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• China's jobless migrants carry worries home
GUANGZHOU, China - Some hefted their luggage on bamboo shoulder poles. Others carried their belongings in plastic buckets. All were migrant workers hurrying to get home Thursday before China's Lunar New Year festival — a holiday that triggers one ...
• Ugly Betty’s’ Ana Ortiz is pregnant
Ortiz, 37, and her husband Noah Lebenzon, the guitarist for the band Half Life, are expecting the baby at the end of July. “They are thrilled and ecstatic,” says a friend of the New York City-based couple. “They can’t wait to be parents
• Gators foil three Oklahoma scoring threats
Florida's defense blocks a field goal attempt by Oklahoma's Jimmy Stevens during the third quarter Thursday's game. MIAMI - Points were tough to come by for the high-scoring Oklahoma Sooners, even when they had Florida backed up to the goal line ...
• Even for Alaskans, this winter's a cold one
Elisabeth Habermann of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks skis from the race trail in subzero weather at Kincaid Park in Anchorage Wednesday before the day's races for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships were canceled. Jan. 8: Dangerous ...
• Full text of President-elect Obama's speech
President-elect Barack Obama warned Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump huge sums from Washington into the U.S. economy. Throughout America's history, there have been some years that simply ...