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End of extinction? Woolly mammoth points way
A team of scientists at Penn State University could be one step closer to bringing extinct species back to life. Using groundbreaking DNA-reading techniques, scientists have uncovered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a prehistoric species of elephant.The achievement could help scientists study why some species go extinct but others do not.
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Obama's Cabinet grows by two, sources say
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Sen. Tom Daschle to be secretary of Health and Human Services, and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as top choice for secretary of homeland security, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN. Daschle -- not White House staffers -- will be writing the health care plan that Obama submits to Congress, sources indicate.
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Boy accused in dad's killing gets holiday break
An 8-year-old suspected of killing his father and another man will be allowed to leave a juvenile jail for 48 hours to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a judge ruled. Police said the boy confessed to shooting the men, and a tape of the interrogation was released. Legal analysts who spoke with CNN said the questioning was improper and that any incriminating statements shouldn't stand up in court.
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Auto CEOs flew private jets to seek bailout
Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies today for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. "It's almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high hat and tuxedo," one lawmaker said. Like many other corporations, all three have policies requiring their CEOs to travel in private jets for safety reasons.
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Attendant helped land jet after co-pilot sedated
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Prostitute to Spitzer's wife: 'I'm sorry'
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eHarmony settles, plans same-sex service
Online dating site eHarmony will create a service for same-sex matching in a settlement of a 1995 complaint that the company's failure to offer such a service was discriminatory.
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Long-lost Furby look-alike is found
Scientists have found a wide-eyed primate -- a clawed fur ball that fits snugly in one hand -- in the first live sighting in more than 80 years of a creature that some thought was extinct.
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Campbell Brown: Safe haven law a wake-up call
Right now in the state of Nebraska, the governor is literally begging people not to bring their teenage children there to dump them, so that the state then has to care for them. But it's happening. It's happening a lot.
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Family says NFL player's dad beaten by police
The father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver was beaten by Houston, Texas, police officers as they arrested him for outstanding traffic warrants, Driver's family members claimed Wednesday.
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