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Boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher

A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call. The boy, identified...

Boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher

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FBI looking into NJ man linked to attack in Yemen

FBI probing case of alleged al-Qaida member from NJ linked to hospital shooting in Yemen

Half of Kansas City's schools to close by fall

Kansas City superintendent plans to close half the schools before classes begin in the fall

Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up

2nd former New Orleans officer pleads guilty in cover-up of post-Katrina bridge shooting

Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request

Miss. school drops prom after lesbian student asks to bring date; student calls it retaliation

2 Marine fighter pilots rescued; SC crash probed

2 Marine fighter pilots rescued in SC ocean crash; investigators looking into engine failure

Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth

Tech-savvy youth enlisted to boost Hispanic participation in census

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online

Portait of dual life — caretaker, would-be terrorist — emerges on Philly area's 'Jihad Jane'

Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher

Calif. boy thanks dispatcher who took his 911 call about gunmen threatening parents

Analysis: US hamstrung on Israeli settlements

Analysis: With too much at stake to walk away, Obama, Biden are hobbled on Israeli settlements

48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing

Birds, shrubs found only in Hawaii among 48 species added to endangered list

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Index Value Change
DOW 10556.30 -11.03
S&P 500 1143.49 -2.12
NSDQ 2355.17 -3.78
% Day High Day Low
-0.10 10577.08 10507.17
-0.19 1145.98 1138.99
-0.16 2361.75 2347.53
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2010 Oscars Recap

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Today In History

On March 11, 1985,

Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko.

In 1810,

French Emperor Napoleon I was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

In 1861,

the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted during a convention in Montgomery, Ala.