NCAA Brackets 2011

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This mother thought her son had a fighting chance

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Kelly Brook Expecting a Baby Girl

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Kim Kardashian Has Jiggly Thighs and Cellulite She Admits

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Messenger spacecraft poised for insertion into Mercury orbit

Messenger spacecraft poised for insertion into Mercury orbit Mission managers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Maryland will put the brakes on the NASA spacecraft so it can begin orbiting the closest planet to the sun. If successful, Messenger will beam at least a year's worth of images and other data back to Earth.Reporting from BaltimoreFifteen years of planning and 6 1/2

Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom tablet to reach stores March 27, cost $599

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Alaska Native Wins Iditarod

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Tom Hanks To Be Captured By Pirates

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Quake causes US auto plants to slow

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Tokyo's Governor Apologizes

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Bahrain king declares state of emergency after protests

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Twilight Cast Evacuated in Tsunami Warning

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Blue Unveil Anthemic Eurovision Track

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Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake

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FBI to reopen case against sex offender friend of Prince Andrew

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Frank Buckles, Last World War I Doughboy, Is Dead at 110

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Vinita Nair

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Vinita Nair: ABC’s Vinita Nair on One Life to Live

World News reporter Vinita Nair, co-anchor of ABC World News Now will appear an upcoming episode of the soap opera One Life to Live as a doctor in Natalie’s pregnancy storyline. “I got to be a soap star for a day,” Nair said during a broadcast.The episode featuring Nair and Natalie’s labor will air on January 11th.Watch Nair’s appearance belowRead More: longislandpress