewmen aboard has been found off...
September 28, 2009
Pa. teen charged with animal cruelty for duct-taping cat
Investigators say a Philadelphia teenager wrapped a cat in duct tape, put it in a shopping bag and left it in a neighbor’s backyard.
Man, 2 teens plead innocent in Md. attack on black fisherman
A man and two teenagers have pleaded not guilty in what authorities describe as a racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.
Michelle Obama to women: Do what makes you happy
First lady Michelle Obama says women should do what makes them happy, a lesson she says she learned after realizing her two children, her husband and her...
Court-martial in N.C. soldier’s death to begin
A court-martial is scheduled to begin for one of seven Fort Bragg paratroopers accused of accidentally killing a fellow soldier more than a year ago.
Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy
WASHINGTON—Bill Clinton says a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Barack Obama. The ex-president made...
September 26, 2009
Mourners in Calif. remember slain Yale student
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. (AP)—A Yale University doctoral student found murdered on what was to be her wedding day is being remembered today as a brilliant...
N.Y. students suspended over raw-meat hazing ritual
LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP)—A western New York high school has been roiled by a hazing ritual that entailed hurling raw meat at new players on the girls’...
Police: Md. man killed wife, 2 children, then self
MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP)—Maryland State Police say a man shot and killed his wife and two children before turning the shotgun on himself. State police...
3 killed in medical helicopter crash in S.C.
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP)—A medical transport helicopter crashed in coastal South Carolina, killing all three people on board, authorities said Saturday....
Biden visits Georgia, vows U.S. aid for storm victims
MARIETTA, Ga.—Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. yesterday pledged the federal government would help Georgia recover from the severe weather that...
Officials: N.Y. attack was set for Sept. 11
An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before...
