Balloon boy dad dashes into jail in roundup report
Roundup of disparate stories covers Richard Heene beginning a 90 day sentence after admitting to the balloon hoax, Northern Ireland's First Minister stepping aside over his wife's affair, Rod Blagojevich's Esquire remarks, and Yemen's al-Zindani warning of foreign occupation amid U.S. counterterrorism aid.
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Colo
Richard Heene
Larimer County Detention Center
Mayumi
Heene
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Peter Robinson
Iris Robinson
San’a. Yemen
Yemen
al-Qaida
Al-Zindani
Iraq
Afghanistan
al- Qaida
Three U S troops die in Afghanistan firefight
The Associated Press reports six NATO service members died in a southern Afghanistan firefight, including three Americans, in the deadliest day for international forces in over two months. A French soldier was also killed during a joint patrol. another service member died in the clash, nationality undisclosed.
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Kabul
NATO
Afghanistan
Taliban
U.S
New find debunks pyramid slave myth at Giza
Archaeologists report nine foot deep shafts near the Giza pyramids contain about a dozen well preserved skeletons and jars for workers afterlife. They date to the 4th Dynasty and indicate paid labor rather than slave labor built the monuments.
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Herodotus
Zahi Hawass
Hawass
Palin joins Fox News as regular commentator
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will join Fox News as a regular commentator under a multiyear deal. She will provide political analysis on TV, Fox.com, the radio network, and business cable channel, and host occasional episodes of Real American Stories.
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Alaska
Sarah Palin
Fox News
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Palin
Bill Shine
New York
Meghan Stapleton
Supreme Court bars YouTube coverage of Prop 8 trial
The Supreme Court halted planned video coverage of the San Francisco Prop 8 trial amid fears witnesses may face harassment if shown online. Judge Walker allowed limited streaming at day’s end, while real time broadcasts could occur at other federal courthouses, drawing mixed responses from media and critics.
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YouTube
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