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National vaccination drive likely for swine flu in the fall

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that Maryland and other states will be better prepared to deal with a swine flu pandemic this fall because of problems encountered in coping with the outbreak earlier in the year.

General Motors out of bankruptcy after 40 days

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:18:00 -0400

General Motors Corp. CEO Fritz Henderson says the new GM will be far faster and more responsive to customers than the old one.

Man fatally gored during running of the bulls in Spain

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:39:00 -0400

Death is first during the annual event since 1995

A charging bull gored a young Spanish man to death Friday at Pamplona's San Fermin festival, the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others were injured in a particularly dangerous and chaotic chapter of the running of the bulls.

Restrict those calories for long-term health

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

For a country in which about 200 million people are overweight or obese, scientists have discouraging news: Even those who maintain a healthy weight probably should be eating less.

At least 25 dead in Afghanistan bombing

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

3 U.S. soldiers killed by roadside bombs

A powerful truck bomb on Thursday killed at least 25 people, more than half of them children, in an eastern province near Kabul. Authorities speculated that the explosives-laden vehicle was intended for an attack in the capital.

Afghans soften contentious marriage law

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Afghanistan's government has revised a law that stirred an international outcry because it essentially legalized marital rape, officials said Thursday. The new version no longer requires a woman submit to sex with her husband, only that she do certain housework.

Thousands march in Iran despite police

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.

Nearly 60 killed in Iraq bombings

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Violence is worst since U.S. pullback from cities

Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.

S. Korea says 7 Web sites attacked; effects not serious

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The third wave of cyber attacks to hit South Korea caused little disruption Thursday, with six of seven Web sites affected quickly back up and running.

Library of Congress adds to storage space at Fort Meade

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Library of Congress opened an expanded, environmentally controlled storage facility Tuesday on the grounds of Fort Meade. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, assisted by acting Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers, cut a ribbon at the storage modules, which include cold-storage rooms. Some 33 million items from the library's special collections, including maps, globes, manuscripts, prints and photographs, as well as sheet music and microfilm, will be housed in the modules. A library representative said that storage units would extend the lives of collection items for decades. The site took 28 months to build, and cost $40.7 million. The library said materials stored at Fort Meade will be accessible to readers, with twice-daily deliveries from the off-site storage facility to the library's main buildings on Capitol Hill. Additional storage modules are to be built at Fort Meade.