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Washcall: Base closings ... Tribal embassy in Washington ... More

By LISA HOFFMAN, Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON - A new government audit shows that the axiomatic connection of the words "military-base closing" with "cost overruns" continues to be justified.

Ratto: Lincecum offers no Cy of relief for Giants' payroll

By RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle

As Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum walked from interview to interview on his Cy Young celebrity walk, San Francisco general manager Brian Sabean kept asking to anyone who approached him, "How do you quantify this?"

Lose weight for yourself or for your guy

By RITA WATSON, The Providence Journal

When Glamour magazine featured a nude plus-size model, women applauded, while physicians shook their heads in dismay. Was this a sign that women have given up on finding their healthy weight? Before the women's cheers subsided, Ralph Lauren fired his size 4 model, weighing in at 120 pounds, for being too fat.

Tuned In: New releases from 'American Idol' stars

By CHUCK CAMPBELL, Scripps Howard News Service

"FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT," Adam Lambert (RCA)

Polarizing though Adam Lambert is, even his detractors must admit "American Idol" has never had anything quite like the show's latest runner-up.

Couple convince school to end homework for family

By ERIN ANDERSSEN, Toronto Globe and Mail

CALGARY, Alberta - Sherri and Tom Milley were exhausted by the weepy weeknight struggles over math problems and writing assignments with their three school-aged children. They were fed up with rushing home from soccer practice or speed skating only to stand over their kids tossing out answers so they could finish and get to bed.

Tree provides respite despite distractions

By SCOTT TURNER, The Providence Journal

Amid the maze of apartment buildings that comprised my childhood neighborhood you could walk one block south of where I lived, cross the street and head about 100 feet east to spend time with one of the community's most colorful and unusual residents -- a tree.

Virtual museum showcases women in business

By CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle

The images are stunning and vivid, worthy of National Geographic: Chinese factory workers make high-tech products; Nepalese women gather for a village meeting; Arab businesswomen clad head-to-toe in abayat chat on cell phones.

Editorial: The EU elected whom?

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

The European Union can't be accused of being dazzled by celebrity and star power in its choices for its first president and first foreign minister under the recently ratified Lisbon Treaty.

Pickeral: Vasquez is ACC's new public enemy No. 1

By ROBBI PICKERAL, Raleigh News and Observer

With North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Duke's Greg Paulus no longer around, fiery Maryland guard Greivis Vasquez expects to become Atlantic Coast Conference basketball fans' biggest target of verbal abuse this season.

His response: Bring it on.

Baldwin: Is curse of Clippers real?

By MIKE BALDWIN, The Oklahoman

The worst pro sports franchise?

The Los Angeles Clippers.

It's not even close.

Based on win-loss percentages the past 30 years, the Clippers are the worst of the worst among NFL, MLB and NBA franchises.

Tafur: Best stories are away from BCS contenders

By VITTORIO TAFUR, San Francisco Chronicle

It seems like Texas and either Florida or Alabama have been written into the national championship game since August. With three weeks left before the regular season ends and bowl season begins, now is the time those teams will show why they deserved to be glorified.

Editorial: Cracking down on free speech in name of religion

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

A group of Islamic nations, led by Algeria and Pakistan, is lobbying to bring before the U.N. General Assembly a proposed treaty banning mockery of religion, according to the Associated Press. The pact would, in effect, be a global anti-blasphemy treaty and an obvious and alarming threat to freedom of expression.

Cyr: Obama's asia trip noteworthy, but now the hard part

By ARTHUR I. CYR, Scripps Howard News Service

President Obama's just-concluded trip to East Asia did not result in major accords but was noteworthy nonetheless, for reasons somewhat overlooked.

Catching up with Burt Reynolds

By CAROL SAUNDERS, Scripps Howard News Service

JUPITER, Fla. - Burt Reynolds has bounced back following his back surgery and addiction to pain pills. He is feeling so good about himself and the direction his life is taking, he wants to spread the word.

Navy to deploy dolphins, sea lions to protect sub base

By ED FRIEDRICH, Scripps Howard News Service

BANGOR, Wash. - Specially trained Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions will help guard a Trident submarine base in Washington beginning next year, the Navy announced this week.

