Reid's Wife Survives Surgery After Serious Crash
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife Sandra underwent surgery to stabilize a broken neck, back, and nose after a tractor trailer rear ended the minivan she rode in with their daughter on an interstate. Doctors reported she is neurologically intact and not at risk of paralysis.
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Virginia carpenter finally claims $200 million Mega Millions prize
Steve Williams of Shenandoah Virginia won a $200 million Mega Millions jackpot on Oct 16. He waited five months before coming forward after consulting advisers and chose the $125 million cash option. After taxes he receives about $88.9 million.
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Peru to fund tsunami warning network on Pacific coast
President Alan Garcia orders decree funding for an alarm network to alert 1.6 million residents along Peru's Pacific coast after Chile's Feb 27 quake and 8.8 magnitude tsunami that killed more than 450 people. The system aims to push Peruvians to high ground in a coastal emergency.
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Peru
Alan Garcia
Chile
Holder withholds some private legal filings in nomination hearing
Justice Department officials say during Eric Holders attorney general nomination last year he did not give senators all the legal briefs he signed from private practice. Holder has since told the Senate Judiciary Committee about the lapse and submitted a listing of the briefs, though seven cases were missing from that list.
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Justice Department
Eric Holder
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Twin passing blast kills 43 in Lahore Pakistan
Two passing by own action bombers fatally hurt 43 people and injure about 100 in near simultaneous incidents in Lahore. The blasts near two trucks carrying soldiers sparked panic as security forces swarmed the Iqbal Town area amid reports of loose hazardous materials.
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U.S
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Democrats add student aid to health care bill push
Democrats move to finish President Obama's health care bill with added student aid billions. Pelosi predicts a vote soon as White House plans a campaign stop in Ohio and Obama delays an Asia trip to press lawmakers. Republican leader McConnell decries government expansion into student loans and cites broader fears over federal control.
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Senate
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Obama
Ohio
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Haiti still awaits quake housing as rains loom
Two months after the January 12 quake, Haitians remain in tent camps with trash and sewage rising. Aid groups cite land shortages. government says negotiations with landowners proceed. About 600,000 displaced face a looming rainy season and potential floods, while residents describe scarce food and desperate conditions.
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Haiti
Alex Wynter
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Pope faces scrutiny over transfer and abuse case directive
The Vatican and Germany confront Benedict XVI over a 2001 directive on keeping abuse cases secret while his Munich archdiocese admitted it allowed a priest suspected of abusing a child to return to pastoral work in the 1980s. The priest later moved to Grafing and was suspended then convicted in 1986.
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Germany
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Munich
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