A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The Itawamba County school district’s board decided Wednesday to drop the prom because of what it called recent distractions but …

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ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Abu Dhabi Thursday looking to tighten pressure on Tehran, as Iran’s president warned Gulf countries against allowing a U.S. presence in the region. A day after talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, aides said Gates would meet Abu …

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JACKSON, Miss.— A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The Itawamba County school district’s board decided Wednesday to drop the prom because of what it called recent …

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(AP) CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Marine Corps is trying to determine why a fighter jet suffered engine failures, crashing into the ocean off South Carolina and forcing the pilots to bail out. Officials at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort say neither the pilot nor the weapons officer on the F/A-18D …

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JACKSON, Miss. — A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The Itawamba County school district’s board decided Wednesday to drop the prom because of what it called recent …

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GENEVA — Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries. A former IT employee of Swiss subsidiary HSBC Private Bank …

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PHILADELPHIA— Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend’s father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia. But online, federal authorities say, the devoted caretaker developed a daring alter ego, refashioning herself as “Jihad Jane” while helping …

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(AP) CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Marine Corps is trying to determine why a fighter jet suffered engine failures, crashing into the ocean off South Carolina and forcing the pilots to bail out. Officials at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort say neither the pilot nor the weapons officer on the F/A-18D …

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Say goodbye to the Arc or Gem and hello to the PlayStation Move. Sony has revealed the official name for its motion controller, coming this fall in three forms - alone, with the PlayStation Eye, or bundled with a PS3. The European trademark office spilled the beans a bit early, but that doesn’t stop …

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TEL AVIV, Israel - Vice President Joe Biden is wrapping up a trip to Israel with warm words of praise for the Jewish state, saying the U.S. has “no better friend.”But Biden is also urging Israel to make a serious attempt to reach peace with the Palestinians. He told an audience Thursday at Tel Aviv …

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