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Chicken lays really jumbo egg in Colombia
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DC wax museum adds Harriet Tubman to collection
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Descendants of Harriet Tubman have gathered at The President's Gallery by Madame Tussauds and unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom.
CDC: Fewer smokers go to the dentist
Provided by: newsvine.com482012-02-07 20:26:08buzz / newsvine.com / 
Smokers not only have more problems with their teeth than non-smokers, they also go to the dentist less often.
Adam Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job of the Year award
Provided by: newsvine.com492012-02-07 20:31:56buzz / newsvine.com / 
A critic who accused a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of scattering literary allusions like "tin cans tied to a tricycle" has won a prize for the year's most lacerating book review.
TD Ameritrade pays $1.5M for breaking postal rules
Provided by: newsvine.com502012-02-07 20:43:46buzz / newsvine.com / 
A unit of online brokerage TD Ameritrade will pay $1.5 million to resolve concerns that it violated postal rules and received discounts the company wasn't entitled to.
Komen exec quits after Planned Parenthood flap
Provided by: newsvine.com512012-02-07 20:38:17buzz / newsvine.com / 
The vice president of public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure who backed the breast cancer charity's move to strip Planned Parenthood of funding resigned Tuesday, saying the now-abandoned decision "has unfortunately been turned into something about politics."
Group wants DNA test in 1992 Ky. 'satanic' killing
Provided by: newsvine.com522012-02-07 19:46:46buzz / newsvine.com / 
When Rhonda Sue Warford died in a rural field near Brandenburg, she had multiple stab wounds to her chest, back and neck, including one that destroyed her brain stem, and two gray hairs clenched in her right hand.
AP Exclusive: Ill. torture panel strapped for cash
Provided by: newsvine.com532012-02-07 20:14:41buzz / newsvine.com / 
A commission created by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn nearly two years ago with the ambitious goal of righting the wrongs of Chicago's police torture scandal is quietly falling apart, another apparent victim of the state's budget mess.
Senate candidate can't escape sports scandals
Provided by: newsvine.com542012-02-07 20:10:58buzz / newsvine.com / 
In the sports world, Craig James was a star football player for Southern Methodist University and the New England Patriots. He later became a household name in Texas as a television analyst for ESPN.
House seeks to unload unneeded government property
Provided by: newsvine.com552012-02-07 19:53:16buzz / newsvine.com / 
The House on Tuesday backed legislation to sell off or consolidate some of the thousands of underused or unneeded federal buildings, potentially saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
Calif mom pleads guilty in meth breast milk death
Provided by: newsvine.com562012-02-07 19:54:27buzz / newsvine.com / 
A California woman accused of killing her infant son by breastfeeding him after she used methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
2 Mass. workers get probation in murky pool case
Provided by: newsvine.com572012-02-07 20:08:38buzz / newsvine.com / 
Two former Massachusetts recreation managers have admitted that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict them of reckless endangerment of a child for opening a murky state-run pool where the body of a drowned woman went unnoticed for two days.
AP Source: Big East moving toward adding Memphis
Provided by: newsvine.com582012-02-07 19:53:37buzz / newsvine.com / 
A person familiar with the talks says the Big East is in discussions with Memphis about the Tigers joining the league in all sports.
US not considering arming Syrian opposition
Provided by: newsvine.com592012-02-07 20:05:08buzz / newsvine.com / 
The White House says the U.S. is not considering arming opposition groups in Syria amid calls from some lawmakers to consider such an option.
Consumer borrowing rose $19.3 billion in December
Provided by: newsvine.com602012-02-07 20:04:55buzz / newsvine.com / 
Americans accelerated their borrowing in December for the second straight month, running up more credit card debt and taking out loans to buy cars and attend school.
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