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Arapahoe Co. sheriff wants to bill candidates for security
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:27 pm MST
DENVER—A suburban Denver sheriff says he's going to start sending political campaigns the tab when roads have to be closed, traffic directed and deputies put on overtime.
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Lawmakers in 9 states target own pension perks
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:27 pm MST
Lawmakers in nine states are looking to scale back their own pensions by closing loopholes and lucrative retirement plans.
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University of Colorado Hospital giving socks to the homeless
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:24 pm MST
Volunteers from the University of Colorado Hospital's Burn Center will be giving out socks to the homeless this morning, in an effort to combat frostbite.
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Man convicted of sex assault gets 320 years in prison
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:20 pm MST
A Lincoln County man convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault was sentenced today to 320 years in prison.
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Nabors Ex-CEO Waives Claim
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:18 pm MST
Eugene Isenberg agreed to relinquish his right to a $100 million termination payment that was triggered when oil driller Nabors Industries replaced him as CEO while keeping him on as chairman.
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Blue Chips Fret Again Over Greece
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:16 pm MST
Stocks drifted lower, putting on hold five weeks of gains for the broader market, as investors shifted their focus to wrangling in Greece over fiscal austerity.
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Firefighters battle attic blaze in Manitou motel
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:10 pm MST
A fire ignited early Monday morning in the attic of a Manitou Springs motel.Firefighters were called just before 7 a.
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Forex Volume Drops for First Time Since 2009
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:09 pm MST
Global foreign-exchange trading volume dropped for the first time since the financial crisis, according to data released Monday by four major central banks.
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Greece to Cut Public-Sector Jobs
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:05 pm MST
Greece has agreed to lay off 15,000 public-sector workers by the end of 2012, as international pressure mounts on Athens to agree on austerity measures needed to secure major new debt agreements.
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'Halftime in America' ad pleases White House
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:05 pm MST
The White House denied involvement in Chrysler's 'Halftime in America' ad campaign, unveiled during the Super Bowl. But it likes the ad.
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Teen's journal: Killing was 'pretty enjoyable'
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:04 pm MST
In a journal entry read during her sentencing for murder, a Missouri teenager described killing a 9-year-old neighbor as "pretty enjoyable." ...
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Teen's journal describes killing girl as 'pretty enjoyable'
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:02 pm MST
A Missouri teen who admitted to killing a 9-year-old girl wrote that it was "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable," then went to church.
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→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:02 pm MST
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14 arrested in post-Super Bowl fracas on UMass-Amherst campus; DA vows to ‘vigorously prosecute’ all suspects
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:02 pm MST
A disturbance on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus following the New England Patriots' Super Bowl loss Sunday night ended with the arrests of 13 students and one non-student. The students will face criminal charges as well as school sanctions, officials said.
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Local fans crushed as Giants take Super Bowl over Patriots
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:02 pm MST
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Verizon, Redbox Plan Online Video Service
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:01 pm MST
Telecom company Verizon Communications and Redbox video-kiosk owner Coinstar said Monday they will launch an online service in the second half of the year featuring streaming videos and downloads.
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Police investigate video of alleged Atlanta gang beating
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:58 pm MST
Atlanta police said Monday they are looking into video footage posted online of an apparent gang-related beating in southwest Atlanta.
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India orders Google, Facebook to remove content
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:54 pm MST
The government says U.S. Internet standards are unacceptable for the more than 100 million Internet users in the country.
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Philadelphians stage a birthday party for Dickens
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:53 pm MST
In his will, Charles Dickens asked that no statues of himself ever be erected in his honor. Instead, the famed English author wanted the recognition to go to the characters in his books.
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MF Funds Missing Days Before Bankruptcy
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:53 pm MST
The trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global's brokerage said a shortfall of customer funds existed five days before the company failed, growing in size until it filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Museum talk highlights civil-rights titan Catto
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:51 pm MST
Despite its significant history, the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library in Philadelphia is an unimposing structure - save for the two armed guards standing out front. Bedecked in Union blue, the guards leaned on their rifles Sunday ushering in patrons with a tip of the kepi.
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US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:51 pm MST
(02-06) 12:51 PST BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as...
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Egypt: 19 Americans among 43 foreigners facing prosecution
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:47 pm MST
They face trials over illegally operating in Egypt and receiving funds from abroad without permission from Egyptian authorities.
