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Coroner: Lack of Oxygen, Not Peanut Butter, Killed Girl

MONTREAL – A lack of oxygen to the brain likely played a role in the death of a teenager once thought to have died of a peanut allergy after kissing her boyfriend who had just eaten peanut butter, a Quebec coroner said Monday. Coroner Michel Miron told The Associated Press …

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Amazon Tweaks Search Engine After 'Abortion' Complaint

SEATTLE – Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) said Monday it had modified the way its search engine handles queries for the term “abortion” after receiving an e-mail complaint that the results appeared biased. Until the recent change, a user who visited the Seattle Internet retailer’s Web site and typed in the word …

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Ala. House Votes to Pardon Rosa Parks, Others

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Civil rights icon Rosa Parks and hundreds of other victims of segregation-era arrests would be pardoned — but not forgotten — under a bill passed unanimously by the Alabama House on Thursday. The bill was amended to say that the arrest records would not be expunged or …

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