Panel recommends censure for Rangel
The House ethics committee voted 9-1 to urge censure of Rep. Charles Rangel for financial and fundraising misconduct. The action calls for an oral rebuke by the speaker as the New York Democrat stands before his colleagues. The committee also urged Rangel repay owed taxes from a Dominican Republic villa income.
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Bodies of 3 missing in Ohio found
Three people who vanished from a blood spattered home were found dead inside a hollow tree in Mount Vernon Ohio authorities said all three were murdered. The ex convict tree trimmer who worked at the home gave information leading to the bodies in garbage bags in woods in central Ohio. He remains jailed on kidnapping charges as the sole suspect.
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Miller seeks federal halt to Alaska election certification
GOP Senate hopeful Joe Miller asks a federal judge to stop officials from certifying the Alaska election as rival Lisa Murkowski leads. Miller’s attorney filed a revised injunction request after a prior judge refused to halt counting of write-in ballots unless names match exactly, amid Murkowski’s ~10,400 vote edge.
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Higher retirement age risks for poor and minority workers
Government auditors warn raising Social Security eligibility could hit low income workers and minorities hardest and raise disability claims among older people unable to work. The GAO study notes higher disability benefits may strain finances, underscoring uneven effects and voter concerns about delaying benefits.
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Airports mull private security guards over TSA staff
Florida Rep. John Mica is pushing airports to hire private contractors for security, arguing the move could cut personnel and streamline checks. TSA mandates remain, with private guards still bound to TSA procedures. San Francisco International Airport already uses private screeners.
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Antimatter Atoms Trapped By CERN Researchers
CERN scientists report trapping 38 anti hydrogen atoms for about one tenth of a second in Nature. The breakthrough allows study of matter antimatter differences and may shed light on why antimatter vanished after the Big Bang. Researchers from Britain Brazil Canada Israel and the United States contributed.
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Nobel panel may not award Peace Prize this year
Oslo officials say diplomatic pressure from China and bans on Liu Xiaobo’s family attendance threaten the ceremony. Ambassadors from Russia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Iraq declined invitations, and Thorbjorn Jagland suggested the prize may not be awarded.
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