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Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea
Years of ferocious storms have threatened to gnaw away the western tip of a popular beachfront park two hours drive north of Los Angeles. Instead of building a 500-foot-long wooden defense next to the pier to tame the tide, the latest thinking is to flee.Work is under way to gauge the toll of ripping up parking lots on the highly eroded west end of Goleta Beach County Park and moving a scenic bike

'Housewives' actress Kathryn Joosten dies at 72

Kathryn Joosten, a character actress best known as the crotchety, yet loveable, Karen McCluskey on "Desperate Housewives" and the president's secretary on "The West Wing," has died. She was 72.

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Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea

Years of ferocious storms have threatened to gnaw away the western tip of a popular beachfront park two hours drive north of Los Angeles. Instead of building a 500-foot-long wooden defense next to

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Portfolio managers waiting to buy Facebook stock at a lower price
Facebook Inc's 26 per cent slide from its initial offering price may have investors who got in on the ground floor feeling resentful, but some fund managers are eager to see shares dip even further.

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PM takes over as ISCA General President

Kolkata, June 2 (IBNS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today formally took over as the General President of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) for its centenary year (2012-13) at an investiture ceremony held at the University of Calcutta's Centenary Hall here on Saturday.

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Mamata asks PM to roll back petrol prices

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to rollback the price of petrol that was increased last month.

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