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Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy

View results SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record for the longest such undertaking. ...
Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in Calif.

GREENVILLE, Calif. -; A moderate earthquake centered in rural northeastern California and felt in two other states damaged some homes and ruptured a tank that supplies residential drinking water in the densely forested region, officials said ...
Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -; Gun owners in the only state still banning concealed weapons would win that right under a plan approved by the Illinois House on Friday, but the governor and other powerful Democrats oppose the plan because it would wipe out local gun ordinances - including Chicago's ban on assault ...
Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching

A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...
Pa. priest charged with lewdness in park

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Church officials say a Roman Catholic priest has been relieved of his duties in northeastern Pennsylvania after being charged with open ...

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Kagemusha [Blu-Ray]

By 1980, as he was entering the fifth decade of his career as a film director, Akira Kurosawa was probably best known outside of his native Japan for his samurai films, including Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Yojimbo (1961), and Sanjuro (1962). W ... ...

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3 killed when vehicle crosses line hits another

JAMES CITY, Pa. (AP) -- State police have identified a driver and two passengers who were killed when their car crossed the center line of a northwestern Pennsylvania highway and hit another ...
Police searching for man who tried to lure girl into truck in Homewood

The incident began shortly before 8:45 a.m. near the intersection of North Lang Avenue and Monticello Street as the 12-year-old girl was walking to a bus stop, according to police spokeswoman Diane ...
Afghan Taliban attack aid group 2 guards killed

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked an international aid group's guest house in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long battle with security forces in an upscale Kabul neighborhood, authorities ...
Cartoonists are landing in Pittsburgh

"We knew Pittsburgh was becoming a geek hub -- it already was a cartoon hub -- and the idea was to get beyond a local entity and become a national entity," Wos said. "So this was an important part of that, to be able to bring the nation's top artists to Pittsburgh and say, 'This is a great city' and have them come start a cycle of maybe coming back every five years, ...
On The Field LeVeon Bell

talked after an OTA session:How do you feel after a few days of practice?I feel good. I went out there and had a great practice today. It just feels good to be back out on the field and practicing with the veterans. I'm doing good and had a good day of practice.Is anything overwhelming?No, not really. There are a lot of things that are kind of eye-opening. The first practice when I was ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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Metro Hotel on Pitt

A truly affordable hotel in Sydney, with stylish decor, great location and in-house snazzy brasserie? If the notion of affordable ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...