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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
10 Americans held as Haiti probes motive

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten U.S. Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday after trying to take 33 children out of Haiti at a time of growing fears over possible child trafficking.

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Beyonce takes 5 Grammys; Kings of Leon win record

Beyonce once again tied a record for most wins by a female performer at the Grammys by netting five trophies, including song of the year for “Single Ladies,” but the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” trumped her “Halo” to win record of the year Sunday night.

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Beyonce takes 5 Grammys; Kings of Leon win record

Beyonce once again tied a record for most wins by a female performer at the Grammys by netting five trophies, including song of the year for “Single Ladies,” but the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” trumped her “Halo” to win record of the year Sunday night.

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Apple’s iPad alters e-books landscape

NEW YORK – Even as Apple’s iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Palin looms large in Alaska ethics debate

JUNEAU, Alaska – The fallout from Sarah Palin’s hasty retreat as governor is being cleaned up by the man she appointed attorney general in her waning days in office.

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Obama backs $100 billion for jobs

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Sunday endorsed spending an additional $100 billion to attack painfully high unemployment as it prepared to send Congress a $3.

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Focus on women in Haiti pays off

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The 79-year-old woman with a 55-pound bag of rice perched on her head gingerly descended concrete steps Sunday and passed it off to her daughter-in-law – who quickly disappeared behind the faded leopard-print sheets that are the walls of their makeshift home on the crowded

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Tut’s family tree ID

CAIRO – Egypt will soon reveal the results of DNA tests made on the world’s most famous ancient king, the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun, to answer lingering mysteries over his lineage, the antiquities department said Sunday.

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Consolidation proposed to ease city’s budget deficit

A major restructuring of services and how Los Angeles provides for them will be proposed in a far reaching document presented today to a City Council panel.

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
LAUSD reform is a bitter battle

EDUCATION: As key vote nears, some complain competition to run schools is rife with favoritism.

Los Angeles Unified parents, teachers and community members will get to vote on their favorite school proposals this week as the district inches closer to launching a landmark reform plan handing