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Janet Reno, the strong-minded Florida prosecutor tapped by Bill Clinton to become the country’s first female U.S. attorney general, and who shaped the U.S. government’s responses to the largest legal crises of the 1990s, died Nov. 7 at her home in Miami. She was 78. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, her goddaughter, Gabrielle D’Alemberte, told the Associated Press. Ms. Reno was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1995, while she was attorney general.

Hi FRiends. I have to travel between southwest Virginia and upstate NY in one shot, tomorrow or Wed. I'm looking for actual road conditions for Rts 81 north, 78 east, 287 north (Jersey) and the NYS thruway past Saratoga. Trouble spots? Road closures? Thanks in advance for info. Lots of mountains in my immediate future and I want to be prepared for battle :)

Marius B. Winter & His Orchestra plays "What A Perfect Night For Love" with Al Bowlly as vocalist on Broadcast 2599 (1930).

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck 194 kilometres off Japan's coast, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS), but there were no immediate reports of damage, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake, which hit off Japan's Bonin Islands, reportedly rocked buildings in Tokyo as it built in intensity about 8:30pm local time (9:30pm AEST). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said: "There is no tsunami threat because the earthquake is located too deep inside the earth." The USGS reported the epicentre was approximately 874 kilometres south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, while the Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had...

According to the USGS, a massive, 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 22:15:02 UTC. This is a breaking news event. Stay tuned for updates. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010utc5.html

Exit polls from MSNBC, CNN and Fox have shown that US president-elect Barack Obama received 78 percent of the Jewish vote in Tuesday's presidential election, whilst his rival, Republican John McCain, received 21%. The almost-complete list of the new Jewish congressional caucus: An all-time record of Jewish reps in Congress. Photo: Courtesy Slideshow: Pictures of the week The polls all put Jews at 2% of the poll sample. In 2004, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won 74% of the Jewish vote, and in 2000, Al Gore received 79%. The MSNBC data found the numbers amongst Christians in Tuesday's election were...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service, Oct. 4, 2005) -- Iraqi security forces and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers captured 78 suspected terrorists and seized eight weapons caches during operations throughout the city, from Sept. 28 to 30. Much of the information leading to the captures was based on tips from Iraqi citizens. During one dismounted patrol on Sept. 28, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers were approached by an Iraqi citizen who told them about a large weapons cache in the Radwiniyah District of west Baghdad. When the Soldiers investigated, they found 175 sticks of dynamite; 109 grenades; 149 rockets, mortar and artillery...

Leap year brings tuition hikes, waiting period for abortion By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press Writer AUSTIN New college tuition rates and a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions represent significant changes in Texas policy in 2004. After months of planning, the new laws take effect Jan. 1, rather than September, like most Texas laws. Other changes include a ban on driving on dry riverbeds and how insurers score credit ratings. The Republican-led Legislature loosened its grip on tuition-setting power to allow universities to set their own rates to offset $558 million in state cuts to higher education. Supporters appreciated...

Ukraine plane crash kills 78; survivor recounts storyBy Daniel S. McClintockWhile most Americans could only stare dumbfounded at pictures of the plane crash in Ukraine last Saturday, one American experienced the horror face to face. A man who wishes to keep his last name anonymous, was present in Lviv, Ukraine to see the air show with his fiancé Tanya. "I told Tanya that it would be all to likely for an accident to happen and that we should stay in the background away from the main crowd," James recounted. Finding an old cargo plane which was located near the crowd...