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- Pumping water out of New Orleans a Herculean task, say experts
- Hospitals bear the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, to evacuate 2500 patients
- New Orleans residents flee as Hurricane Katrina turns category 4
- Governor Schwarzenegger’s public following falls short
- Another Boeing 737 goes down, this time in Peru costing 41 lives
- US Air Force system hacked into; records of 33,000 employees accessed
- The missing Philadelphia woman turns out to be murdered
- New guidelines for roof safety in vehicles proposed
- Tires of one Northwest flight burst on landing, smoke delays another
- LA to draw up tsunami evacuation plan, offer free transit passes to Katrina refugees
- Hurricane Rita triggers off panic, mass exodus in Texas, Louisiana
- Support group for mothers slams baby cooing ban in Halifax hospital
- Captured! Giant squid on film
- Bush claims 10 al-Qaeda plots foiled, says Osama wants to use Iraq as base
- US Congressmen table resolution on Festival of China
- Social Security payouts to increase 4.1 per cent
- Schizophrenic mother tosses three children into San Francisco Bay
- Reliving “Jaws”, a shark bite fails to deter victim's love of surfing
- Vitale murder: Horowitz client worried about leak of defense plan
- Security loophole in education software exposes student data
- And now a ghoulish iPod
- Unwed motherhood hits record high in the US
- Muhammad Ali giving in to Parkinson's, may have 'months to live'
- Mentally ill Canadian prisoners increase but services inadequate: report
- US troop contingent in Iraq could be smaller if things get better
- Anti-gravity machine patented?
- Three indicted for trying to send sensitive US Navy info to China
- No room for gay priests in the Vatican
- Ventura fire 60 per cent under control; 3,700 acres gutted
- Trigger happy gunman captured
- With Xmas beckoning, a hazardous toys report makes parents wary
- 40-year-old held for pilfering Lego sets worth thousands
- Ahoy, ''Podcasting'', the Word of the Year
- Defense of sleepwalking gets man acquitted of rape charges
- Handling of Hurricane Katrina costs Red Cross its president
- House moves for 700 mile fence on border
- Ceasefire brings crowds, cheers to Bethlehem on Christmas
- Plane crashes off Florida Coast, 1 dead, 2 missing
- Inventor helps his university with a $30 million donation
- Success is happiness, or perhaps the vice versa suggests a study
- Pachyderms from India are genetically different
- Federal judge permits Hinckley overnight visits to his parents
- Bush comes out strongly in defense of his domestic spying program
- Study to understand as to how certain dresses makes a female bum attractive
- Pet food containing aflatoxin claims lives of 23 dogs
- Revelers get ready for a wet Rose Parade
- 2 million new jobs were created in the US last year
- West Virginia mine tragedy underlines poor safety culture in coal mines
- Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son escape with minor injuries
- New Orleans recovery plan gets hostile reception
- Newton man's 'execution' triggers concern in US' safest city
- Schwarzenegger says no to Allen's clemency appeal
- Economic slowdown in Q4 is temporary say analysts
- US journalists reportedly showing signs of improvement
- Bush focuses on healthcare, tax cuts in State of the Union address
- Human rights activists across the world mourn the death of Coretta Scott King
- Death rate of homeless twice that of normal New Yorkers: report
- Feminist author Wendy Wasserstein succumbs to lymphoma at 55
- 'Use a paper shredder' angry readers tell Globe and Telegram
- Teenaged gay bar attacker nabbed hurt after gun battle with police
- Nerve agent scare at US Senate building proves to be a false alarm
- In a turnaround, White House discloses surveillance details
- Austin lawyer shot at accidentally by Cheney in Texas
- Doggie treats
- Search efforts to track down the award winning dog prove futile
- Ex-doctor held for cheating immigrant patients with false vaccines
- Babies and chimps show altruism at an early age
- Nearly quarter million jobs added in US in February
- Preacher's wife confesses to killing
- Reporter Jill Carroll freed in Baghdad
- Prayers don't aid recovery after heart surgery: study
- Transcripts of emergency calls made on 9/11 are thought provoking
- Turner's Venetian oil-on-canvas becomes most expensive British painting
- Two former NYPD cops convicted for eight murders as Mafia henchmen
- Knightley dress to raise funds to tackle East African famine
- Laptop thefts in San Francisco Wi-Fi cafes on the rise
- 9/11 rescue workers battle health ails after exposure to toxic debris
- Bushes pay $187,768 in taxes
- Britons spent £50 billion a year on gambling
- IRS grants two-day extension to file income tax returns
- FEMA's handling of hurricanes criticized in internal report
- Man shot by rapper Proof dies in hospital
- Shakeup at Bush's inner circle: Portman named new budget chief
- Katie Holmes gives birth to daughter
- CIA fires officer for secret prisons leak
- Scientists feel tongue is a super sensory organ
- Empire State Building to glow all week: 75 years of concrete glory
- 'Towering economist' JK Galbraith dies at 97
- Salvation Army to build community center in Kapolei
- Postal Service plans 'forever' stamp
- Report accuses Pfizer of illegal drug trial on Nigerian kids
- Europe 'Roaming' charges to be slashed; Vodafone, T-Mobile overcharging, said EU Commission
- Government releases video footage on 9/11 Pentagon attack
- Crude prices move back towards $70 a barrel
- Senate approves fencing of Mexico border, citizenship for some illegal migrants
- 26.5 million veterans at risk for identity theft
- 61 year old head of WHO died after emergency surgery
- Are US kids watching more TV than is advisable? survey asks
- Reuters to infuse £230 million into pension funds
- Helicopter, crew shortage may affect North Sea oil industry