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Coach K eyeing USA Basketball return

SI - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 2:54pm
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski acknowledged in a phone interview Saturday that he's in discussions to return as head coach of USA Basketball through the 2016 Olympics.
Categories: National Sports

Workers sickened by new virus

Health - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 7:45am
Two health care workers in Saudi Arabia were sickened while treating patients with a dangerous new virus, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Categories: Health

Trust your memory? Maybe you shouldn't

Health - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 7:40am
You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours after all. But one conversation with Elizabeth Loftus may shake your confidence about everything you think you remember.
Categories: Health

Cloning stem cells: What does it mean?

Health - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 7:34am
Earlier this week we saw a breakthrough in this field: A group of researchers published in the journal Cell proof that they had created embryonic stem cells through cloning.
Categories: Health

Nigerian military: At least 20 insurgents killed in raid

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 2:58pm
At least 20 insurgents were killed Friday as Nigeria's military carried out an aerial bombardment of suspected militant Islamist camps in the country's northeast, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
Categories: International News

Police: Suspects ID'd in Madeleine McCann case

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 2:57pm
British police have identified a number of suspects in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, London's Metropolitan Police said Friday.
Categories: International News

Earthquake reported in eastern Canada

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 1:15pm
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck eastern Canada on Friday morning, the government said.
Categories: International News

Somalia's struggle with rape

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 1:03pm
The Elman Peace and Human Rights Center, the first rape crisis center in Somalia, is part of an effort to halt the sexual violence plaguing the country.
Categories: International News

Her vision: Better, clearer sight

Health - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 12:31pm
Dr. Marguerite McDonald has spent years studying ways to help people see better.
Categories: Health

'Lose weight or die' prompts 130-lb loss

Health - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 12:08pm
After his gastric bypass surgery, Dale Benzine's life changed drastically. It wasn't easy, he says, but it was definitely worth it.
Categories: Health

Police: $1 million in Chopard jewels stolen from hotel

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:43am
Jewels worth more than $1 million were stolen from a hotel in Cannes, France, police in the nearby city of Nice said Friday.
Categories: International News

Fighting for gene monopoly

Health - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:20am
Angelina Jolie's news of a preventative double mastectomy brings a company, and a test into the limelight.
Categories: Health

Who wants the 'title' of president?

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:16am
CNN's Sara Sidner reports on a Palestinian TV show where the winner gets the title of president.
Categories: International News

Gitmo prisoners being force-fed

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:16am
102 detainees are on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay and 30 are being force-fed. CNN's Chris Lawrence reports.
Categories: International News

Triathlete conquers first time in the ocean

Health - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:10am
Being outside of her comfort zone has helped Rae Timme conquer her fears and self-doubt as she trains for her first triathlon.
Categories: Health

Politician hurt in kangaroo attack

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:37am
An Australian politician suffered gashes to one of his legs when a close encounter with a kangaroo during his morning jog turned violent.
Categories: International News

5 things to know about dangerous, SARS-like virus

Health - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:07am
A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East.
Categories: Health

Yuck! What's in your pool water

Health - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 8:48am
Chlorine is supposed to take care of most of the microbes floating around in pools, but human waste, it seems, is stubbornly resistant to being sanitized.
Categories: Health

Pacquiao rises for toughest fight

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 8:34am
Manny Pacquiao is not a god, but that doesn't stop millions of Filipinos worshipping him.
Categories: International News

Clashes raise tension in Iraq

CNN World - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 8:21am
Iraqi security forces raided a farm belonging to a prominent Sunni tribal leader Thursday, he and two other tribal leaders said, prompting fears that sectarian tensions could escalate in Iraq's restive al-Anbar province.
Categories: International News
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