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The Associated Press News.

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  Green Your TV

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:54 PM ET

  machines on the road.But on Wednesday, the California Energy Commission (CEC) voted 5-0 to bring some moderation to our couch potato ways, reports The Associated Press, thus making the state the first in the nation to mandate energy-efficiency standards for all new TVs. Under the new rules, al Read More

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  South African Runner Can Keep Her Privacy, And Her Gold Medal, Too

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:32 PM ET

  legally within the IAAF regulations will be treated as a confidential matter between patient and doctor," the sports ministry said, according to The Associated Press. "As such there will be no public announcement of what the panel of scientists has found. We urge all South Africans and othe Read More

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  Where Are My Waffles?

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:43 AM ET

  tragedy."So if you manage to get your mitts on a box, hold on tight, and whatever you do, don’t leggo. Photo courtesy iateapie vi Read More

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  Sailor's Warning

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:15 PM ET

  that ships follow industry best practices if they're in high-risk areas," Vice Adm. Bill Gortney of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command told The Associated Press.Not everyone is happy about the armed guards, however. The AP reported that a piracy expert in London said the internationa Read More

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  Elizabeth Smart Captor Brought to Justice

  By Darragh Worland | Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:46 PM ET

  Eileen Barzee."I am so sorry, Elizabeth, for all the pain and suffering I have caused you and your family," Barzee, 64, said Tuesday, as reported by The Associated Press. "It is my hope that you will be able to find it in your heart to forgive me."In a Salt Lake City federal court, Barzee pleade Read More

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• NBA Rookie Break-Out

  By Darragh Worland | Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:09 PM ET

  on Feb. 21, 1970."It was a very, very impressive performance for anyone, let alone a rookie in his seventh game," Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles told The Associated Press. "We just gave the ball to Brandon and let him go to work.""I was scoreless after the first quarter and really struggling, Read More

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  New Viagra Dessert Stimulates Your Taste Buds — And More

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:55 PM ET

  crafted the randy confection, which they dubbed the "love dessert," and recently debuted it at the "Gastronomy 2009" show in Bogota. According to The Associated Press, Sebastian Gomez, one of the creators, explained that the idea was to reinterpret the little blue pill into a new kind o Read More

  More like this in: Chocolate, Cooking, Colombia, World, Life & Style, Americas, Food & Drink, Relationships
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  14 Months Alone in Afghanistan? No Problem for this Pooch

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:45 AM ET

  than a year after he was separated from his handlers when insurgents stormed their barracks in the unstable Afghan province of Uruzgan, according to The Associated Press. Nine soldiers were wounded in the Sept. 2008 battle, and afterwards, Sabi was nowhere to be found. Australian soldiers searche Read More

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  Burglars Beware: The Unemployed are Watching

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:02 AM ET

  mid-October, more than 400 fewer than the same period last year."We were thinking, 'here we go,'" Rockford deputy police chief Theo Glover told The Associated Press. But the surge in burglaries never came.Frank Beil, a 71-year-old hospital chaplain from suburban Chicago was laid off in March Read More

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  South Korean Woman Passes Driver’s Exam ... At Long Last

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Nov 7, 2009 5:15 PM ET

  to help with her vegetable-selling business. And while Ms. Sa-soon looks like a lovely woman, I might not volunteer to be a passenger in her car.The Associated Press reports that repeated calls to Sa-Soon went unanswered — probably because she's so busy celebrating, possibly wit Read More

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