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Innu tribe in Canada breaks hunting ban, kills caribou for food

A Canadian Indian tribe in Labrador says they have killed 64 caribou in an area closed to hunting in what some call a brazen assertion of their traditional rights.

Stocks pay big dividends in the long run, comparative study shows

By LEN BOSELOVIC, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With the stock market up about 60 percent since bottoming out in March, Wall Street may appear to be not as dangerous a place to those who fled for safer havens when the market collapsed last fall.

But making a long-term decision based on short-term phenomenon can be risky business, as documented in a report T. Rowe Price sent to investors this month.

As top holiday present, gift cards getting more consumer-friendly

By PATRICIA SABATINI, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Shoppers are expected to shell out some $25 billion for gift cards this holiday season, making the little pieces of plastic cash the No. 1 present for the sixth year in a row.

Ledesma: No. 11 bad luck for Cowboys

By MATT LEDESMA, Scripps Howard News Service

In most cases, I welcome seeing the number 11.

Blackjack. Craps. Even my favorite convenience store -- 7-11.

But that number just doesn't cut it when it totals the amount of carries the Dallas Cowboys give their three-headed rushing attack in a game.

Chest compressions alone save heart attack victims

By TOM BEAL, Arizona Daily Star

TUCSON, Ariz. - Victims of cardiac arrest were twice as likely to survive when given continuous chest compressions by bystanders, according to a study released Sunday by two Arizona researchers.

Census Bureau taps children, telenovela to get word out

By SCOTT HADLY

In a move to track down uncounted Spanish-speakers, the U.S. Census Bureau is traveling to schools and telling children to explain the once-a-decade headcount to their parents. And the Census Bureau has enlisted a Spanish-language soap to include the census theme as a story line.

If fearful immigrants refuse to be counted, it could cost towns and cities much-needed government money.

Higgins: Where SEC teams will go bowling

By RON HIGGINS, Scripps Howard News Service

So I dial the phone number of the Cotton Bowl, ask for the person I need to contact inquiring about Ole Miss' chances for a second straight trip to Dallas.

I'm put on hold for maybe five seconds and this is what I hear: "McCluster, in the Wildcat formation, takes the snap. . ."

It's an audio clip from last year's Ole Miss victory over Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl.

Film: Comparing 'The Blind Side' and 'Precious'

By BARBARA VANCHERI, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hollywood serves up a heaping of hope in the days before Thanksgiving, although one comes in a palatable PG-13 package and the other with a provocative, harrowing R.

"The Blind Side" and "Precious" focus on young people who, without the kindness of strangers and their own determination, would be doomed to horrid existences.

A look at how the movies stack up:

Adamson: A bit of good, lots of bad in '09 NASCAR season

By SCOTT ADAMSON, Scripps Howard News Service

The 2009 NASCAR season heads for an anticlimactic finish, with Jimmie Johnson needing to simply run around in the middle of the pack on Sunday to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title, and Kyle Busch wrapping up the Nationwide crown by starting his engine on Saturday.

Ron Hornaday, of course, took top honors in the Camping World Truck Series last week.

Walters: Newest California budget clash to be bloody

By DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee

When Mac Taylor, the California Legislature's chief budget adviser, declared this week that the state budget enacted just four months ago is already billions of dollars upside down, no one in the Capitol should have been surprised.

Week 11 NFL Capsules

By GERRY DULAC, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Capsule previews for Week 11 around the NFL. All times Eastern.

SUNDAY:

Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3) at Kansas City Chiefs (2-7), 1 p.m.

Since the middle of the 2007 season, the Chiefs are a pitiful 4-30, a record only the Lions (3-31) can eclipse for futility. Should be a nice way for QB Ben Roethlisberger to spend his first game in Arrowhead Stadium.

Family Film: New movies, including 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A guide to movies from a family perspective:

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon"

-- Rated: PG-13.

-- Suitable for: Mature tweens and up.

-- What you should know: This is the second movie based on Stephenie Meyer's best seller about a human girl, her vampire boyfriend and, now, a werewolf rival.

-- Language: About nine stronger versions of "heck" or "darn."

