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Tracking A 'Missing' Man By Virtual Bread Crumbs Evan Ratliff eschewed his identity and picked up a new one, challenging Wired readers to find him in 30 days in a contest sponsored by the magazine. Lured by a cash price, readers mobilized online in a mad dash to locate Ratliff — who got a little too cocksure for his own good.

Socialite's School Brings Hope To Brazilian Slum Brazil's ghettos are poverty stricken and violent. But there are people fighting against the odds to turn things around for the poor children of Rio de Janeiro. Among them is an unusual apostle: a Rio socialite who founded a school for slum-dwelling children and views education as an equalizer.

Military Unaware Of Hasan E-Mails To Radical Cleric Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said there may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the alleged Fort Hood shooter before the deadly rampage.

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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported on Thursday.

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Large Hadron Collider works again The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.

China mine blast death toll rises A gas blast at a coal mine in China has now killed 31 people and left more than 80 trapped, state media reports.

US couple admit spying for Cuba A retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades.

Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.

Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan When the Marines of "America's Battalion" first arrived in Afghanistan, they were eager to get into the fight against the Taliban. Now, as they wrap up their seven-month deployment — and after the loss of a dozen comrades — they see warfare in a different light.

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Moderate Democrat boosts Senate health bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its first crucial test.

Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.

Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.

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CNY Universities Continue Fighting Swine Flu

Swine Flu continues to spread on college campuses across Central New York. WRVO's Ryan Morden has this update on how some of the area higher-ed institutions are handling the presence of the flu on their campuses.

Lawmakers Leave for the Weekend Without Solving Budget Crisis

The state legislature spent its fourth day at the Capitol this week, with no agreement so far on how to close the $3.2 billion dollar deficit.

Republican Candidate for NY Governor: Reform Budget Process

Republican candidate for governor, Rick Lazio is proposing two new laws that he says would improve New York's budget process.

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