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Explorer Magellan may have been guided by El Niņo
WASHINGTON – The El Niño phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades may have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago. Explorer Ferdinand Magellan encountered fair weather on Nov. 28, 1520, after days of battle through the rough waters south of South America.
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Green Day's alter ego band to play at Belly Up tavern
Green Day at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach? Dude, no way! Well, no. And, um, yes. Green Day is not – we repeat, not – performing at the Belly Up on May 26. But the three members of the Bay Area's superstar pop-punk trio – singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt – are.
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Summer job tips
The Philadelphia Inquirer compiled this list of sites that might help students get ideas for summer jobs.
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Speech by Bush in Israel seen as rebuking Obama
JERUSALEM – President Bush used a speech to the Israeli parliament yesterday to liken those who would negotiate with “terrorists and radicals” to Nazi appeasers – a remark widely interpreted as a rebuke to Sen. Barack Obama, who has advocated greater engagement with countries like Iran and Syria.
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Cancer survival, vitamin D link seen
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found – adding to evidence that the “sunshine vitamin” has anti-cancer benefits.
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Parties unite to pass farm bill and increase funds for food stamps
WASHINGTON – Congress responded speedily to voters' angst over rising grocery prices and $4-a-gallon gasoline yesterday, bucking President Bush's veto threats with lopsided votes to boost food stamps and farm subsidies – after ordering Bush to quit pouring oil into the nation's emergency reserves.
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- Parks officials are scrambling to ensure funding
SACRAMENTO – From imposing parking fees at Carlsbad State Beach to promoting a bed and breakfast hotel in Old Town San Diego, California parks officials are moving aggressively to raise revenues and avoid the threat of closures and lifeguard layoffs.
- Private eye convicted in wiretap case
LOS ANGELES – A Hollywood private investigator was convicted of federal racketeering and other charges yesterday for digging up dirt for well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and disputes against the rich and famous.
- Photo: Making the breaks
- REGION UPDATE
Report says UC's diversity lacking
The University of California is failing at diversifying its undergraduate student population, according to a report presented to the governing board of regents in Los Angeles yesterday.
- Woman indicted in MySpace hoax that preceded teen girl's suicide
LOS ANGELES – A Missouri woman was indicted yesterday for her alleged role in a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
- Airman to be laid to rest 65 years after plane crash
PITTSBURGH – Tomorrow, a circuitous 65-year journey will end when Ernest “Glenn” Munn is laid to rest in the family plot in Colerain, Ohio, 135 miles southeast of Cleveland.
- Burqa-clad bomber kills at least 12 in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber cloaked in an Afghan woman's body-covering burqa killed at least 12 other people and wounded at least 27 yesterday in southwestern Afghanistan, a sparsely populated region where Taliban militants have increased attacks in recent months.
- McCain says troops home by 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sen. John McCain declared yesterday that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013 and that the nation would be a functioning democracy with only “spasmodic” episodes of violence. The comments were a striking departure from his usual refusal to set a date for American withdrawal.
- NATION UPDATE
2 military helicopters vandalized at factory
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. – Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said yesterday as it offered a reward.
- Cyclone's timing couldn't have been worse for Myanmar harvest
YANGON, Myanmar – Normally, at this time of year, farmers in the southern delta of Myanmar would be draining their rice paddies, plowing their fields with their water buffaloes and preparing to plant new seeds for an autumn harvest.
- WORLD UPDATE
Deal reached to end Lebanon's infighting
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Arab mediators brokered a deal yesterday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since its 15-year civil war, inviting factions to Qatar for talks but leaving unresolved questions that have embroiled the country for 18 months.
- Red Cross in Nigeria says 100 killed in oil fire
LAGOS, Nigeria – More than 100 people were feared dead yesterday after a construction vehicle struck an oil pipeline on the outskirts of Lagos, setting off an oil-fed inferno that spread to nearby homes and a school.
- Amid devastation, rescuers make difficult decisions on who to help
WANDENG, China – The People's Liberation Army marched into this tiny village only to find that Monday's earthquake had destroyed the road leading deeper into the mountains. Beyond, 20 men were trapped in a distant coal mine. Even farther away, a mining town of 5,000 people was cut off and partly buried beneath fallen rocks and dirt.
- GOP works with rivals to block war spending bill
WASHINGTON – In a surprising move to rebuke the Democratic leadership, House Republicans yesterday found themselves allying with anti-war Democrats as they blocked a $163 billion spending bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Military considers awarding Purple Heart to stress victims
WASHINGTON – Centuries before Iraq and Afghanistan, George Washington created the Purple Heart to honor troops wounded in combat.
- 3 Iranian Embassy employees, Iraqi driver wounded in Baghdad
BAGHDAD – Three employees of the Iranian Embassy and their Iraqi driver were shot and wounded as they traveled yesterday to the Shiite Kazimiyah Shrine in northern Baghdad.
- VA e-mail suggests fudging PTSD diagnosis
WASHINGTON – An internal e-mail written by a Veterans Affairs Department employee suggested avoiding a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans and instead considering a diagnosis that might result in a lower disability payment.
- Daily developments
Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33, of Tucson, died Wednesday in Baghdad, a day after his vehicle struck an explosive in the Kazimiyah neighborhood. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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