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Baseball Using Minor Leagues for a Drug Test - NYTimes.com Blood testing is more intrusive and revealing than urine testing, raising questions about how players’ privacy rights will be protected from other tests being performed on their blood samples. For instance, DNA, which contains information about diseases to which an individual may be susceptible, is easily detected in blood. Baseball officials said Thursday that they had a specific contract with the National Center for Drug Free Sport in Kansas City, Mo., that stated that the players’ blood samples could be tested only for H.G.H. “We’re talking about individuals as a whole, their careers, their families, and also baseball as a whole,” he said of the impact of any positive test. “We want to protect before we — I don’t want to use the words set in stone, but lock anything in.” For the moment, Mr.

German news agency DAPD reported the victims were crushed in the large tunnel leading to the event site and that emergency workers had trouble getting to them. Duisburg city officials decided at a crisis meeting to let the parade go on to prevent more panic and another stampede, said city spokesman Frank Kopatschek. He said police closed off the area where the parade was being held because it was already overcrowded. They told revelers over loudspeakers to turn around and walk back in the other direction before the panic broke out, he said. "The crisis meeting determined not to stop the event because at the moment there are too many people on the grounds," he said. Police are still trying to determine exactly what happened, but the situation was "very chaotic," police commissioner Juergen Kieskemper said. 10 Die as Panic Hits German Techno Festival - CBS News

Residents of the Alabama shore "seem kind of fearful, kind of haunted," says vacationer Bill Carmichael, 45, a Dallas store manager. Almost every small-business owner says the spill has hurt them. "They say maybe next year will be good," says Minh Nguyen, 42, who drives an ice cream truck along the beach near Gulfport, Miss. About 80% of his business has melted away. As people share their stories, few smile. They describe the oil as an insidious, lurking thing they won't be rid of for years. Uneasy feelings, uncertain future along Gulf - USATODAY.com

Shock troops of US military pull out of ‘Death Valley’ - Arab News "Out there the enemy owns the terrain. It's hard to see him with the foliage. Many of our guys compare it to what they've seen in Vietnam, except for the jungle canopy," First Platoon commander Lt. Norman Black, 36, told Reuters.

KABUL ( PAN ): Afghan traders suffered a loss of $500 million (afghanis 24,620 million) over the past 18 months because of the Pakistan government's undue restrictions, an official of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) claimed on Saturday. Pajhwok Afghan News

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TV Record reported that Sean's grandmother provided David Goldman with a list of the boy's allergies and medications. In a statement read to reporters by Smith, David Goldman offered his "sincere and humblest gratitude" for the help he received in getting his son. "Please know that my love and the rest of Sean's family's love for him knows no boundaries." The boy, appearing worried and frightened, arrived at the consulate wearing a yellow and green Brazil soccer jersey, and clutched his stepfather as he walked past a throng of reporters. Goldman later let his son speak on the phone with his paternal grandparents, Smith said. The boy's maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, had declined a consulate offer of a police escort Thursday morning from the family's Rio home, saying it would harm the boy psychologically, according to the Brazilian broadcast network TV Record. Dad, son head to U.S. after Brazil reunion - CNN.com

Another passenger on the Northwest flight transferred from the same KLM flight in Amsterdam but officials found no connection between the two, the sources said. The plane, an Airbus 330, landed shortly before noon. It was carrying 278 passengers. Explosive device set off aboard airliner - CNN.com

The queen committed the bulk of her 6-minute message to praising the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 54 countries, including some of the largest and poorest. Its aim is to help spread democracy and increase development. "It is, in lots of ways, the face of the future," she said. "And with continuing support and dedication, I am confident that this diverse Commonwealth of nations can strengthen the common bond that transcends politics, religion, race and economic circumstances." More than 13,000 soldiers from Britain and across the Commonwealth -- including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore -- are currently serving in Afghanistan, she said. "The debt of gratitude owed to these young men and women, and to their predecessors, is indeed profound." British monarch reflects on 'difficult' 2009 - CNN.com

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The show has begun in Times Square! The clock struck 6 p.m., trumpets blared, fireworks exploded and the famous New Year's Eve ball rose to its perch above Times Square. At 12-feet in diameter it's twice as big as previous balls. It's covered in 2,668 Waterford crystals and weighs nearly 12,000 pounds. The 32,256 LED lights that cover it change color constantly. CNN All-Platform Journalist Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - The ball hath risen « - Blog

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NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music Daoud Kuttab, executive producer of Shara'a Simsim , the Palestinian version of Sesame Street , holds a Muppet at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah earlier this month. The producers say they have been forced to put production for the 2012 season on hold because of a funding freeze by the U.S. Congress.

A new law in Oregon requires children under the age of 16 to wear a seat belt on an all-terrain vehicle or in a car while on public property. Same-sex couples will be able to marry in New Hampshire beginning January 1 under New Hampshire General Court HB 436, and the state joins Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and Iowa in legalizing same-sex marriages. In California, SB 54 requires the state to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states while such marriages were legal in California. "These are incredibly selfish and dangerous behaviors," she said. Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Laws covering texting, tanni