By CHRIS CAMPBELL, Scripps Howard News Service

Game On: 'Dragon Age: Origins' exhales smokin'-hot game play

"Dragon Age: Origins"

Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

Genre: Role-playing

Publisher: EA Games/BioWare

ESRB Rating: M, for Mature

Grade: 4.5 stars (out of 5)

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Game On: 'Tekken 6' full of new, enhanced features

"Tekken 6"

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP

Genre: Fighting

Publisher: Namco Bandai Games

ESRB Rating: T, for Teen

Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

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GameOn: 'Crack in Time,' 'Motorsport 3' big hits

Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time

Platform: PlayStation 3

Genre: Platformer

Publisher: Sony

ESRB Rating: E for Everyone

Grade: 4 stars

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Game On: 'Borderlands' best when shared

"Borderlands"

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC

Genre: Action

Publisher: 2K Games

ESRB Rating: M for Mature

Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

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Game On: 'Borderlands' best when shared

"Borderlands"

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC

Genre: Action

Publisher: 2K Games

ESRB Rating: M for Mature

Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 5)

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Game On: 'Uncharted' sets bar for holiday season

"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves"

Platform: PlayStation 3

Genre: Action

Publisher: Sony

ESRB Rating: T, for Teen

Grade: 4.5 stars (out of five)

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Game On: 'DiRT 2' kicks up a good ride

"DiRT 2"

Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, PSP, DS

Genre: Racing

Publisher: Codemasters

ESRB Rating: T, for Teen

Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

Game On: 'DiRT 2' kicks up a good ride

"DiRT 2"

Platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, PSP, DS

Genre: Racing

Publisher: Codemasters

ESRB Rating: T, for Teen

Grade: 4 stars (out of 5)

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Game On: 'Beatles: Rock Band' an excellent homage

"The Beatles: Rock Band"
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii
Genre: Music
Publisher: MTV Games
ESRB Rating: T for Teen
Grade: 4 stars

My buddy Luke may be the most intense Beatles fan I've ever known. When the movie "Across the Universe" came out in 2007 -- Beatles love-fest that it was -- Luke was ticked off because actors dared to sing the music.

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Game On: 'Dissidia' outstanding; 'Guitar Hero 5' rocks

"Dissidia: Final Fantasy"

Platform: PSP

Genre: Fighting

Publisher: Square Enix

ESRB Rating: T, for Teen

Grade: 4.5 stars (out of 5)

The handheld PSP and its titles have largely disappointed me. The graphics may be amazing, but the games have rarely had me itching to keep playing.

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A seven-month investigation into federal mortality records reveals hundreds of thousands of death certificates filed every year in the United States are wrong, meaning we don't really know what's killing Americans. A first-of-its-kind study also found that younger, well-educated and wealthy people are more likely to be autopsied when they die. More men than women are autopsied. And blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans are more likely to be autopsied than whites.

Autopsy rates differ by race, age, sex, education

Cause of death investigations often dead wrong

Accurate death certificates challenged by poor training

Poll: Doubts persist over accuracy of death certificates

Survey results among different groups

Death poll findings, by questions

What to do if you distrust the death diagnosis

Where to find death records

Deaths by heart disease by state

Editorial: We don't know what's really killing Americans

Editorial: Water puts moon in a new light

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Market decides if you set the right price for a house

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Editorial: 9/11 planners to return to NYC -- for trial

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Editorial: But go ahead and make plans for next week anyway

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Erbe: Stupak-Pitts shoves women to back of bus

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Autos: Lincoln's flagship these days is the MKS sedan

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Favre goes hunting, recovering from groin strain

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Parker: Abortion and health care

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Cyr: Warren Buffet's railroad gamble

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Homeless form communities, refuse to come inside

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Recycled Radiation

Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactively tainted metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world. But because of haphazard screening, an absence of oversight, and substantial disincentives for businesses to report contamination, no one knows how many tainted goods are in circulation.

Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products

NRC wants to tighten oversight of often-lost radioactive devices

Same batch of radioactive metal from Mexico enters Calif. for 25 years

Radioactive cheese grater case shows lack of oversight

36 states have nowhere to dump low-level radioactive material

Radioactive mesh from China used to make 30,000 filters in Florida

Authorities scrambled to corral radioactive La-Z-Boy recliners

Only U.S. effort to collect radioactive material has 9,000-object backlog

Mandatory screening, reporting needed to stop recycling radiation

Radioactive materials surface in Tennessee scrap yards

Texas has highest number of radioactive metal incidents

Editorial: The hidden radiation around us

Scripps Howard News Service response to comments from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on SHNS' "Recycled Radiation"

The Doctor is Out

A special report by Scripps Howard News Service finds as many as one in five Americans does not have a family doctor. And this translates directly to higher rates of illness and death and higher costs.

Docs: In ERs, more sore throats than cardiac arrests

Interactive database showing U.S. doctors by county

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Game On: 'Dragon Age: Origins' exhales smokin'-hot game play

Game On: 'Tekken 6' full of new, enhanced features

GameOn: 'Crack in Time,' 'Motorsport 3' big hits

Game On: 'Borderlands' best when shared

Game On: 'Borderlands' best when shared

Game On: 'Uncharted' sets bar for holiday season

Game On: 'DiRT 2' kicks up a good ride

Game On: 'DiRT 2' kicks up a good ride

Game On: 'Beatles: Rock Band' an excellent homage

Game On: 'Dissidia' outstanding; 'Guitar Hero 5' rocks

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