Composer, Pulitzer winner Carter dies in NY at 103

NEW YORK (AP) — Classical composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, died Monday at age 103.His music publishing company, Boosey & Hawkes, called him an "iconic American composer." It didn't give the cause of his death.In a 1992 Associated Press interview, Carter described his works as "music that asks to be...

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Study: Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients' own cells for helping restore heart tissue.The work involved just 30 patients in Miami and Baltimore, but it proves the concept that anyone's cells can be used to treat such cases. Doctors are...

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Election 2012: You're in the Control Room

50992409e1aac9046a06c032Romney plane soon to be wheels up to OH. Candidate is smiling and seems to be upbeatRomney plane soon to be wheels up to OH. Candidate is smiling …5099223926d77ff65d025f94From Yahoo! News: BEDFORD, Mass. - Mitt and Ann Romney cast their ballots this morning, the candidate saying that he's feeling "very good" about his chances today. They arriving at their polling station...

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China relentlessly harries Japan in island dispute

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese patrol boats have harried the Japanese Coast Guard many times a week for more than a month in an unusually relentless response to their latest maritime spat.Four Chinese craft typically push to within hailing distance of Japan's ships. They flash illuminated signs in Japanese to press Beijing's argument that it has ancient claims to a set of tiny East China Sea islands now controlled...

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Apple says sold 3 million iPads since Friday

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Force is strong with dream 'Star Wars' directors

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's the question we've all been pondering from the second we heard that three more "Star Wars" movies were planned: Who will direct them?When George Lucas announced last week he was selling Lucasfilm to Disney for $4.05 billion, he also revealed that the long-rumored Episodes VI, VII and IX were in the works. Instantly, fans began tossing around names of directors who'd be a good...

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Surgery seems best for heart disease in diabetics

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New research shows that people with diabetes and several clogged heart arteries fare better with bypass surgery instead of having stents placed to prop open their blood vessels.Doctors compared the treatments in a study of 1,900 diabetics and looked five years later to see how many had suffered a heart attack, stroke or death. Only 19 percent of the bypass group had, versus 27 percent...

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Will it all come down to Ohio? Both campaigns focus on the state

Winner Takes All: Ohio Is a Must-Win for President Obama and Mitt Romney http://t.co/tWOXx...

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China's Communists endorse Bo Xilai's expulsion

BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist elite have endorsed the expulsion of former high-flying politician Bo Xilai and approved final preparations for the party's upcoming congress, state media reported Sunday.The closed-door meeting of the Central Committee that ended Sunday was the last before Communist Party leader Hu Jintao and others in his government begin to cede power to Vice President Xi...

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Google's Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones

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