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In a twist, USA's Asians are heading to the Mountain West
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
In a surprising twist to historical settlement patterns, growing numbers of Asian Americans are beginning to bail from the places ...
USA
Social Life
Electronics subject to search at border
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
U.S. customs officials have searched laptops, cellphones and digital cameras without warrants in the name of security when Americans ...
USA
Social Life
TSA takes steps toward speedier laptop X-rays
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
Four months after TSA announced that it was ready to ease the laptop-removal requirement, final steps toward one of the most ...
USA
Social Life
Reality TV's new target: Flipped-verdict dramas
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
Reality television, which has probed virtually every aspect of American life, is looking to enter a gritty part of the criminal ...
USA
Social Life
Scrutiny, opportunity awaits next presidential kids
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
Young Tad Lincoln herded goats into a White House sitting room. John Kennedy Jr. had to be scooped out of a hiding place in his ...
USA
Social Life
Hey, kids, time to take a hike
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
For kids, this summer of pricey gas and shortened family vacations could now fill up with too much screen time, too much junk ...
USA
Social Life
Plan aims to eliminate livestock disease by targeting elk
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
Officials are considering capturing or killing infected elk in to eliminate a serious livestock disease.
USA
Social Life
Automotive catalytic converter theft on the rise
06.07.2008 23:20
usatoday.com
Car converter theft has been rising rapidly across the country, as metal commodity prices rise.
USA
Social Life
NYPD hires new anti-terrorism 'scholar in residence'
06.07.2008 23:19
usatoday.com
Marc Sageman has been hired by the NYPD as an anti-terrorism expert, fueling the debate over whether the greatest terror threat ...
USA
Social Life
3 freed U.S. hostages give thanks for rescue
06.07.2008 23:19
usatoday.com
The three American hostages rescued by Colombia's military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and ...
USA
Social Life
Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title
06.07.2008 23:19
usatoday.com
Brian "Young Gun" Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship ...
USA
Social Life
Two Mississippi River locks reopen as waters recede
06.07.2008 23:19
usatoday.com
The Army Corps of Engineers says two navigational locks along the Mississippi River have reopened after being closed because ...
USA
Social Life
Police Storm Hamburg Leftist Citadel
06.07.2008 16:17
dw-world.de
Riot police stormed a leftist citadel in Germany's second-largest city, Hamburg, to arrest 13 suspects after stones had been thrown at police officers on patrol earlier on Sunday.
Germany
Social Life
EU's Barroso Adds Fuel to German Nuclear Power Debate
06.07.2008 15:17
dw-world.de
European Commission President Barroso praised the value of nuclear energy in a German newspaper interview on Sunday, firing up the ongoing debate in the country -- and the cabinet -- already split over the issue.
Germany
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