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Bullying study: It does get better for gay teens as they get older
CHICAGO — It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according to the first long-term scient...
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Associated Press Firemen work to remove injured passengers from a bus that hit an bridge as it traveled along Soldiers Field Road in the Allston neighborhood of Boston Saturday night. Officials said the bus carryinyg 42 people was traveling from Harvard University home to Pennsylvania when it struck the overpass.
After Harvard visit, students hurt in crash
BOSTON — The scene could hardly have been more frightening for a Pennsylvania high school student just returning from a tour of Harvard University when the bus she was on slammed into an overpass, ...
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Obama says Boy Scouts should allow gay members
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions ...
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Associated Press Friends and family gather to pay respects for Charles 'Chuck' Poland at the Ozark Civic Center on Sunday in Ozark, Ala. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65; a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors, gunned down Poland a school bus driver and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property.
Details emerge about man in standoff
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — As an Alabama standoff and hostage drama marked a sixth day Sunday, more details emerged about the suspect at the center, with neighbors and officials painting a picture of an ...
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Foundation launches mold program
NEW YORK — A charitable foundation says it is launching a mold cleanup program in flood-damaged neighborhoods on Staten Island. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation says it will be sen...
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Associated Press University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies computer scientist David Traum (left) interacts with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter, seen on a "Virtual Survivor Visualization," Tuesday at the USC campus in Los Angeles. A collaboration with the Shoah Foundation is digitalizing aging Holocaust survivors to create three-dimensional holograms that would not only be able to tell their stories to future generations but to engage in dialogue with them.
Stories of Holocaust survivors retold by holograms at USC
LOS ANGELES — For years, Holocaust survivor Pinchus Gutter has told the tragic story of watching his parents and 10-year-old twin sister herded into a Nazi death camp’s gas chambers so quickly that...
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Associated Press Technician Marion Price operates equipment Friday during a CT scan of the 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy named Tjeby from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at the HCA Virginia Imaging center in Richmond, Va. The CT scan produced a detailed three-dimensional image of the mummy.
Fine Arts Museum unwrapping mummy’s story with CT scan
RICHMOND, Va. — Using modern technology, a Virginia museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond part...
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Goodbye Barney: Thousands mourn Bush’s terrier
DALLAS — Thousands have offered their condolences via Facebook over the death of Barney, President George W. Bush’s beloved black Scottish terrier. Bush and his wife, Laura, released a statement...
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Surgeon at center of Sen. Menendez trips
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — To some, Dr. Salomon Melgen was a miracle worker who brought sight to the blind. To others, he was a smooth political player known for rubbing elbows and jet-setting. Whi...
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Solar development absorbing farmland
FRESNO, Calif. — There’s a land rush of sorts going on across the nation’s most productive farming region, but these buyers don’t want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms. With Califor...
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