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'Floating Island' Coming to New York

NEW YORK – There’s something unusual floating in the waters off Manhattan. (And no, it’s not what you’re thinking, so please, no mob or radioactive fish jokes.) Thirty-five years after it was first conceptualized, artist Robert Smithson’s (search) “Floating Island To Travel Around Manhattan Island” — a flat barge covered …

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Fast Facts: Hurricane Katrina Timeline

NEW ORLEANS – A day-by-day look at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath: Wednesday, Aug. 24: — Tropical Depression 12 strengthens into Tropical Storm Katrina over the Central Bahamas; a hurricane warning is issued for the southeastern Florida coast. Thursday, Aug. 25: — Hurricane Katrina strikes Florida between Hallandale Beach and …

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Netherlands Plans Expansion of Child Euthanasia Policy

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – The Dutch government intends to expand its current euthanasia policy, setting guidelines for when doctors may end the lives of terminally ill newborns with the parents’ consent. A letter outlining the new directives will be submitted to parliament for discussion by mid-October, but the new policy will …

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