McCain has opposed spending on teen pregnancy prevention programs, sex education
Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried
17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend
federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to
require poor teen mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits.
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Chávez Threatens to Expel American Ambassador
Fuming over assertions by American officials that cocaine smuggling through Venezuela has surged in recent years, President Hugo Chávez
threatened the American ambassador with expulsion on Sunday, opening a
new phase of tension between Venezuela and the United States.
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Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Aid Groups, but Its Effects Linger
Zimbabwe
lifted an almost three-month-old ban on the work of aid groups on
Friday. The government had imposed the ban because it claimed some of
the groups had been backing the opposition during a bitter election
season in which President Robert Mugabe was fighting for his political survival.
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Fed Official Says Institutions Must Be Allowed to Fail
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Thomas M.
Hoenig, said on Monday that for economies to work best, institutions
must be allowed to fail.
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Scientists find ancient lost settlements in Amazon
A vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of
ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to
scientists assisted by satellite images of the region.
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Comcast to limit customers' broadband usage
Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable operator, said on Thursday it will
cap customers' Internet usage starting October 1, in a bid to ensure
the best service for the vast majority of its subscribers.
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Google set to introduce its own Web browser
Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to
more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a
challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.
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Lack of joy in life ups early death risk
People who don't think life is worth living are more likely to die within the next few years, research from Japan shows.
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Professor Protests Over Black Admissions at U.C.L.A.
A professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, resigned from
an admissions committee Thursday, saying he suspected officials were
cheating to illegally admit more black students but have blocked access
to data that would prove it.
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