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Dead Toddler's Identity Stolen for Tax Return      Mar 12, 2010
Jessica Struthers and Matt Bock have been forced to prove their deceased daughter was really theirs after someone else stole her identity and claimed her on a tax return. Tax - United States - Accounting - Financial Services - Taxation
Girl With Paranoid Schizophrenia Has Urges to Kill Her Mother      Mar 12, 2010
Rebecca Stancil often seems like a typical 9-year-old girl, playing a sweet child's game of rock, paper, scissors with friends and attending pool parties in her Simi Valley, Calif., neighborhood. But at her darkest moments, she'll deliver a chilling discourse on how to acquire a power tool to kill her mother, who has at times had to lock herself in her bedroom to protect herself from her own daughter. In December 2008, after attempting suicide, Rebecca was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder. Schizophrenia - Rock-paper-scissors - Mental disorder - Mental health - Health
Coming Back? Tiger Likely to Play at Masters      Mar 12, 2010
Tiger Woods is "likely" to make his return to golf during the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, next month, sources say, but they insist Woods has not made his final decision yet. Golf - Tiger Woods - Sport - Masters Tournament - Augusta Georgia
Silver Star Winner Reprimanded Over Afghan Attack      Mar 12, 2010
Three Army officers have received letters of reprimand for failing to prepare adequate defenses for a combat outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan, where a mass Taliban attack in July 2008 resulted in the deaths of nine soldiers and 27 people wounded, a Defense Department official confirmed to ABC News. Afghanistan - Taliban - War in Afghanistan - Asia - American Broadcasting Company
13-Year-Old Prodigy Cries Discrimination After University Denied Him Ecology Class      Mar 12, 2010
He may be young but Colin Carlson is no stranger to discrimination. At 12, Carlson was turned away from his dream school, Connecticut College, amid concerns that he was too young for a dormitory, even though he agreed to live off campus with his mother. Now, more than a year later, 13-year-old Carlson said he has faced trouble again because the University of Connecticut barred his entry into an African field ecology class that required a three-week trip to South Africa. South Africa - Africa - Connecticut College - School - Ecology
Senate's $149 Billion Jobs Bill: Good For You?      Mar 12, 2010
President Barack Obama says the bill will help small businesses and jobless workers. Barack Obama - President of the United States - President - United States - History
Health Care Bill: Obama Delays Trip as Dems Wrangle Votes      Mar 12, 2010
Speaking volumes about how Democrats lack the votes to pass health care overhaul legislation, President Obama has decided to delay next week's trip to Indonesia and Australia. Barack Obama - Health care - Australia - Democratic Party - President
Exclusive: 'Jihad Jane's' Ex-Husband Says She Was 'a Good Person'      Mar 12, 2010
The former husband of Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman who has been arrested for allegedly plotting with Islamic radicals to kill a Swedish cartoonist, said LaRose used to carry a Bible and attended church regularly. He doesn't understand how her life could have changed so much. Islam - Bible - Jane - Muhammad - Religion and Spirituality
Judge to Hear Plan to Pay $657M to WTC Responders      Mar 12, 2010
Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over 9/11 illnesses World Trade Center - Law - New York City - September 11 attacks - WTC
WATCH: Driving Deaths Hit All-Time Low      Mar 11, 2010
Motor vehicle accident deaths are at the lowest point since 1954. Traffic collision - Law - Recreation - Services - Technology
WATCH: 12-Year-Olds 'Huffing' Is a Big Problem      Mar 11, 2010
Study says more 12-year-olds have abused inhalants than any other drug. Inhalant - Australia - Education and Training - Health - Medicine
WATCH: Health Care Reform: Is It Now or Never?      Mar 11, 2010
White House wants the bill passed next week, but no promises are being made. White House - United States - Politics - Healthcare reform - Health Care Reform
WATCH: Especially Nasty 2010 Tornado Season      Mar 11, 2010
Ryan Owens explains why forecasters predict an awful tornado season. Tornado - Meteorology - Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences - Weather Phenomena
WATCH: Brutalized Afghan Woman Finds Strength      Mar 11, 2010
Meet a remarkable girl Diane Sawyer encountered on her trip to Afghanistan. Afghanistan - Diane Sawyer - Asia - Warfare and Conflict - Afghanistan Civil War
WATCH: Restaurant Caught Serving Whale      Mar 11, 2010
The filmmakers behind "The Cove" discover a restaurant serving whale. Cove - United States - Recreation - Travel - Specialty Travel