A stampede at a hill-top temple in western India killed more than 147 people and wounded 50 others who had gathered to celebrate the start of a religious holiday on Tuesday, police said.
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Stocks rallied today as investors scooped up shares battered in the bloodletting that followed Congress’ failure to pass a $700 billion bank rescue plan. The Dow Jones industrial average added 485 points, according to early tallies, recovering some of the record 777 points lost the day before, CNNMoney.com reports.
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The hunt for profits dominates Paris motor show talk
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University of Calgary climate change researchers say they are close to figuring out how to commercialize the capture of carbon dioxide directly from the air with a simple system that could be set up anywhere in the world.
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A woman in her early 20s was accosted on a walking path Tuesday afternoon in Edson, Alta., RCMP said in a news release.
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There was once a time when the revelation of one’s homosexuality in Hollywood was thought to be a career-killer.
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Drivers and pedestrians face an increased risk of deadly motor vehicle collisions on election days, researchers reported Wednesday.
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The leader of Pakistan’s Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is dead from kidney failure, sources told CNN.
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The leader of Pakistan’s Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, is dead from kidney failure, sources told CNN. The Pakistan government blamed Mehsud for the December 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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