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• The list is out! Top baby names for 2011 are...

  It's official -- we're all keeping up with the Kardashians now. Even when it comes to baby names. The Social Security Administration released its top 1,000 baby name list for 2011 on Monday morning. This is the mother of all baby-name lists, eagerly awaited by name nerds and anx …

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• Spring nor'easter cuts power to 75,000; around foot of snow in places

  A powerful spring storm dumped snow across parts of the Northeast overnight -- including around a foot in at least three places -- and cut power to more than 75,000 customers in Pennsylvania and upstate New York, with more snow expected overnight.

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• Firefighter who survived 9/11 dies fighting blaze

  A Brooklyn firefighter who was a 9/11 responder died Monday after he was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest from the scene of a warehouse fire.

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• Santorum: Money was not the main reason for dropping out

    In a conference call with supporters that featured multiple appeals for donations to retire his campaign debt, Rick Santorum said money was not the main reason he dropped from the presidential race. During the call, advertised as a thank you to supporters, Santorum said it …

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• Illinois man drowns in pond following swan attack

  A 37-year-old father of two drowned Saturday in the pond at a Des Plaines, Ill., area apartment complex following an altercation with a swan, local reports say. Anthony Hensley, who worked for a company that uses swans and dogs to keep geese away, was in a kayak as …

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