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3 hrs ago | WIBW

Evansville Ends 14-game Slide With 65-62 Victory

James Haarsma scored 18 points as Evansville held off Wichita State 65-62 Tuesday night to end a 14-game losing streak.

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Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, Evansville Aces NCAA Basketball, University of Evansville NCAA, James Haarsma, Colt Ryan, Denver Holmes, Garrett Stutz, Clevin Hannah

Tue Feb 09, 2010

Collider

Tom Cruise Will Return for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4

Deadline reports that Tom Cruise has decided he'll light the fuse and return as Special Agent Ethan Hunt for Mission: Impossible 4 .A Cruise will produce the film with Mission: Impossible 3 director J.J. Abrams with screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec on board to handle the script.A Applebaum and Nemec both wrote for Abrams' Alias and ...

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Related Topix: Knight and Day, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Action Movies, Mission: Impossible, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery Movies, Tom Cruise, Star Trek, J.J. Abrams

Cleveland.com

Parmadale workers found not guilty in death of teen Faith Finley

Three former Parmadale child care workers whose physical restraint of a teen led to her death were found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Engadget

Google Buzz takes mobile location services to the next level

Google just announced that it's bringing some serious location-based integration to its services, all centered around the new Buzz social networking tool built into Gmail.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Social Software, Gadgets

Free Republic

WH: Some Critics 'Serving the Goals of al Qaeda'*

In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan -- Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responds to critics of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies by saying "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda." Brennan writes ...

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Zamboanga Journal

Philippines Justice Department recommends filing of murder charges vs. Ampatuan patriarch, others

MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - " The powerful patriarch of the Ampatuan clan in the southern Philippines is likely to face multiple murder charges along with his sons in connection to the brutal slaying of 57 people, including at least 31 journalists in Maguindanao province last year.

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Related Topix: US News

SF Appeal

Club That Hosted Fatal Weekend Shooting Temporarily Closing

A San Francisco nightclub that was the scene of a shooting early Sunday morning that left one person dead and four others injured agreed today to temporarily close its doors, according to the mayor's office.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, San Francisco, CA, Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco, CA)

Mon Feb 08, 2010

Sweetness & Light

PA Democrat John Murtha Is Dead At 77

HARRISBURG, Pa. a ' Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday.

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Related Topix: Obituaries

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Jamim Shah Murder Update: Indian Says He Killed.

A day after: Nepali cabinet sets up an investigation committee even as an Indian calls up a Nepali TV station in Kathmandu to admit the responsibility So Indian killed Jamim? May be this group, may be that group.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia, Nepal,

Slippery Brick

AT&T makes it easy to track family members on the iPhone

AT&T has offered a service for a while now that lets family members track their family using their phones.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Computers

Statesman.com

Doctor finally looks at charge in Jackson death

Conrad Murray, who has been trying to surrender to authorities for a week, will likely get his chance with prosecutors saying they will file a charge Monday in the death of Michael Jackson.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

The Huffington Post

Mental Health In Haiti: Nation Copes With Trauma

The battered bodies may be mending, but the minds still struggle. As many as one in five Haiti earthquake victims have suffered trauma so great with the multiple shock of lost homes, jobs and loved ones that they won't be able to cope without professional help, doctors say.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Train Disaster, Nursing

Sun Feb 07, 2010

The Epoch Times

Saints Over Colts, 31a "17 in Superbowl XLIV

Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints reacts after scoring against the Indianapolis Colts during Super Bowl XLIV.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, New Orleans Saints, NFL Players, Drew Brees, Indianapolis Colts, Roman Harper, Usama Young, Tracy Porter

The Plain Dealer

Court Watch: 6 people accused of killings, a child rapist and robbers due in court

These are some of the defendants due this week in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Cleveland Metro, Cuyahoga County, OH, Cleveland, OH

Free Republic

Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord

GENERAL SANTOS, the Philippines - After a day of barbering, Rodolfo Gregorio went to his neighborhood karaoke bar still smelling of talcum powder.

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BleacherReport

UNLV Stuns 12th-Ranked BYU, 88-74

There is nothing more electric or as exciting as a sold-out crowd of 18,557 screaming UNLV Runnin' Rebel fans at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of UNLV.

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Related Topix: Kendall Wallace, Oscar Bellfield, Matt Shaw, Sports, NCAA Basketball, NCAA Sports, University of Nevada, Las Vegas NCAA, UNLV Rebels NCAA Basketball, Jimmer Fredette

Shanghai Daily

No Bryant, no problem for Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom pulls down a rebound from Portland Trail Blazers Dante Cunningham in the second half during their NBA basketball game yesterday, in Portland, Ore.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, Lamar Odom, NBA Players, Kobe Bryant, Portland Trail Blazers, Brandon Roy

Free Republic

Palin Garners Tea Party Support

Sarah Palin is not an official leader of the Tea Party movement, but her presence at the National Tea Party Convention here Saturday night underscored the depth of support for the former Alaska governor as someone who captures the spirit of the conservative grassroots movement.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, US News, 9, Nashville Metro, US Politics, Barack Obama

Sat Feb 06, 2010

Alterdestiny

Man Who Contracted Dorothy Stang's Murder Back in Jail

This is excellent news : A landowner accused of ordering the murder of American nun Dorothy Stang in the Amazon in 2005 is reported to be back in jail after turning himself in.

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West Side Sun

Tony Grossi's blog: Voting for the Pro Football of Fame is a grueling and taxing process

A challenging afternoon of votes and discussion ended with former Detroit Lions cornerback Dick LeBeau gaining entrance to Canton's Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little, John Randle and Russ Grimm.

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Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, Tim Brown, NFL Players, NFC, NFC West

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