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Prince Harry graduates from military academy
Prince Harry stood tall with saber drawn yesterday during ceremonies in Sandhurst, England, marking his graduation from Britain's elite military academy, marching proudly in front of his beaming grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he completed 40 weeks of training.
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The best U.S. jobs
A survey released yesterday by Money magazine and Salary.com. ranks the top jobs in the United States using such factors as salary, job growth, stress levels, flexibility and creativity.
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Casino's Sapphire martini gets $3,000 makeover
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. – When Jason Silvestri heard about Foxwoods Resort Casino's new signature cocktail, the police officer almost choked on his Absolut vodka and cranberry juice.
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- Duke lacrosse supporters hire ex-Clinton lawyer in PR effort
DURHAM, N.C. – A small group of boosters and others close to the Duke University lacrosse team have hired President Clinton's former lawyer as part of an aggressive public relations effort to argue that the players did not rape a woman at an off-campus party.
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Reid: Immigration bill needs priority
WASHINGTON – The Senate's top Democrat asked Majority Leader Bill Frist yesterday to return to work on immigration legislation immediately after the Senate completes a bill with more money for military operations in Iraq and hurricane relief.
- Lawmakers struggle with murals showing scene of lynching
BOISE, Idaho – For 66 years, two murals depicting the lynching of an American Indian have hung in a now-abandoned county courthouse in Idaho's capital – reminders of the bloodshed that accompanied America's westward expansion.
- Massachusetts will require all to have health insurance
BOSTON – Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation yesterday that would make Massachusetts the first state to require everyone to have health insurance, just as drivers must have automobile coverage.
- Scientists say they're able to reverse cell division
The process of a parent cell dividing its genetic code into two identical daughter cells has always been thought to be a one-way street – once the cells began the splitting process, there was no way to stop it.
- Rebels strike Chad's interior, seek to capture capital
N'DJAMENA, Chad – Chadian rebels based in the western Darfur region of Sudan launched their first attack deep in Chad's interior, reaching hundreds of miles into the country to attack government forces.
- Shops by Afghan base selling stolen GI data
BAGRAM, Afghanistan – A shopkeeper outside the U.S.-led coalition headquarters in Afghanistan was selling small computer memory drives yesterday, containing seemingly sensitive military data stolen from inside the base – including the Social Security numbers of four U.S. generals.
- WORLD UPDATE
Bomb threat detours airplane to Scotland
LONDON – Fighter jets escorted a commercial plane carrying 172 people to an airport in Scotland yesterday after a passenger passed the captain a note saying there was a bomb on board, authorities said.
- Italians abroad gain voice
NEW YORK – A Chicago bakery owner and a Philadelphia insurance agent, both newly elected to Italy's parliament, say Italians living abroad should gain new recognition now that they for the first time have their own representatives.
- Italy won't pursue CIA agents for case
ROME – Italy's justice minister said yesterday that he had decided not to seek the extradition from the United States of 22 CIA agents accused of abducting an Egyptian cleric from a street in Milan, Italy, in a blow to prosecutors investigating the case.
- Life senators may be key to Prodi's government
ROME – With only a two-seat majority in the Senate, a government by center-left leader Romano Prodi may have to rely on seven legislators appointed senators for life – a group that includes a Nobel Prize winner and a seven-time premier – to survive.
- Speaker to convene a parliament in disarray
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The acting speaker of parliament said yesterday that he would convene the parliament on Monday, even though the formation of the new government remained stalled as Shiite leaders continued to deliberate whether to stick with their choice for prime minister.
- Rumsfeld should resign, retired commander says
WASHINGTON – A retired commander of an infantry division in Iraq called yesterday for Donald Rumsfeld to step down, joining several other former top military commanders who have harshly criticized the secretary of defense's authoritarian style.
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