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| Feds recall more children jewelry in cadmium probe |
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Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge children's jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.
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| Obama gives away $1.4M Nobel prize |
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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." Obama is giving a total of $750,000 to six groups that help kids go to college.
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| Gary skating rink closed after nine teens shot |
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Building inspectors have close a northwestern Indiana skating rink where nine teenagers were shot as they left a weekend concert.
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| School prom off after lesbian's date request |
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A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
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| 4-month search for fugitive teens ends in Mexico |
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A four-month search for two fugitive teenagers wanted in the 2009 killing of a 16-year-old boy from Hemet is over.
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| Tech-savvy youth enlisted to boost Hispanic participation in census |
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Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.
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| Sebelius piles on pressure |
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Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:50pm EST - Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius walks to a microphone stand to speak to reporters following her meeting with health insurance company executives and related industry officials at the White House, March 4, 2010.
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| Charges: 2 gave kids sleep supplement at day care |
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Pamela Hartley, 56, of Cleves, and Donna Scott , 41, of Cincinnati, have been charged with three counts each of child endangering and three counts each of misrepresentation by childcare provider, Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph Deters said.
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