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Fire that displaced 55 probed
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:32 pm MST
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Lazard Swings to Loss
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:28 pm MST
Lazard swung to a loss in the fourth quarter as the investment bank struggled with a slump in advisory revenue and higher-than-expected compensation costs despite slashing year-end bonuses.
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Jury can hear how church handled past abuse cases, judge rules
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:25 pm MST
Prosecutors at the child endangerment and sex-abuse trial of three current and former priests will be allowed to tell jurors how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia handled at least 22 other sex-abuse allegations over decades, a judge ruled Monday.
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Cal Grant participation connected to default rates
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:21 pm MST
A little-known California law has dealt a blow to nearly half of the for-profit college campuses in the state, barring them from offering students a coveted Cal Grant this year. The law cracks down for the first time on...
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Atlanta violated Open Meetings Act, court finds
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:20 pm MST
Government councils, commissions and boards cannot withhold from the public the names of members who voted against or abstained from voting on a non-roll-call item, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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Ethics panel to meet today to discuss Colorado Rep. Laura Bradford's traffic stop
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:16 pm MST
A house ethics committee is set to meet today — in the fourth ethics probe in four years — to examine circumstances around a Mesa County lawmaker's traffic stop after a legislative happy hour.
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Man hurt in fall of work lift behind cathedral
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pm MST
A construction lift being used for facade work on a church building behind the Basilica Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul toppled over today, crushing a worker's leg, police said.
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Gingrich revs up Golden rally, calls for "very big change"
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pm MST
GOLDEN — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today that what the country needs is "a very big change," and he — not front-runner Mitt Romney — is the candidate
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Minneapolis announces labor agreements with Vikes
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:10 pm MST
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and labor groups say they have agreements with the Vikings that they hope will increase city support for a new stadium on the current Metrodome site.
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Storm signs Belgium star Ann Wauters
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:10 pm MST
Brian Agler, the Storm's coach and general manager, cashed in on the salary cap space cleared with a big trade in January to announce the signing of Belgium star C Ann Wauters on Monday. Wauters, 31, was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2000 but didn't play in the WNBA the past two years in order to start a family.
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US oil prices fall below $97
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:09 pm MST
U.S. oil prices fell below $97 per barrel Monday as growing supplies offset moves by President Barack Obama and other Western leaders to make it tougher for Iran to sell crude. Here's how energy contracts traded.
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Contador's Tour dreams shattered by two-year ban
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:09 pm MST
PARIS (Reuters) - Alberto Contador's Tour de France dreams were shattered Monday when the Spaniard was stripped of one of his three titles and banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 race.
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King County home prices drop again
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:09 pm MST
House prices in King County hit another new post-boom low in January, according to statistics released Monday by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
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Iran arrests several on links to BBC Farsi service
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:08 pm MST
Iranian authorities have arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service, Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Monday.
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Romney, Gingrich, Santorum to campaign in Colorado today in advance of GOP caucus
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:07 pm MST
GOLDEN — Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are making a final push in Colorado ahead of tomorrow's GOP caucus.
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Man faces NY extradition hearing in Vegas fraud
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:07 pm MST
A Las Vegas resident picked up at the U.S.-Canadian border on securities fraud charges is being held for extradition from upstate New York.
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Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:07 pm MST
A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
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Great Dane ad for Doritos nabs $1 million
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:06 pm MST
A diabolical dog, a weak-willed husband, a dead cat and a spicy snack.
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Judge temporarily blocks Mississippi execution
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:04 pm MST
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the execution of a Mississippi inmate who killed two men during a robbery in 1995.
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Friends try to make sense of suicide on Temple campus
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:04 pm MST
THE SMALL CANDLES on the ground added no warmth to the Temple University campus last night as students shuffled through the biting cold, past a makeshift memorial for a former student.
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Junk foods widely available at elementary schools
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:03 pm MST
Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests.
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Surgeon: Sen. Kirk's condition upgraded to good
→ The Seattle Times: Home | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:03 pm MST
Doctors say Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has been upgraded to good condition and is continuing to improve after a major stroke.
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'I'm lost for words, it hurts so bad'
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:03 pm MST
The family of one of four men killed in a fiery wrong-way crash on I-80 says he was headed to his fiance's place.
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A sign of changing times: Priced out of Natick
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:02 pm MST
Brendan and his wife, Emily, thought finding a four bedroom home in the suburbs would be a cinch. After all,...
