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    U.S. Military Investigates Agent Orange Cover-Up

    <div>PHOENIX -- The U.S. military has opened an investigation into the dumping of Agent Orange, after an exclusive CBS 5 investigation exposed a toxic secret. Veterans are breaking rank to tell how they were ordered to bury dangerous chemicals on a U.S. Army base. "My whole life, this is what...
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    Adoptive mom helps 'give birth' to 43 families

    New York (CNN) -- Becky Fawcett considers her infertility a blessing. But it wasn't always that way. Desperate to be a mother, Fawcett endured five rounds of in vitro fertilization and three miscarriages before she and her husband Kipp adopted their first child in 2005. Now the proud mother of...
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    B.C. drinking-driving deaths cut in half

    Deaths from impaired driving in B.C. have been cut in half since new drinking-driving regulations took effect last fall, says provincial Attorney General Barry Penner. Penner said 22 people have been killed since the law was changed in September, while the five-year average for that period had...
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    Libyan rebels pronounce Obama speech 'good enough

    (CNN) -- Libyan rebels praised President Barack Obama's Thursday address on the U.S. role in the Middle East, while some Syrian activists expressed disappointment that Obama didn't push harder on their embattled ruler. In Benghazi, the heart of the Libyan revolt against longtime strongman...
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    'Sex addict' ex-jail guard has sentencing delayed

    A former Saint John jail guard who pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting a male inmate will be sentenced next month. Patrick Joseph Allen, 47, was scheduled to be sentenced in provincial court on Monday, but Judge Anne Jeffries said she wanted time to review the case law. Allen's...
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    ICC to investigate reports of gang-rapes in Libya

    The Hague, Netherlands (CNN) -- Security forces in Libya are allegedly using sexual enhancement drugs as a "machete" and gang-raping women they stop at checkpoints, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said. Luis Moreno-Ocampo told CNN Monday that the court in The Hague...
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    Pakistan to return tail of 'stealth chopper'

    Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan on Tuesday will return the tail of a U.S. helicopter that was damaged during the raid that killed terror leader Osama bin Laden, a move that is part of a process to improve cooperation between the two nations, Sen. John Kerry said. The helicopter crashed...
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    Arrest warrant sought for Gadhafi

    The Hague, Netherlands (CNN) -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought the arrest of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and two relatives Monday, linking them to "widespread and systematic" attacks on civilians as they struggle to hold power. Luis Moreno-Ocampo told...
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    Ford Freestyle vehicle in safety investigation

    U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that the Ford Motor Co crossover SUV Freestyle lunges forward or backward unexpectedly, according to a posting on the regulator's website. The "lunge" has resulted in 18 minor crashes and one minor injury when a Freestyle reportedly struck a...
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    New TMX takeover proposal eyes foreign expansion

    A proposal by a group of Canadian banks and pension funds to take over the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange offers cost savings and opportunities for international growth, the group said on Monday. A consortium calling itself the Maple Group Acquisition Corp is proposing a C$3.6 billion...
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    Search halted in Nevada for B.C. man

    Officials in northern Nevada say they have halted the intensive effort to find missing B.C. man Albert Chretien after a week of renewed searching. Chretien, 59, of Penticton B.C., left his wife to wait in the couple's van on March 21 while he searched for help after the vehicle became stuck in...
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    Vatican tell bishops to root out sexual abuse

    The Vatican told bishops around the world on Monday that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests. The headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church told bishops in a letter that they should cooperate with civil authorities to end the abuse that has...
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    Pakistan's parliament condemns U.S. bin Laden raid

    Pakistan's parliament condemned on Saturday the U.S. raid to find and kill Osama bin Laden, calling for a review of U.S. ties and warning that Pakistan could cut supply lines to American forces in Afghanistan if there were more such attacks. Pakistan's intelligence chief was cited as saying he...
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    Embarrassed Pakistan says excluded from bin Laden raid

    Pakistan's president acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that his security forces were left out of a U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden, but he did little to dispel questions over how the al Qaeda leader was able to live in comfort near Islamabad. The revelation that bin Laden had...
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    Utah suing federal government over wilderness plan

    SALT LAKE CITY – The state of Utah filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government over an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called the plan a "midnight ambush." He agreed...
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    Justin Bieber's Israel concert sold poorly

    Justin Bieber's concert in Israel drew far fewer fans than expected, but the pop star still made $1 million for his 90-minute show, sources said. Bieber's April 14 concert at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv drew somewhere between 17,000 (according police) and 24,000 fans (according to the promoters)...
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    Mexican opera composer Catan dies in Texas

    AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican composer Daniel Catan has died while working on a new opera in Austin, Texas, a University of Texas spokeswoman said Monday. He was 62. The cause of his death on Friday was not immediately released. Catan was best known in the United States for his operatic adaptation...
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    Toyota says most Japan plants to stay idle next week

    Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Wednesday it would not restart production at most of its idled Japanese vehicle assembly factories next week, denying a Nikkei newspaper report. The world's biggest automaker has halted vehicle assembly at all but two of the 18 group-wide factories in Japan...
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    Clippers edge Grizzlies 82-81

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Mo Williams scored 16 points and keyed a fourth-quarter rally and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped Memphis' four-game winning streak with an 82-81 victory over the Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Williams had nine points in the final period, including six straight points in the...
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    [Wow!] First-ever photo shows Mercury from orbit

    NASA Spacecraft Snaps 1st Photo of Mercury from Orbit The first spacecraft ever to circle Mercury has beamed home the first-ever photo taken of the small rocky planet from orbit, showing a stark landscape peppered with craters. NASA's Messenger spacecraft snapped the new Mercury photo today...
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