Abbie Fentress Swanson

Abbie Fentress Swanson appears in the following:

EPA Adds Raritan Bay Site to Superfund List

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added parts of the Raritan Bay in New Jersey to its Superfund National Priorities List.

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Radar Inventor and Broadway Composer Dies

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Robert Rines, the 87-year-old patent holder of radar and composer of more than 10 Broadway and off-Broadway scores, died Sunday.

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France Talks Disarmament with North Korea

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy is sending a special mission to North Korea to talk about nuclear arms.

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Fight to the Finish in New Jersey

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

There's no rest for the weary in the contentious New Jersey gubernatorial race.

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Karzai Wants Change for Afghanistan

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Hamid Karzai has pledged to banish corruption and create an inclusive government in his second term.

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Phillies Win Game 5

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

The Philadelphia Phillies are still in the World Series after an 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees Monday night.

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NYC Celebrates the Day of the Dead

Monday, November 02, 2009

New York City celebrates the Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, October 30 through November 2.

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USS New York Stops at Ground Zero

Monday, November 02, 2009

A Navy assault ship built with steel from the fallen World Trade Center made its inaugural visit to New York City and gave a 21-gun salute at Ground Zero.

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Karzai Declared Victor in Afghanistan

Monday, November 02, 2009

President Hamid Karzai has been declared the victor in Afghanistan's presidential election.

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WQXR's Washington Report

Monday, November 02, 2009

David Sanger, of The New York Times, talks about Karzai's victory in Afghanistan, Clinton's remarks in Pakistan and the skirmish between the White House and Fox News.

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Abdullah Drops Out of Afghan Election

Monday, November 02, 2009

Afghanistan's former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has dropped out of this Saturday's run-off election.

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Yankees Edge in on a World Series Title

Monday, November 02, 2009

The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 last night, giving them a 3-1 series lead. If they win Game 5 tonight in Philadephia, they will win the World Series.

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US Runner Breaks 27-Year Dry Spell

Monday, November 02, 2009

Meb Keflezighi, an Eritrean-American, won the New York City Marathon Sunday.

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Suicide Blast Kills 35 in Pakistan

Monday, November 02, 2009

The Taliban is suspected in a suicide bombing that exploded in a Rawalpindi car park beside a bank Monday.

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Consumer Spending Plunges

Friday, October 30, 2009

Consumer spending for September is down by the largest amount in nine months.

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Clinton Heads from Pakistan to the Gulf

Friday, October 30, 2009

The Secretary of State leaves Pakistan Friday and heads to Abu Dhabi to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Photographer Roy DeCarava Dies at 89

Friday, October 30, 2009

The photographer best known for his black-and-white depictions of Harlem died in Manhattan Tuesday.

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Obama Seeks Advice from Joint Chiefs on Troop Levels

Friday, October 30, 2009

The President holds his seventh White House meeting on troop levels in Afghanistan Friday.

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Honduran Leaders Make a Deal

Friday, October 30, 2009

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the country's interim leader Roberto Micheletti will sign a power-sharing deal Friday.

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Officials Comb Waters After Crash

Friday, October 30, 2009

Nine people are thought to be missing after a Coast Guard plane collided with a Marine Corps helicopter.

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