Column: Stop shrieking about women’s tennis noise (AP)
AP – On serve and when whipping his forehand, Novak Djokovic’s grunt is that of a bullfrog, “WooooAH-UH.” Rafael Nadal goes for a throatier, “AAArrgggHH.” Occasionally, Andy Murray offers up a more hushed, constricted, “Eeeeeehhh.” From Roger Federer, of course, we tend to get the sound of silence.
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Actress’ claim to be gay by choice riles activists (AP)
AP – Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.
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Tubby tabby gets revolutionary new knee joint (AP)
AP – Because Cyrano weighs more than 20 pounds, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question. So the tubby tabby’s owners turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get him back into mice-catching trim.
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Ship carrying rocket parts hits Ky. bridge (AP)
AP – The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida’s coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge.
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Facebook IPO could value it among top companies (AP)
AP – When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the top ranks of the largest public companies in the world, on par with the likes of McDonald’s, Amazon.com and Bank of America.
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Senegal’s president cleared to run for 3rd term (AP)
AP – Senegal’s highest court ruled Friday that the country’s increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month’s election, a deep blow to the country’s opposition which has vowed to take to the streets if the aging leader does not step aside.
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American economy not healthy yet, but it’s healing (AP)
AP – The American economy may not be truly healthy yet, but it’s healing.
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Obama ‘putting colleges on notice’ on high tuition (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation’s colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they “jack up tuition” every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value.
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GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
AP – Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment’s fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.
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Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil (AP)
AP – Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday.
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