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With Win Over Philly, Yanks Are Champs

posted: 46 MINUTES AGO

Once again -- the 27th time, to be exact -- the New York Yankees have won the World Series. Go inside to read about their 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 and check out more FanHouse coverage of the Fall Classic.

New York Yankees celebrating their World Series victory

Elise Amendola, AP

Who Will Conservatives Target Next?

posted: 9 MINUTES AGO

filed under: Political News

Even though their man Doug Hoffman lost his bid for a New York House seat on Tuesday, conservative activists are fired up and looking for more moderate Republicans to take on. Politics Daily lists some who might be in their crosshairs.
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Body Count Climbs in Cleveland Case

posted: 56 MINUTES AGOcomments: 818

filed under: Crime News, National News

The body count in a gruesome case in Ohio rises as police find the remains of 11 people in registered sex offender Anthony Sowell's home. The 50-year-old is being held without bond on five counts of aggravated murder. One of the victims was identified as Tonia Carmichael, 53, who had been reported missing a year ago.

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Italy Convicts 23 in CIA Kidnapping Case

posted: 52 MINUTES AGOcomments: 416

filed under: Law News, Terrorism News, World News

Abu Omar in 2007

An Italian judge convicts 23 Americans in absentia for the CIA's kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in 2003, and says he may seek arrest warrants for them. The case stems from the capture of a cleric known as Abu Omar, who says he was tortured in Egypt while in custody. It is the first time any government has held a trial on the CIA's rendition program.

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Colorado Ski Town Legalizes Pot

posted: 9 HOURS 17 MINUTES AGOcomments: 460

filed under: Law News, National News

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A proposal to legalize marijuana passes overwhelmingly in Breckenridge, Colo., getting 71 percent of the vote. The measure is mostly symbolic because state law trumps it, but supporters say they hope it will get police to ease up on pot smokers.

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Inmates Come to Guard's Aid in Jail Attack

posted: 10 HOURS 12 MINUTES AGOcomments: 19

filed under: National News

When a guard in a Florida jail is attacked by a violent inmate, other prisoners jump into the fray -- to protect the guard. A prison official says this intervention "saved the deputy's life."

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US Quakes Called Aftershocks from 1800s

posted: 13 HOURS 47 MINUTES AGOcomments: 14

filed under: Natural Disasters News, Science News

USGS/LiveScience.com

The small earthquakes that periodically rattle the central U.S. may be aftershocks from a giant seismic event that hit the region two centuries ago, says a new study. The New Madrid Earthquakes, which convulsed the area for nearly three months starting in December 1811, were powerful enough to make the Mississippi River run backward.