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...Moved to Iran in 2003, where she worked as a freelance journalist for the BBC, Fox News and National Public Radio. After her arrest, her father, Reza Saberi, told the AP she had been working on a book about the culture and people of Iran, and had hoped to finish it and return...
...economy. In all, the Federal Government has cut refund checks totaling $259 billion - up 17% from a year ago and already the rough equal of total refund payments of $261 billion in 2008. More people than ever are using their refund to pay basic bills, according to an AP poll. For example, 31% said they were using their refund to pay credit card debt - up from 17% a year ago. The percentage using their refund to pay utility bills and rent or their mortgage has roughly doubled too. A slightly greater number say they will splurge...
...Sources: AP; Guardian; CNN; AP; 60 Minutes; BBC; CBS Sports
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...potentially leading to a pandemic. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 to 1919 killed about 50 million people. The most recent pandemic was the Hong Kong flu that killed about 1 million people from 1968 to 1969. "We are very, very concerned," WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham said, according the AP. "We have what appears to be a novel virus and it has spread from human to human." WHO convened an emergency meeting on Friday and activated money and personnel to dealing with the outbreak. "It's all hands on deck at the moment." Abraham said. (Read a story about...