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Ed Koch, NY's feisty former mayor, dies
NEW YORK -- When Ed Koch was mayor, it seemed as if all of New York was being run by a deli counterman. Koch was funny, irritable, opinionated, often rude and prone to yelling. And it worked, for a while at least. With a Bronx-born combination of chu
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CDC: Flu outbreak remains high, but waning
This season's outbreak of flu continues to be high -- especially among the elderly and the young -- but appears to be waning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday. Flu-like illnesses appeared to be falling in the East but
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Congress sends bill to Obama averting government default
WASHINGTON -- Congress sent President Barack Obama drama-free legislation yesterday raising the debt ceiling, averting a government default and putting off the next tax-and-spending clash between the White House and Republicans until later in the ye
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Beach find could spell a windfall for British man
LONDON -- One very smelly sperm whale secretion may soon make one lucky British beachcomber a very happy man. Ken Wilman told British broadcasters that he had been walking along Morecambe beach in northern England when his dog, Madge, discovered a ha
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Decimated plant a symbol of storm's power
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. -- For Darleen Evans, it was sheer terror as the manufacturing plant where she worked collapsed around her and her colleagues. She and two other women rushed into a bathroom stall, she holding one under each arm as she prayed, a torn
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Ed Koch, NY's feisty former mayor, dies
