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1888 Photo Depicts Helen Keller, Teacher

"BOSTON (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a rare photograph of a young Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120 years after it was taken on Cape Cod and tucked inside a family album. The photograph, shot in July 1888 in Brewster, shows an 8-year-old Helen...

created by Yommie | 3 years ago
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Waffle Whiffer

Britons 'love fast food more than Americans'

"America's reputation as the home of fast food is under threat from the British, who are more addicted to burgers, chips and pizza than any other nation in the world. Almost half of all Britons would be unable to...

created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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More Muslim pilgrims die at the haj than a day in Iraq

Edmund Jenks

More Muslim pilgrims die at the haj than a day in Iraq

Muslim pilgrims say safety in God's hands at haj "MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Nazir Hussein's uncle and aunt were among 362 Muslim pilgrims who were killed in a stampede in Mecca in January. But that...

created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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James Kim--family man, gadget fan

"James Kim was a respected expert on cutting-edge digital devices, an owner of a trendy clothing store and a lover of the futuristic-sounding music known as electronica. Yet, according to friends, most of Kim's life revolved around old-fashioned values: sacrifice, friendship...

created by bigbrother | 5 years ago
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Death Penalty Upheld For Muslim Sgt.

"On March 22, 2003 Hasan Akbar rolled grenades into the tents of his fellow 101st Airborne, at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait. The attack, which was carried out the night before the unit was supposed to cross into Iraq, killed Captain Christopher Seifert, 27, and Air Force Major...

created by nukegingrich | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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China's Comrade Condoms

"Comrade Lei Feng once sold Mao to the masses. Now he helps them suit up for safe sex. In his unremarkable 22-year life, which ended ingloriously in 1962 when a PLA comrade accidentally backed a truck into a power pole that fell and crushed him, Lei Feng wanted to be nothing...

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Boris Said: NASCAR's late bloomer (USA Today)

" Updated 8/1/2006 7:45 PM ET E-mail | Save | Print | By Nate Ryan, USA TODAY In the often homogenized Nextel Cup Series, where quirky personalities are bleached by careful devotion to the corporate dollar, Californian Boris Said might be closest to being a cult hero. The...