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AIDS Is Leading Cause of Death in Women

posted: 3 HOURS 31 MINUTES AGOcomments: 222

filed under: Health News, World News

A new study by the World Health Organization finds that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. And unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries for these women of childbearing ages, the study says.

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Maclaren Recalling 1 Million Strollers

posted: 8 HOURS 6 MINUTES AGO

filed under: National News

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces that British company Maclaren is recalling 1 million strollers amid reports of children's fingers getting lopped off in the devices' hinges. The recall involves models going back to 1999.

Detained Americans Accused of Spying

posted: 7 HOURS 38 MINUTES AGOcomments: 517

filed under: Iran, World News

Three young Americans who were arrested after straying into Iran from Iraq are accused of espionage by a senior prosecutor in Tehran -- a signal the trio may be put on trial. The timing of the allegations raises the possibility Iran is using the case for leverage in negotiations with the United States over its nuclear activities.

Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal are seen dancing in Iraq in an image from a July video. The families of three Americans being held in Iran say the footage proves the three were on vacation and had no underhand intentions when they strayed across the border.

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Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, Americans who are being held in Iran, are seen dancing in Iraq in an image from a video released by their families.

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Case Against Alleged Serial Killer Expands

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Germany Remembers Fall of Berlin Wall

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filed under: World News

It's been 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Germany marks the historic step toward the country's reunification with a celebration. The wall stood for 28 years, and its 1989 fall heralded the collapse of communism in Europe.
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Court Won't Block DC Sniper's Execution

posted: 6 HOURS 33 MINUTES AGOcomments: 409

filed under: Law News, National News

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The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to consider the appeal of John Allen Muhammad, the Washington, D.C., sniper who terrorized an entire region in the fall of 2002. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday in a Virginia prison.

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Ida Loses Steam on Way to US Gulf Coast

posted: 3 HOURS 30 MINUTES AGOcomments: 1081

filed under: Hurricane News, World News

NOAA

Weather officials downgrade Ida, currently heading toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, to tropical storm status after its top sustained winds drop to near 70 mph. Hurricane warnings, which were in effect for the region, have now been replaced with tropical storm warnings. The storm is expected to make landfall along the coast sometime Tuesday morning.