QUES: Platinum prices soared to 23-year highs earlier this year after President Bush ( news - web sites ) proposed investing $ 1.2 billion for research on fuel cell-powered vehicles .

Platinum prices soared to 23-year highs earlier this year after U.S. President George W. Bush proposed investing $ 1.2 billion for research on fuel cell-powered vehicles .

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QUES: She was arraigned in New York state on three counts of murder and ordered held without bail .

She was arraigned on three counts of second-degree murder and ordered held without bail in Sullivan County Jail .

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QUES: The family stopped for lunch at Freshwater Spit , where several children went to the water 's edge to play in the surf shortly after noon .

Several children , including the 8-year-old , went down to the water 's edge to play in the surf .

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