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Egyptians in US already looking toward the future
Waves of celebration rippled out of Egypt and washed onto America's shores Friday, with Egyptian-Americans already looking to the future after the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and his three decades of authoritarian rule.

February 11, 2011 1 Photo
Pulitzers handed out When the Pulitzer board handed out the most important prizes in journalism, The New York Times and The Washington Post topped the list of winners— and finalists — as usual.
April 13, 2010
Crews re-enter W.Va. mine to recover 9 bodies Searchers went back inside a wrecked West Virginia coal mine Monday to pull out more bodies as federal investigators prepared to launch their probe of the explosion that killed 29 men in the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1970.
April 12, 2010 1 Photo
Churchgoers honor 29 dead miners _ and profession A pair of tall black boots and a lunch pail sat near the altar Sunday at the New Life Assembly church, a memorial to the 29 men killed in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970 and a thank-you to those who make their living inside the mountains.
April 11, 2010 1 Photo
4 missing W.Va. miners dead; final toll at 29 Rescue workers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine, dashing the fading hopes of finding more survivors of a violent explosion that claimed 29 lives, making it the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation.
April 10, 2010 3 Photos
Obama promises quick court replacement for Stevens The retirement of John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's leading liberal but a justice who also could find conservative allies, will set off an election-year political battle over President Barack Obama's second high court pick.
April 9, 2010 1 Photo
Funerals begin for victims of W.Va. mine blast As grieving relatives began burying some of the 25 coal miners killed in a massive underground explosion, crews prepared to go back into the mine Friday despite increasingly slim odds of finding survivors.
April 9, 2010 1 Photo
Smoke, fear of fire push rescuers from W.Va. mine Rescue teams trekked far enough into a ruined coal mine early Friday to see that no one had used a chamber where four missing miners could have sought refuge, further dimming hopes of anyone else surviving an explosion that killed 25.
April 9, 2010 1 Photo
Search on again for WV coal mine blast survivors Rescue workers clinging to the slimmest of hope pushed deep into a shattered coal mine early Friday, trying to get far enough to finally resolve whether four miners somehow survived an explosion that killed 25.
April 9, 2010 1 Photo
Gases force crews to abandon W.Va. mine rescue Dangerous gases forced rescue crews to abandon the search Thursday for four coal miners missing since an explosion killed 25 colleagues in the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades.
April 8, 2010 1 Photo
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