NASA aims for March 12 space shuttle launch

NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle Discovery next month after repeated delays caused by critical valves. Shuttle managers said Wednesday they hope to launch on March 12, a full month after the original launch date of Feb. 12. If the shuttle isn't flying by March 13 or 14, it will have to wait until...
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NY judge finds hedge-fund swindler competent

A federal judge in New York says a hedge-fund cheat is well enough to stand trial _ or plead guilty _ for skipping out on prison. Judge Kenneth Karas, relying on a medical report from the Bureau of Prisons, said Friday there's no reason to think that 49-year-old Samuel Israel "is suffering from mental disease."...
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Man who faked SC death sentenced over bogus cash

A South Carolina man who was tracked to Indiana after faking his death has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for counterfeiting more than $65,000 to finance his life on the lam. Julius "Butch" Nesbitt spent more than six weeks on the run before his January 2008 arrest at a friend's home in Terre Haute....
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Pub spirit is a western film star

THE ghostly figure of a COWBOY walks in front of a roaring fire in a haunted pub and is caught on video.THE SUN Locals are convinced paranormal forces are at play and that the spooky sighting is definitely a GHOST.Just visible is a Stetson style hat and a waistcoat. Caught as pals...
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Turkish plane crashes at Amsterdam airport

(CNN) -- A passenger jet carrying more than 130 people crashed into a field as it was coming into land in Amsterdam Wednesday. The Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 broke into three pieces on impact, but fatalities were initially thought to be minimal. There were conflicting reports...
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Brazil president tosses condoms to carnival crowd

Brazil's president is taking his nation's anti-AIDS campaign into his own hands. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tossed out condoms to Carnival revelers early Monday during Rio's samba parades. A presidential spokesman says Silva wanted to show the importance of Brazil's campaign to prevent the spread...
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Rio's Carnival hits high gear at samba showdown

Bubbles, feathers and glitter swirled on the first night of parades in Rio's Carnival, as the city's samba schools battled it out for top honors in what many bill as the world's largest party. Brazilian celebrities and slum dwellers danced side by side as some samba schools put on brave faces amid the world...
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Clinton urges stronger China ties

BBC NEWSHillary Clinton has called for a deeper US-China partnership, on her first overseas tour as US secretary of state. Co-operation between the US and China on global issues such as the economy and climate change was "imperative", said Mrs Clinton in Beijing. She said that these...
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Bishop who denied Holocaust ordered to leave Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- Bishop Richard Williamson, who last month denied the existence of the Holocaust in an interview with Swedish television, was ordered Thursday to leave Argentina within 10 days, the Ministry of Interior said. "The bishop has repeatedly forged the...
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Baby-faced boy Alfie Patten is father at 13

THE SUN BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: “I think it’s a lot.” Baby-faced Alfie, who is 13 but looks more like eight, became a father four days ago when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie Roxanne....
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Global alert issued for 85 terror suspects

PARIS, France- Interpol has issued a rare global security alert for 85 suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorists wanted by Saudi Arabia. The "orange alert," issued on Tuesday, comes after Saudi Arabia asked for Interpol's help last week in apprehending the 83 Saudis and two Yemenis....
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Homeless woman's plea to Obama draws flood of support

(CNN) -- She's being hailed as the "face of the economic crisis," and now Henrietta Hughes has become something of a media star after reaching out to President Obama in an emotional plea for help. Her message: My son and I are homeless, and we need immediate help. "I have an urgent...
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Phelps suspended from competition, dropped by Kellogg

Olympic hero Michael Phelps was suspended from competitive swimming for three months on Thursday -- just hours after one of his sponsors announced it would not renew his contract after a photo surfaced of him smoking from a bong. USA Swimming, the nation's governing body for competitive...
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Papa John's founder warns against eating too much pizza

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The founder of one of America's latest pizza chains has offered unexpected advice to his customers to limit themselves to only one or two slices. During an interview on BBC's Radio Four program in the United Kingdom, John Schnatter, said, "you can't eat five or six slices." He was responding...
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Vatican: Bishop must recant Holocaust denial

ROME, Italy (CNN) -- The Vatican says it has ordered a controversial bishop who denies the Holocaust to "distance himself" from his views "in an absolutely unequivocal and public manner." The Vatican has been under fire since Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of Bishop...
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BBC drops Thatcher in racist remark row

LONDON, England- The daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been axed by a BBC television show after she made an offensive "off-air" remark, the corporation has confirmed. According to reports in the British media, Carol Thatcher referred to a tennis player...
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