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The tornadoes and floods in U. S. (part 1)

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Debris is piled near the street in this hard hit area of Bridgeton. FEMA is in the area coordinating recov...

Gay Marriages Can Start As Soon As Late July In N.Y.

After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights...

Has Greece Been Prescribed Bad Medicine For Crisis?

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Greek police unions, coast guards and fireme...

Who Gets Flooded: A By-The-Book Decision

America's largest rivers have wreaked havoc on the Midwest this spring, inundating towns and farmland from South Dakota to Louisiana. Nature is responsible for most of it — huge snow packs in Colorado and Wyoming, and hist...