Thousands of NATO protesters demanding an end to costly and destructive wars marched in Chicago Sunday where the leaders of more than 50 nations were discussing the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Thousands of NATO protesters demand end to war
Nnemkadi Ogwumike wants one final shot at an NCAA championship.
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Top-seeded Stanford women beat S Carolina 76-60
AP – In his first three starts, Jeremy Lin’s out-of-nowhere emergence all but saved the New York Knicks’ season.
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Lin, Knicks rally for 5th straight, beat Wolves
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AP – As the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq on Sunday, friends and family of the first and last American fighters killed in combat were cherishing their memories rather than dwelling on whether the war and their sacrifice was worth it.
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NC soldier, 23, was last US troop killed in Iraq
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AP – NBA teams went back to work Friday, which for Chris Paul meant going back to New Orleans.
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Criticism of NBA squashing Paul trade pouring in
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Reuters – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday looks set to launch a fresh effort to invigorate the faltering U.S. recovery, embarking on what could be the first in a series of incremental steps to foster stronger growth.
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Fed looks set to ease policy as U.S. outlook dims
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AP – Three in the first, three in the second, three in the third — and then the Texas Rangers really got going.
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Rangers pound Twins for 20 runs and 27 hits (AP)
AP – For the first time, American women have passed men in gaining advanced college degrees as well as bachelor’s degrees, part of a trend that is helping redefine who goes off to work and who stays home with the kids.
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In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees (AP)
Reuters – Philips is hiving off its once leading television business, the first step by new chief executive Frans van Houten to boost flagging profit at Europe’s biggest consumer electronics maker.
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Philips CEO turns off TV in search of profit (Reuters)
AP – Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress.
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Congress OKs big budget cuts bigger fights await (AP)