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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 02:51 UTC

Panthers prevent NYR from clinching playoff spot

Marcel Goc and Drew Shore scored third-period goals, and the Florida Panthers prevented the New York Rangers from clinching an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night.

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NPR, 23.04.13 21:10 UTC

Online Retailers Take Opposite Sides On Sales Tax Bill

More online retailers would have to collect sales tax under a bill making its way through the U.S. Senate this week. The measure won strong bipartisan backing on a procedural vote Monday, and ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 20:33 UTC

No bail for suspect in alleged Fla. terror plot

There will be no release on bail for a Pakistani-born man accused in Florida along with his brother of plotting to detonate explosives in New York City.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 19:08 UTC

PETA buys shares of SeaWorld stock

PETA has purchased newly issued shares of SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., the theme park company often targeted for protests by the animal rights group.

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CNN Top Stories, 23.04.13 10:57 UTC

Sharapova: Struggles made me stronger

Open Court is CNN's monthly tennis show. Click here for screening times and follow on Twitter @cnnopencourt (CNN) -- When Maria Sharapova underwent shoulder surgery five years ago, many thought her ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 09:24 UTC

A look at immigrant patients deported by hospitals

Over the last five years, American hospitals have sent at least 600 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally back to their home countries to avoid paying for long-term care after serious illness or injury.

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 06:59 UTC

AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Parked around the airstrip at Lackland Air Force Base are more than a dozen massive C-5A Galaxy transport planes. There is no money to fly them, repair them or put pilots in the cockpits, but Congress rejected the Air Force's bid to retire them.

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NPR, 23.04.13 04:10 UTC

Father Saves Boy From Alligator Attack, With A Stranger's Help

A 6-year-old boy's day off from school Friday left him with a vivid story to tell his classmates, after he was seized Ã¢ÂÂ and eventually released Ã¢ÂÂ by an alligator in South Florida. The ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 02:40 UTC

Florida board blocks bid to form gay-straight club at middle school

A bisexual 14-year-old girl wants to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at Carver Middle School in Leesburg, Fla., to combat bullying of gay classmates. Foes suggest that gay-straight topics aren t appropriate for middle-school children.

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Seattle Times, 22.04.13 22:05 UTC

Predicting the 1st round of NFL draft

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Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States. Much of the land mass of the state is a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It is nicknamed the "Sunshine State" because of its generally warm climate—sub...

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