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CHICAGO (AP) -- Northwestern University found itself at the center of a furor Thursday after a sexuality professor known for racy lessons allowed students to stay after a lecture to witness a couple using a mechanized sex toy. The school's president promised an investigation after news of the demonstration appeared in local media reports and set off a blizzard of comments on social networking

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SEATTLE (AP) -- Demonstrators clad in black threw flares and a large firework at police during a melee that began where an officer shot to death a homeless woodcarver last summer, authorities said Sunday. An officer transporting a prisoner first noticed the gathering Saturday night and reported that the group discharged a fire extinguisher at his patrol car as he drove by. Other officers

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BREGA, Libya (AP) -- The massive oil terminal at Brega feels strangely deserted for Libya's second-largest hydrocarbon complex. After more than a week of turmoil in the country, production has been scaled back by almost 90 percent with many employees fleeing and ships not coming to collect its products. The most activity on the site Saturday appeared to be a squad of boys from the nearby town

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal database of people's safety complaints about thousands of products, from baby gear to household appliances and more. "If I had known there had been children killed in drop-sides, it would have swayed me against them," says Johns, who lost her 9-month-old son,

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A former diplomat and interpreter for Libya's embattled President Moammar Gadhafi says killing Gaddafi is the only solution to ending the ongoing clashes between anti-government protesters, who demand he step down, and pro-Gaddafi supporters. Abubaker Saad, professor of history and non-Western cultures at Western Connecticut State University in the United States, says Gadhafi's pronouncements, in

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DENVER (AP) -- Champ Bailey fantasized about being wined and dined as the prize of the 2011 free agent class. He dreamed about jetting across the country to be wooed and wowed. In the end, though, the perennial Pro Bowl cornerback excused the Broncos for pulling a four-year contract offer off the table back in October and decided to stay in Denver even though he might have made more money on the

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's president said Wednesday he is certain the wave of unrest in the Middle East will spread to Europe and North America, bringing an end to governments he accused of oppressing and humiliating people. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose own country resorted to violence to disperse an opposition rally earlier this month, also condemned Libya's use of force against demonstrators,

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C.J. Wilson and Edinson Volquez got the good news early: They'll be starting on opening day. Wilson was picked to open the season for the defending AL champion Texas Rangers, and Volquez will start the first game of the season for the Cincinnati Reds. "It's cool," Wilson said after Texas manager Ron Washington made the announcement Tuesday in Surprise, Ariz. "That gives me a chance to make 34 or

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SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- About 5,000 anti-government protesters have rallied in a town in eastern Yemen, calling for the ouster of the country's president. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the target of widespread protests for the past three weeks, has said he will not step down before the end of his term in 2013. However, he has pledged security forces will not fire on protesters. Medical officials

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President Obama says better education in math and science is critical to pushing the U.S. forward in the global competition for innovation and jobs, and he wants the private sector to get involved in making it happen. Obama recorded his weekly radio and Internet address during a visit this week to Intel Corp. outside of Portland, Ore. He praised the company Saturday for making a 10-year, $200

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Skinny youths in ragged T-shirts crowd menacingly around the barred kitchen door of a city-run nursing home, waving empty bowls and demanding some of the sardines and mashed corn that the elderly residents depend on. "Thieves! Thieves!" 68-year-old Exume Fleurentis yells from a dusty porch nearby, swinging a broken crutch over his head. Hungry themselves, the youths

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Britain's Foreign Office says arms sales to Bahrain are under urgent review following violence in the Gulf state. Human rights groups have criticized Britain for licensing the sale of tear gas and other riot control equipment to the country. The foreign office says hundreds of cartridges of tear gas and other riot equipment have been licensed for sale to Bahrain within the past nine months.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans on Thursday moved to block the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing new rules that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic on their networks. With a 244-181 vote, Republican leaders succeeded in attaching an amendment to a sweeping spending bill that would bar the FCC from using government money to implement its new "

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NEW YORK (AP) -- An aging former cargo handler was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for hatching a plot to make John F. Kennedy International Airport go "up in smoke" by attacking jet fuel supplies with the help of a notorious al-Qaida explosives expert. Russell Defreitas and another man had been convicted last year of multiple conspiracy counts in a failed scheme that was infiltrated by a

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South Sudan is reporting progress on issues that remain to be resolved with the northern Khartoum government. North and south Sudan have been negotiating for months on how to make their divorce a smooth one. Just two weeks after final results from the south's referendum were announced, they are nearing agreements on how to handle the south's oil and currency after separation. Since the 2005 peace

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As drought continues in Kenya's arid north, a coalition of humanitarian groups is urging the east African nation to combat future shortages through infrastructure development and economic reform. It has been months since parts of northern Kenya have seen any rainfall. Though the region is accustomed to sparse conditions, alarm is beginning to set in as humanitarian organizations brace for an

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(CNN) -- Park Ji-Sung's Manchester United return has been put on hold after the South Korean midfielder suffered an injury in training. The English Premier League leaders had been without the 29-year-old for the past six weeks while he was at the Asian Cup in Qatar, and he now faces another month on the sidelines. Park injured a hamstring injury on Friday ahead of the Manchester derby, and will

