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Couple Believe Photo May Show Holloway's Remains

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(March 19) -- A retiree from Manheim, Pa., believes that a photo his wife took while snorkeling off the coast of Aruba reveals human remains, which could belong to missing American teen Natalee Hollo ...

LHC Atom Smasher Smashes Energy Record

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(March 19) -- From broken down to record breaking, the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's largest, most expensive particle accelerator -- just achieved yet another milestone on the quest to discove ...

Psychiatrist: Pope's Archdiocese Ignored Abuse Warnings

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(March 19) -- A German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored repeated warnings in the early 1980s from a psychiatrist treating a pedophile priest that his patient should not be allo ...

Blogs Descend on Gitmo Deal Report

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(March 19) -- President Barack Obama is reportedly closer than ever to delivering on a key campaign promise: closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. But he may be forced to compromise on one of his key na ...

'Tsunami' of Abuse Cases Hits Pope's Old Archdiocese

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(March 19) -- Pope Benedict XVI today signed a long-awaited pastoral letter about "healing and repentance" for clerical sex abuse in Ireland just as a similar scandal grew even more explosive in the ...

Can a Pope Quit? Yes, but Don't Bet on It

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(March 19) -- Recent revelations about Pope Benedict XVI's conduct regarding a German priest who had molested numerous young boys have prompted some critics to call for the pope's resignation. In 198 ...

European Firm May Compete for US Tanker Contract

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(March 19) -- In yet another twist in the Pentagon's nearly decade-long effort to replace its fleet of Eisenhower-era flying refueling tankers, the European maker of the Airbus aircraft now says it m ...

What's the World's Best Cheese? Verdict Is In

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(March 19) -- The verdict is in, and the best cheese of 2010 is a Gruyère made by Cedric Fragniere of Switzerland. The Swiss cheese was selected by an international panel of expert judges at ...

Study: Dresden Bombing Deaths Exaggerated

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(March 19) -- On Feb. 13-15, 1945, British and U.S. bombers pounded the eastern German city of Dresden with 3,900 tons of high explosives and incendiaries. How many people lost their lives in the dev ...

Bring Back Brothels, Says French Lawmaker

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(March 19) -- An ally of President Nicolas Sarkozy is battling for brothels to be made legal in France once again -- almost 65 years after the country shuttered its famous bordellos. Parliamentarian ...

IPhone Chemical Tied to Chinese Factory Illnesses

11 hours 10 minutes ago |AOL News

(March 19) -- A smooth, shiny surface bursting with bright colors -- the screens on the iPhone, iPod Touch and forthcoming iPad beg to be touched, just as Apple Inc. intended. But a chemical used to ...

US General: Gays Weakened Dutch Military in Bosnia

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(March 19) -- A retired U.S. general has told senators that the Dutch policy of allowing gays to serve openly in its military was partly to blame for its failure to halt the largest genocide in Europ ...