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Madonna was the Super Bowl's real champion
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:02 pm MST
By Joanna Weiss Let’s put aside our Patriots hangover and agree that something good came out of last night’s game:...
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Extreme cold weather hits Europe
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:02 pm MST
More links and information Russia and Ukraine move to protect homeless from cold snap - Guardian.co.uk, 2/3 Cold weather death toll passes 100 in Ukraine - BBC.co.uk, 2/3
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Man, 30, killed in E. Germantown shooting
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:58 pm MST
A 30-year-old man was critically wounded today when gunfire erupted on a street in East Germantown, police said.
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Obamas to host dinner for Iraq veterans
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:57 pm MST
At least half the guests invited to a White House dinner later this month will be enlisted men and women from all the services.
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Tesco Delays Launch of U.K. Current Accounts
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:52 pm MST
U.K. supermarket giant cites difficulty for customers to switch banks for offering's pushback to 2013.
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Romania's government collapses after protests
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:51 pm MST
Government collapsed Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures.
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Rutgers chief decries merger plan
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:50 pm MST
Pushing back against Gov. Christie's proposal to merge Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University, the president of the Rutgers University system told a state legislative panel Monday that it was unlikely his university's governing boards would "willingly relinquish the campus."
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More cuts for Pennsylvania’s state universities?
→ Philly.com News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:50 pm MST
Pennsylvania's state universities could take another big hit in funding under Gov. Corbett's budget proposal to be released Tuesday morning.
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Former Adams County paving company owner Jerry Rhea guilty of theft
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:49 pm MST
Jerry Rhea, the former owner of scandal-plagued Quality Paving and Quality Resurfacing, has been convicted of theft in a fraud that cost Adams County taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Slackliner Andy Lewis with Boulder company lands big with Madonna at Super Bowl
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:41 pm MST
BOULDER — Most of America still may not know what slacklining is, but the millions watching Madonna perform during halftime at the Super Bowl saw the increasingly popular sport
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Colleges sell naming rights to bathrooms
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:39 pm MST
To raise funds, Dixie State offered naming rights to individual bathroom stalls in a musical theater company's planned building.
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Oakland liquor store facade collapses
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:39 pm MST
The facade of a liquor store on International Boulevard in Oakland crumbled and fell to the sidewalk today, authorities said. No one was hurt when the brick masonry at the Express Liquor and Market store on...
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Ode On A Colonoscopy
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:32 pm MST
The morning I had my colonoscopy I went to my lawyer’s office to finalize my will. No, it’s not how...
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Hasbro's Net Edges Lower
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:26 pm MST
Hasbro's earnings slipped as the toy maker booked double-digit sales declines in the girls and games categories.
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Humana's Net Jumps 86%
→ WSJ.com: What's News US | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:23 pm MST
Humana's earnings surged 86% as the health insurer continued to benefit from membership growth and light use of health benefits.
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White House: Backing Assad is a 'losing bet'
→ USATODAY.com Feed | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:22 pm MST
White House spokesman Jay Carney says there are telltale signs that Bashar al-Assad's future is "very limited at best."
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Boston gives bonuses to teachers at improving schools - The Boston Globe
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:17 pm MST
The city recently gave out more than $400,000 to teachers and classroom aides at 12 academically struggling schools that have shown progress.
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That Darn Mitt II (Medicare Edition) - Health Stew - Boston.com
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:02 pm MST
Here's Mitt speaking to a Florida audience this past Monday as quoted by Politico's Playbook:"If I'm president, I will repeal...
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Daughter of first black man in Antarctica writing book on his adventure
→ News | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:51 am MST
George Washington Gibbs Jr., the first African-American to set foot on Antarctica, had long dreamed of writing a book about his adventures as a member of the U.S. Navy on Admiral Richard Byrd's third expedition to the South Pole in 1939-40.
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Man's body found in back seat of burning car in northwest Atlanta
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:41 am MST
Authorities are trying to determine what killed a man whose body was found in a burning car in northwest Atlanta early Monday.
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Talent won out, as Patriots lost out in Super Bowl XLVI
→ Boston.com Most Popular | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:32 am MST
By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Columnist INDIANAPOLIS -- The Patriots didn't lose Super Bowl XLVI. The more talented team won...
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Bishop Eddie Long apologizes to Jewish group
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:27 am MST
Bishop Eddie Long has apologized for last Sunday's service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church that drew the ire of Jewish groups and religious scholars.
