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Apple iPod Touch named gadget of the year
"Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch. " ...Saving Mud-Covered Haiti's Crops – And Mountains
"The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret. It was my first trip to Haiti, a ninety minute plane ride from Miami. So close,...Houston's post-Ike supplies coming, officials say
"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...Mysterious Booms Labeled Homeland Security Issue
"People living in the Longfellow neighborhood in Minneapolis were jolted awake in the middle of the night Thursday by a big boom. However, police said they aren’t sure what caused the explosion. This is the second...Vietnam floods 'leave 100 dead'
Flash floods in Vietnam have killed 100 people, and forecasters fear additional casualties as more rain is predicted for Monday. The floods have occured in the country's northern mountain procinves. More than two dozen people are still missing."Flooding and landslides in...
Rescues complete in flooded Ruidoso, New Mexico
The good news is that the people of Ruidoso are safe. All that's left now is the mess. A drive through town on Thursday afternoon found most of the bridges still out and mud and debris piled along the river. Crews... 100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo
"100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the...Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire
You hear these stories all the time. Dogs dialing 911 when owners collapse on the ground, or dogs rescuing someone when they are drowning. Pet rabbit saving lives is something I have not yet heard."A pet rabbit is... Islamist protests after mass death-row reprieve on Benazir Bhutto birthday
Islamists protested today over the decision to reprieve 7,000 death row inmates and change their sentences to life imprisonment in honour of Benazir Bhutto's birthday.This is one of the biggest amnesties in modern... Hundreds swept up in mortgage fraud arrests
"By LARA JAKES JORDAN and ALAN ZIBEL, Associated Press WriterThursday, June 19, 2008""WASHINGTON (AP) --More than 400 real estate industry players have been indicted since March — including dozens over the last two days — in a Justice Department crackdown on incidents of... South African Floods Raise Death Toll
At least 10 people have died and an unknown number are missing after serious flooding burst banks, dams and bridges in Durban, South Africa. Police and rescuers said cars had been swept away and buildings, even railways tracks were damaged."At least six people have been... Junta’s Delays in Myanmar Are Less Costly Than Feared
"Myanmar — More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy that...California: Fires Burn 30 Homes
" Fires that ignited along Interstate 5 in Stockton swept through a neighborhood and torched at least 30 homes, said a city spokeswoman, Connie Cochran. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, she said, but...Dog Survives Toto Impression During Tornado
"Dog Survives Toto Impression During Tornado RICHTON PARK, Ill. (CBS) ― Chase certainly doesn't look like Toto from "The Wizard of Oz." He's a big rottweiler, not a little cairn terrier. But he certainly does a...Flash flooding carries away houses in Belize
Flash floods caused havoc in Belize today, carrying away houses and raising the death toll from Central America's twin tropical storms to at least seven people."The remnants of Pacific Tropical Storm Alma swept over...
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