NEWARK, N.J. ? The New Jersey Nets honored the late Whitney Houston by playing her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the 1991 Super Bowl before their game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. The Newark-born singer died in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday at the age of 48. Her funeral will be Saturday [...]

ScienceDaily (May 18, 2012) ? On May 20-21, 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor along Earth’s northern Hemisphere — beginning in eastern Asia, crossing the North Pacific Ocean, and ending in the western United States. A partial eclipse will be visible from a much larger region [...]

OKATIE, S.C. (AP) ? Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is correcting himself after saying the US is at war in Iran instead of Iraq. At a campaign stop Thursday in South Carolina, a woman asked the Texas governor his views on current U.S. military operations and how they compare to the nation’s role in World [...]

>>> now to washington . a showdown over taxes in congress. when we left you last night, it looked like lawmakers had reached a deal on their way out of town. but tonight, it is a whole different story. our capitol hill correspondent kelly o’donnell joins us now [...]

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