AP - Consider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. There’s the airport inviting, but heavily secured. There’s the U.S. Embassy, perimeter guarded by crack local forces and Marines. And there’s the plush international hotel, open to anyone with a decent outfit and money for a cup of coffee.
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International hotels draw elites and terror threat (AP)
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Nov
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Eau de Penn State smells of flowers, not football (AP)
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AP - Fans of Penn State can smell like the school for just $60. A fragrance developer says it has made a perfume and a cologne inspired by Pennsylvania State University’s blue and white colors and its campus vegetation.
Nov
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Bush sends Rice to India in aftermath of attacks (AP)
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AP - President George W. Bush on Sunday dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to New Delhi in support of India following the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 200 people, including six Americans.
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Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops (AP)
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AP - Zeng Yawen’s outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.
Nov
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Steelers top-ranked defense stifles Patriots 33-10 (AP)
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AP - Pittsburgh’s NFL-best defense stopped Matt Cassel’s two-game offensive surge and pushed New England closer to strange territory: a sideline seat for the playoffs.
