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at 0:12 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Starving sea lion pups wash up on California beaches, experts blame El Nino ocean currents

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. - Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centres.

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at 0:11 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Yemen arrests US man in al-Qaida sweep, hospital shootout; ex-classmate says he turned radical

BUENA, N.J. - He was raised in the state of New Jersey, where he was on the school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital.

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at 0:08 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Settlement could pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over 9/11 illnesses

NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.

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at 0:07 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

11 rare Siberian tigers die from malnutrition at cash-strapped Chinese zoo, report says

BEIJING - Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday.

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at 0:03 on March 12, 2010, EDT.

Australian border officials rescue 2 boats carrying asylum seekers in Indian Ocean

ADELAIDE, Australia - Australian authorities have rescued 32 asylum-seekers on two boats that were having trouble in the Indian Ocean off northern Australia.

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at 21:11 on March 11, 2010, EDT.

Wife, daughter of US Senate leader Harry Reid hospitalized with injuries from auto accident

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday - the wife with a broken back and neck - after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an Interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said.

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at 21:10 on March 11, 2010, EDT.

Federal appeals court upholds 'under God' references in Pledge of Allegiance, US currency

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.

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at 20:23 on March 11, 2010, EDT.

UN humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza isn't helping its security

The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas' hold on the territory.

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at 20:23 on March 11, 2010, EDT.

Germany's top educator criticizes church officals over growing abuse scandal

MUNICH, Germany - German educators sharply criticized Catholic church officials for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal even as more alledged victims came forward, including a former member of the all-boys choir led by the pope's brother.

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at 20:19 on March 11, 2010, EDT.

Obama gives away $1.4 million in Nobel prize money to charities

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work."

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