Parker: Sodom in the nation's capital

By STAR PARKER, Scripps Howard News Service

At a time when our country is sick, it shouldn't surprise that one our sickest places is our nation's capital.

The poverty rate of Washington, DC, almost 20 percent, is one of the highest in the nation. Its child poverty rate is the nation's highest..

DC's public school system, with a graduation rate of less than 50 percent, is one of the worst in the country.

College football caps including Ohio State-Michigan

By JOHN LINDSAY, Scripps Howard News Service

Capsule previews for Saturday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

No. 9 OHIO STATE (9-2) at MICHIGAN (5-6), Noon, ABC.

FAVORITE: Ohio State by 12.

COACHES: Jim Tressel (92-21 in 9th year at Michigan) and Rich Rodriguez (8-15 in second year at Michigan).

Belichick 'cursed out' Pats after Colts loss

By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG, The Providence Journal

FOXBORO, Mass. - While many National Football League teams enjoy "Victory Mondays" -- when players get the Monday after a win off, New England Patriots Bill Belichick gave his players Monday off this week despite their loss at Indianapolis.

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New drug worries authorities

New drug worries authorities
By ERIN ALLDAY
San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO -- Salvia divinorum is a bright, leafy green plant from Mexico that when chewed or smoked causes intense hallucinations comparable to LSD or "magic mushrooms."

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Megan Fox a special special effect in 'Transformers'

By BETSY PICKLE
Scripps Howard News Service

If anyone can make the robots in "Transformers" take a back seat, it's Megan Fox. The stunningly beautiful brunette turns out to be one of director Michael Bay's most special effects in the surefire summer hit.

New drug worries authorities

By ERIN ALLADAY
San Francisco Chronicle

Salvia divinorum is a bright, leafy green plant from Mexico that when chewed or smoked causes intense hallucinations comparable to LSD or "magic mushrooms."

'Transformers' isn't Oscar bait, but it'll please longtime fans

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By ROB OWEN
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

More than meets the eye? Maybe a little, but not much.

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University of Arizona unveils a world of its own

The University of Arizona has unveiled Biosphere 2 as its newest laboratory, with ambitious plans for climate-change research and promises to bring a new era of scientific legitimacy to the unique but often-criticized terrarium.

Tracy Ringolsby's weekly baseball notes package

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By TRACY RINGOLSBY
Scripps Howard News Service

Houston second baseman Craig Biggio on Thursday became the 27th player in major league history to reach 3,000 hits, achieving the milestone against the Colorado Rockies.

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Summer flying travel tips

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San Francisco Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO _ Airline experts' do's and don'ts for easing travel pains:
-- Use small regional airports instead of major hubs.

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Bumpy summer in store for fliers

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By DAVID ARMSTRONG
San Francisco Chronicle

Nasty weather across the nation, too many jam-packed airplanes in the sky, too few airline employees on the ground and an outdated, overextended air traffic control system threaten to make this a long, hot summer for already steamed air travelers.

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Supreme Court decision must not be a step backward

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An editorial / By Dale McFeatters
Scripps Howard News Service

In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that students could not be assigned to public schools solely because of their race. This past week, a deeply divided high court ruled, 5 to 4, that this is still the case.

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Immigration fiasco shows crisis in leadership

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By STAR PARKER
Scripps Howard News Service

The most succinct observation I've come across about the failure of comprehensive immigration reform is that of pollster Scott Rasmussen.

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Dead Wrong

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

Navy to deploy dolphins, sea lions to protect sub base

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Editorial: Water puts moon in a new light

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Editorial: Cracking down on free speech in name of religion

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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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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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Lose weight for yourself or for your guy

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Tuned In: New releases from 'American Idol' stars

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House bill addresses shortages of primary doctors

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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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New drug worries authorities

Megan Fox a special special effect in 'Transformers'

New drug worries authorities

'Transformers' isn't Oscar bait, but it'll please longtime fans

University of Arizona unveils a world of its own

Tracy Ringolsby's weekly baseball notes package

Summer flying travel tips

Bumpy summer in store for fliers

Supreme Court decision must not be a step backward

Immigration fiasco shows crisis in leadership

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