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Police: Girl, 5, said she drowned boy over crying
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Juvenile justice experts expressed shock Thursday that police said they were treating the death of an 18-month-old boy who drowned in a bathtub as a potential homicide, after a 5-year-old girl told social workers that she held him under water to stop his crying.Kansas City police said the girl, who was left with other children in the care of a teenager, was considered a po
Social Affairs June 10, 2011
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Leona Helmsley's millionaire dog dies
NEW YORK — "Trouble," the pooch who inherited $12 million from hotel mogul Leona Helmsley, has died, heading to the hunting grounds in the sky and leaving a trail of money and legal disputes behind.The pampered Maltese bitch with a curly off-white coat died December 13, spokeswoman Eileen Sullivan said, but news only emerged Thursday.She was 12 in human years, or 84 in doggie years, just shy of th
Podcast June 10, 2011
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Busan man returns from global circumnavigation solo
A Busan man arrived back Tuesday after completing an epic trip around the globe alone.Yoon Tae-geun took 20-months to complete the round-the-world journey and sailed into Busan port where he had begun the trip.The 49-year-old yachtsman left for his high seas adventure in October 2009 and sailed about 57,400 kilometers to fulfill his dream. Yoon is the first Korean solo circumnavigator to begin and
People June 9, 2011
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Hankook Tire breaks ground for new plant in Indonesia
Hankook Tire Co., Korea's largest tire maker, said Thursday it began construction of a new plant in Indonesia to increase its presence in the Southeast Asian country and other growing markets in the region.The plant in the Jakarta suburb of Bekasi will be the company's seventh and will cost $350 million for the first phase of its construction, the company said.The construction will be completed by
Industry June 9, 2011
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Facebook under fire for photo tagging feature
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 (AFP) - Facebook is coming under fire for a feature that uses facial recognition software to allow members to tag pictures of their friends on the social network.The "Tag Suggestions" feature made its debut on Facebook in the United States six months ago but has drawn renewed attention this week after the social network began rolling it out to other countries.Justin Mi
Industry June 9, 2011
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The world’s most embarrassing dad
A stay-at-home father in Utah has been dubbed the world’s most embarrassing dad, thanks to the ridiculous costumes he wears in the morning when son gets on the school bus, according to Metro.The quirky father boasts 170 different outfits in his wardrobe. Fitting into a slim mermaid suit is tricky, but he manages to slip his bulk body into it.In other instances he has seen his son off dressed as Wo
World News June 9, 2011
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Thief hides in suitcase to steal bags in Spanish airport bus
BARCELONA (AFP) – A flexible thief squeezed into a large suitcase and then emerged to plunder valuables from other bags while inside the luggage compartment of a Spanish airport bus, police say. A thief hided into a large suitcase inside the luggage compartment of a Spanish airport bus, police say. (AP-Yonhap News)The thief had a partner who would buy a bus ticket and place the suitcase in a bus
World News June 9, 2011
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S. Korean pop groups arrive in Paris for shows amid fanfare
PARIS, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Some of South Korea's biggest pop groups arrived on Wednesday in the French capital for upcoming concerts amid much fanfare, as hundreds of eager French fans greeted their favorite artists at the largest airport here.Popular acts TVXQ, SHINee and f(x), all managed by South Korean agency S.M. Entertainment, landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport, with about 700 members of a f
June 9, 2011
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Smurf this! Scholar sees Stalin in comic-book realm
PARIS (AFP) - Just in time for Global Smurfs Day and a Smurfs movie in 3-D comes a little blue book from a French academic that has some fans of the sock-topped comic book characters seeing red.Antoine Bueno, who lectures at the high-brow Paris Institute of Political Studies, thought he was just having fun when he penned his 177-page analysis of the politics of Smurfland that's just been publishe
Books June 8, 2011
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A birth-control pill for men?
Contraceptive pills for men could be developed soon, Daily Mail reported Tuesday.Scientists at Columbia University in New York claimed that they have developed “a drug which temporarily stops sperm production without causing any long-term harm to male fertility.”Scientists have been trying to come up with a male equivalent of the pill for years, but have not yet succeeded.The new pill impairs the
Technology June 8, 2011
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No bodies found in Texas home after psychic tip
HARDIN, Texas (AP) _ Deputies who swarmed a rural Texas neighborhood Tuesday to search a farmhouse where a person claiming to be a psychic told officials multiple bodies were buried found no evidence of even a single homicide, a sheriff's official says.Liberty County Sheriff's Capt. Rex Evans said there was no indication of bodies being anywhere on the property about 70 miles (112 kilometers) nort
World News June 8, 2011
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N. Korea test launched short-range missile near Yellow Sea last week
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea test-fired a short-range missile off its western coast last week, an intelligence source said Wednesday. "North Korea fired a KN-06 short-range missile off its west coast in the middle of last week," the source said on the condition of anonymity. "The launch is seen as a test to improve the KN-06 missile." North Korea has apparently been trying to increase the range o
North Korea June 8, 2011
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Ex-Korea Univ head Kim Jun-yop dies
Kim Jun-yop, a renowned historian on China and North Korea and the former president of Korea University, died Tuesday at a hospital in Seoul. He was 90.Born in Ganggye, North Pyongyang Province in 1920, Kim was one of Korean independence fighters organized by the Gwangbok Association to end Japanese colonial rule. Kim Jun-yopAfter Korea’s liberation from Japan, he attended National Central Univers
People June 7, 2011
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Military catches deserted soldier
A soldier was caught seven and a half hours after fleeing from his camp in Inje, Gangwon Province with a rifle on Tuesday. An army camp in Gangwon Province (Yonhap News)According to the military authorities, the deserter, a 22-year-old private surnamed Yoon, was found while sheltering himself at a crop field 2 kilometers away from where he had run away. He reportedly showed no signs of resistan
Social Affairs June 7, 2011
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Lunch with guru Buffett: $2 million and counting
Alert: if you want to have lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, it's going to cost you more than $2 million.The annual charity auction of a lunch with investment guru Warren Buffett got underway Monday, and just hours into the five-day bidding battle, the price was already at $2,000,111.The founder and wizard of investment house Berkshire Hathaway has put a meal with him on the auction block every year
Industry June 7, 2011
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