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| 9/11 settlement case to go before judge Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:13:52 EST A New York judge may approve a $657 million settlement Friday for workers who became ill after the 9/11 terrorists attacks. |
| Vaccine court finds no link to autism Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:24 EST A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases. |
| FAA urges $787,500 in fines for American Airlines Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:28:13 EST The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed $787,500 in fines against American Airlines for maintenance violations. |
| Coroner: Drug overdose not ruled out in Corey Haim's death Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:17:09 EST Although Corey Haim's heart was enlarged and he had fluid in his lungs, the coroner's chief investigator says a drug overdose has not been ruled out as the cause of the actor's death. |
| FBI, nuclear agency investigate terrorism suspect Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:04:56 EST The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working with the FBI to determine whether a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member had access to any sensitive areas of the nuclear plants where he once worked, a commission spokeswoman said Friday. |
| Alaska authorities say woman may have died in wolf attack Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:37:07 EST Authorities in Alaska are investigating whether a wolf attack killed a 32-year-old woman whose body was found in a remote area near a small village. |
| High school hires female football coach Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:25:05 EST A high school in Washington, D.C., is set to name a former women's professional football player as its head varsity football coach Friday, a move that a national women's sports advocacy group calls historic. |
| Independent counsel named in Paterson investigations Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:36 EST New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has appointed a former chief judge of the State Appellate Court to oversee two investigations of Gov. David Paterson. |
| Fifth-grader spends birthday lobbying for health care reform Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:21 EST While most 11-year-olds would probably celebrate their birthdays with a party, Marcelas Owens was on the steps of Capitol Hill rallying for health care reform. |
| School sued for canceling prom over lesbian student Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:47:16 EST A Mississippi high school faces a lawsuit over its decision to cancel its prom rather than allow a lesbian high school student to attend with her girlfriend. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2010 is:
sub rosa • \sub-ROH-zuh\ • adverb
: in confidence : secretly
Example sentence:
The private investigator met sub rosa with his client to show her photos of her husband rendezvousing at various local establishments with another woman.
Did you know?
"Sub rosa" literally means "under the rose" in New Latin. Since ancient times, the rose has often been associated with secrecy. In ancient mythology, Cupid gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to keep him from telling about the indiscretions of Venus. Ceilings of dining rooms have been decorated with carvings of roses, reportedly to remind guests that what was said at the table should be kept confidential. Roses have also been placed over confessionals as a symbol of the confidentiality of confession. "Sub rosa" entered the English language in the 17th century, and even before then, people were using the English version, "under the rose." Earlier still, "unter der Rose" was apparently used in Germany, where the phrase is thought to have originated.