![]() New York Times (blog) | Google Maps Finally Adds Bike Routes Wired News By Mary Catherine O'Connor With the click of a mouse, the new feature allows you to plot the best (and flattest!) ride from Point A to Point B. Several cities, including New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, have bike-specific ... Google Maps to add bike maps, directions Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature Google Maps Adds Directions for Cylists |
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AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.
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AP - Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.
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AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.
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![]() ABC News | Rodney James Alcala gets the death penalty Los Angeles Times 'He's a monster,' one juror said of the man who killed a 12-year-old girl and four women. By Paloma Esquivel It took an Orange County jury about one hour Tuesday to vote for the death penalty for convicted serial killer Rodney James Alcala. ... 'Bachelor No. 1' wins date with executioner Calif. jury recommends death for serial killer Alcala sentenced to death in California |
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Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned Israeli plans to build 1,600 more homes on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, announced in the middle of his visit to help revive peace negotiations.
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![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Bali bombing suspect killed: Indonesia president Reuters CANBERRA (Reuters) - A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, was the man killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday. "Today I can announce to you that after a ... Bali mastermind confirmed dead Indonesia confirms Bali bomber killed Indonesia Says Bali Bomber Is Dead |
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![]() CBC.ca | Indian parliament debates pro-women bill CNN International New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Indian lawmakers began debating a landmark bill aimed at reserving one-third of the seats in the federal parliament and in state assemblies for women. The debate Tuesday comes a day after regional ... Lalu withdraws support to UPA government India's upper house passes bill reserving a third of legislative seats for women Can women s quota bill pass lok sabha test |
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![]() Reuters | Corrected: Obama backs bipartisan crackdown on healthcare cheats Reuters President Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, March 8, 2010. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp ... US Chamber Coalition Plans Campaign Against Health-Care Bill Thousands rally to support health-care reform in downtown Washington Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care Numbers |
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![]() CBC.ca | Same-sex wedding bells toll around Washington, DC Los Angeles Times Mayor Adrian M. Fenty attends the ceremonies for three of the first gay couples to legally marry in the district. By Clement Tan Reporting from Washington - As a cellist and soloist performed Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are," Darlene Garner and ... Gay-marriage advocates praise Lynch Gay marriages expected to create wedding-related jobs in DC 'I do' in DC: Same-sex couples wed in Washington |
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AFP - Indonesia's president confirmed Wednesday that a suspected Bali bombing mastermind with a 10-million-dollar bounty on his head had been killed, as Australia lauded Jakarta's drive to fight extremists.
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AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
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Reuters - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.
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![]() ABC Online | JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges Washington Post A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges ... 'Jihad Jane' indictment alleges threat from within US Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists online |
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![]() CBC.ca | Israel to start formally monitoring PA incitement Ha'aretz Israel is to begin officially monitoring incitement in the Palestinian Authority and will periodically issue a report on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee ... Israel sets up trial program to expedite PA export process UN chief slams Israeli approval of plans for new settlements in East Jerusalem An Eviction Stirs Old Ghosts in a Contested City |
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![]() CBS News | Chief justice unsettled by Obama's public criticism of Supreme Court Los Angeles Times John G. Roberts Jr. tells law students that the president's rebuke of a ruling on corporation campaign funding and the subsequent cheering at the State of the Union address were 'very troubling.' By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington - Chief ... Roberts: Presidential address is 'pep rally' Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' Roberts: State of the Union 'pep rally' |
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AFP - Fresh gunfire has sent Christian villagers in Nigeria fleeing as a senior official accused the country's military chiefs of having ignored warnings about last weekend's massacre.
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AP - Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex.
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AP - A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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AP - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.
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AP - An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt.
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AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.
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AP - The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.
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Reuters - President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp out waste in government-run medical programs for the old and needy, the White House said on Tuesday.
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![]() New York Daily News | Lawmakers insist shower run-ins like the one Massa alleges are far from norm Washington Post It's no secret that members of Congress broker deals on the treadmill or in the weight room of the House and Senate gyms. But former congressman Eric Massa's accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in ... Ex-Congressman Massa tells Glenn Beck he didn't grope employee Massa: 'I Forced Myself Out' of Congress Allegations rise against NY's Massa |
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Reuters - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between its Muslim north and Christian south, rights groups and diplomats said.
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Reuters - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair.
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Reuters - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.
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