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Where to Buy a Land Mine in Sri Lanka (Time.com)
Time.com - The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a landmine on the side of the road in the northern city of Jaffna -- though they're more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else
China safety body says rules ignored in mine flood (AP)
AP - Safety rules and danger warnings had been ignored in a rush to open a coal mine in northern China where flooding of the shafts has left 153 workers trapped for nearly three days, a government safety body said Wednesday.
Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran (AP)
AP - With the president of France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place "within weeks," not months, because of its continuing nuclear program. But he acknowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations.
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A battered Rhode Island watches as the water rises (AP)
AP - A record-shattering rainstorm hammered the Northeast on Tuesday, delivering widespread flooding for the second time this month and unleashing particular havoc in Rhode Island, a tiny coastal state already beleaguered by a sagging economy and backbreaking unemployment rate.
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Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast (AP)
AP - In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska.
Lincoln to join luxury hybrid market (AP)
AP - Ford Motor Co. will become a player in the small market for luxury hybrids this fall when it launches its first Lincoln hybrid, a gas-electric version of the 2011 Lincoln MKZ.
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Senators win 5th straight, beat Capitals 5-4 in OT (AP)
AP - Alex Kovalev scored a power-play goal with 18 seconds remaining in overtime — his first point since the Olympic break — and the Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive win.
Rzepczynski shaky in Toronto loss (AP)
AP - Toronto pitcher Marc Rzepczynski struggled before departing in the fifth inning with a bruised left middle finger and the Blue Jays lost 5-3 to a New York Yankees split-squad on Tuesday night.
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Phish plans "Late Night" Stones tribute (Reuters)
Reuters - Phish is the first group confirmed to perform during the weeklong Rolling Stones tribute on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" next month, the jam band's first television performance since it reunited in 2009.
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Earlier diabetes screening worthwhile: study (Reuters)
Reuters - It's currently recommended that people be screened for type 2 diabetes starting at age 45, particularly if they are overweight. But a new study suggests that it would be worthwhile to start type 2 diabetes screening earlier - between the ages of 30 and 45.
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