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Son Of Founder Of 'Hollywood Reporter' Apologizes For Hollywood Blacklist 20 Nov 2012 | 06:22 am
W.R. Wilkerson III is apologizing for the trade paper's role in what he calls "Hollywood's holocaust," the blacklist that destroyed the careers of those accused of communist sympathies.
In Seattle, 'Rainiest Day Of The Year' Defends Its Title 20 Nov 2012 | 04:55 am
Monday's drenching was accompanied by mudslides and wind gusts that blew well past 100 mph in elevated areas. The day was particularly harrowing for one highway patrol officer, whose car was hit by a ...
Fiscal Cliff Siren: Meet The Man Behind The Curtain 20 Nov 2012 | 03:48 am
Debate over the so-called fiscal cliff has dominated the post-election agenda. But the challenge of dealing with long-term debt and the annual deficit has been brewing for years. And one man who has k...
Documents Show FBI Kept Tabs On Stalin's Daughter After Defection 20 Nov 2012 | 03:15 am
Lana Peters, who died last year, defected to the U.S. in 1967. The Associated Press, citing newly declassified documents, says the FBI was trying to gauge how the former Svetlana Alliluyeva's defectio...
Violence In Congo Is The Worst In Four Years 20 Nov 2012 | 02:30 am
Tens of thousands of people have fled the city of Goma in eastern Congo, after an attack by militants who the Democratic Republic of Congo says are supported by Rwanda. The renewed fighting is the wor...
Matching DNA With Medical Records To Crack Disease And Aging 20 Nov 2012 | 02:05 am
A massive research project in California is beginning to show how genes, health habits and the environment can interact to cause diseases. The new combination of genetic and health information is one ...
Maybe Twinkies Do Last Forever: Union, Hostess Headed To Mediation 20 Nov 2012 | 01:17 am
According to a bankruptcy judge, Hostess and the major union representing its workers need to try to mediate their differences before the company can be liquidated. So maybe the company's taste treats...
Rubio Dodges Question On Earth's Age 20 Nov 2012 | 01:16 am
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, already being mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential hopeful, responded to a question about the Earth's age with, "I'm not a scientist, man." While he sits on the Senate's...
Could Nate Silver Predict How Good Your Pumpkin Pie Will Be? 20 Nov 2012 | 01:15 am
Scientists have come up with an algorithm to guess how many stars a recipe will receive online. By building "social networks" for ingredients, the algorithms also reveal how we mix and match spices, m...
What's The Big Idea? Pentagon Agency Backs Student Tinkerers To Find Out 20 Nov 2012 | 12:42 am
The Pentagon's research agency, DARPA, played key roles in developing the Internet and GPS. Now it's investing money in high school hackerspaces, where students gather to come up with high-tech ideas ...