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The leader of the opposition Uganda People's Congress (UPC) has described as a miraculous escape a late Monday accident in which his car somersaulted several times, while he was on the campaign trail ahead of Friday's general elections. Ambassador Olara Otunnu, who was also a former U.N. undersecretary-general for children's affairs, told VOA, although there were no fatalities after the accident,

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Many developing countries are closely watching the role escalating food prices is playing in the turmoil in North Africa. Government repression, corruption, unemployment and poverty united protesters to oust Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last week. But experts say the rising price of food was one of the sparks that set off the historic protests. The global price of wheat has risen 60 percent

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The trial in South Africa of a man accused of threatening Britain and the United States with a biological weapon has been postponed until Friday. Brian Patrick Roach allegedly tried to blackmail the British government to prevent an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Brian Patrick Roach, 64, allegedly threatened to release a toxic biological agent in Britain and the United States unless he was

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The ever-mysterious Lady Gaga once again has us scratching our heads - what's the deal with those prosthetic shoulder thingies? Earlier this week, the pop princess tweeted out the cover art for her new album "Born This Way," complete with crazy hair, a giant tattoo on her back and… weird horns popping from her shoulders. While Photoshop may be a brilliant tool, Gaga proved during her Grammy

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Republicans looking to make deep spending cuts are girding for twin budget battles in Washington starting this week -- a fiscal fight one lawmaker said will define the rest of President Obama's term. The president plans to unveil his 2012 spending plan Monday, a $3.5 trillion-plus budget which, according to officials, will outline $1.1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. At the

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An official of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said his organization will Monday begin a week-long nationwide voter list display that will allow Nigerians to inspect and possibly make corrections to the list. The voters' list is expected to be used for the upcoming April presidential, parliamentary and state governorship elections. Nick Dazan, assistant director of

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After popular uprisings toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, the Obama administration appears to be fanning the embers of unrest in Iran, calling on the country's theocratic regime to permit a new wave of demonstrations against its rule. Iran, after cracking down on dissent following the disputed 2009 election, is once again vowing to stifle the opposition as anti-government organizers call for

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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- On a pedestrianized street in central Beirut, there are nine silver footprints set in the pavement. They mark the steps of Rafik Hariri after he left one of his favorite cafes opposite Lebanon's parliament on February 14, 2005. Minutes later, his vehicle was blown up by a huge bomb as it passed the St. Georges Hotel on the seafront. Hariri and 21 others were killed. Six

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(CNN) -- America is in love with the automobile. And the best-loved cars are those from television shows and movies. Cars such as the Batmobile, the General Lee from TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard" and KITT from "Knight Rider." For more than six decades, George Barris has been making custom cars for TV shows, movies and movie stars. He's responsible for all the famous cars just mentioned, plus "The

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(CNN) -- La Liga leaders Barcelona needed a late goal from David Villa on Saturday to rescue a 1-1 draw away at Sporting Gijon. Josep Guardiola's side had been on a record-breaking 16-match winning streak prior to their stalemate at El Molinon stadium. The reigning Spanish champions fell behind on 15 minutes thanks to a superb solo-strike from Sporting's David Barral. Barral, 27, slipped past

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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Jihadist groups across the Middle East have applauded and encouraged the popular movements in Tunisia and Egypt, but their exhortations have made little impact on the course of events. In fact, they've hardly been noticed. Even so, a survey of postings on jihadist websites and forums suggests Islamist groups see opportunities to exploit what has happened. Al Qaeda and

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a study of five U.S. labs shows about 18% of the positive results from a test method used since the 1980s were actually negative. People who test positive for syphilis are usually given penicillin, which can have side effects for some people. The test is given to all pregnant women and people considered high-risk for sexually transmitted

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WASHINGTON-House Republican leaders got a rude jolt from tea-party insurgents on the budget this week, but potential GOP presidential hopefuls hewed Friday to tea-partiers' views on spending. At an annual gathering of conservative activists in Washington, attendees celebrated their influence, highlighted in the move by Republican leaders to seek billions of dollars in additional budget cuts after

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A Colorado woman who is six weeks pregnant says a pharmacist at a grocery store mistakenly gave her an abortion drug instead of an antibiotic and now she fears the error will cause her to miscarry. Mareena Silva told Denver's KMGH-TV that the pharmacist at the Safeway in Fort Lupton gave her methotrexate last week. The drug, intended for another woman, is used in chemotherapy and to terminate

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(CNN) -- Ferrari's Felipe Massa proved the quickest of the 12 cars that took to the track on the opening day of Formula One pre-season testing in Jerez, southern Spain on Thursday. Massa clocked a best time of one minute 20.709 seconds over 101 laps, seven tenths of a second quicker than rookie Sauber driver Sergio Perez of Mexico. It was a performance that pleased the Italian, although he

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(CNN) -- World number 13 Maria Sharapova has been forced to withdraw from the Paris Open suffering from illness. Former Wimbledon champion Sharapova was handed a wild card place for the indoor tournament, but has been troubled by a throat infection and will take no further part in the event after consulting a doctor on Thursday. "I've really done everything to be ready, but unfortunately, I'm

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