msnbc.com: Life http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8884857/ns/us_news-life/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:31:18 GMT News 60 Spat over 'Muslim' halts 9/11 marker Ruth Epstein, a first selectman in Kent, Conn., says that to add "Muslim terrorists" to a planned 9/11 memorial would be disparaging towards Muslims.A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."




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]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:14:25 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33754750/ns/us_news-life/ Cavern could collapse, taking part of city This brine well collapsed near Artesia, N.M., in July 2008 and has similar characteristics to a well that could do the same in Carlsbad.A cavern that formed over three decades as oil field service companies pumped fresh water into a salt layer more than 400 feet below could collapse, taking with it part of Carlsbad, N.M.




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]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:05:41 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33738802/ns/us_news-environment/ Gay marriage opponents win with kid card Frank Schubert, campaign director for Stand for Marriage Maine, claims victory on Tuesday night in Portland in the vote to rescind the Legislature's approval of same-sex marriage. Schubert has helped shape a successful national strategy to counter same-sex marriage.Voters defeated gay marriage measures in California last year and in Maine this week after conservatives convinced parents that same-sex unions would become common classroom fodder.




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