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→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:06 am MST
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Police think Hollister girl, 14, ran away with man
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:06 am MST
Police are searching for a 14-year-old Hollister girl who appears to have run away with a 41-year-old San Francisco man last week. Selena Burr's grandmother reported the teenager as missing after she left home early...
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Florida crashes | ‘Life goes on' amid mourning of lost of 5 Marietta church members
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:02 am MST
The words were meant to reassure the small congregation. Struggling for answers among tragedy, members of the International Church of the Restoration looked to senior pastor Aron Amazonas, who offered a simple but truthful message: “Life goes on,” he told the 50 people sitting in front of him, a slight tremble in his voice.
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Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 11:01 am MST
(02-06) 10:01 PST New York (AP) -- Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox'...
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DeKalb redistricting still up in the air
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:54 am MST
Two committees of DeKalb County lawmakers that are working to redraw political lines for the County Commission and county school board districts postponed voting on new maps Monday but expect to act by the week’s end.
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Court hears lawsuit about alligator attack
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:26 am MST
The evening before her body was found floating in the water, 83-year-old Gwyneth Williams was likely out looking for her daughter's dog near one of the many lagoons that cut through The Landings, the exclusive resort community on Skidaway Island.
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Cobb Library hosts Black History Month gala
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:20 am MST
Cobb County Public Library System will hold its 2nd annual African American History Month Gala on Saturday in Marietta.
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One killed in wreck on Covington Highway in DeKalb
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:14 am MST
One person was killed Monday morning in a wreck on a busy south DeKalb County thoroughfare. The crash happened before 10:30 a.m.
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Drunk grandmother leaves baby on freeway, cops say
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:07 am MST
Police found a 1-month-old baby on the side of a busy Sacramento-area highway on Friday afternoon.
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Romney dipping down into Georgia
→ Metro news | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:07 am MST
Campaign officials say Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning a Wednesday fundraiser in Atlanta ahead of Georgia's GOP primary.
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Man, 21, slain in San Jose apartment parking lot
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:31 am MST
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed late Sunday in an apartment complex parking lot in San Jose, police said. Officers found the man at 10:15 p.m. outside the apartments on the 4300 block of Blackford Avenue, just...
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Man trapped in elevator, so is his rescuer
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 9:08 am MST
A man--and then the firefighter who rescued him--were trapped in Loop condo high-rise elevators for some 3½ hours Sunday night.
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Brady's wife rips receivers
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:51 am MST
Tom Brady is taking plenty of heat in the aftermath of Super Bowl XLVI, but the supermodel wife of the New England quarterback says the blame for the Patriots' loss belongs elsewhere.
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Norway mass killer decries "cultural destruction"
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 7:38 am MST
OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway, said Monday his massacre was necessary to prevent his country's cultural destruction.
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Ruling Party in Mexico Picks Woman as Candidate
→ NYT > Americas | 6 Feb 2012 | 7:25 am MST
The National Action Party chose a woman, the first from a major party, as its candidate for president in a primary on Sunday.
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Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 6:52 am MST
(02-06) 05:52 PST ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's top court on Monday struck down a state law designed to discourage assisted suicides after a legal battle brought by four members of a suicide group who said the law also...
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Naperville councilman calls for changes in wake of stabbing
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 6:24 am MST
A Naperville city councilman is calling for tougher enforcement of liquor laws after the weekend stabbing death of an elementary school teacher at a downtown Naperville bar.
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Video: Watch all the Super Bowl ads >> Vote for your favorite
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 6:02 am MST
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NBC apologizes for M.I.A. halftime show gesture
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 5:37 am MST
The most remembered piece of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza will likely be an extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. >> Chicago celebs at Super Bowl
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Eliana Lopez hires lawyers in Ross Mirkarimi case
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am MST
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi 's wife, who so far has refused to cooperate with investigators in the domestic-violence case against him, has herself a new set of lawyers - including one who has experience with a...
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Occupy Bernal, Petaluma zero in on foreclosures
→ San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate | 6 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am MST
Tim Nonn blamed himself when he and his wife lost their Petaluma house to foreclosure 18 months ago after his job was outsourced and her store fell victim to the economic downturn. "I didn't even tell anyone in my...
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Cops: Wisconsin escapee may be headed for home in Riverside
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:25 am MST
Police in west suburban Riverside believe a man sought by Wisconsin authorities after he fled from a work release camp there may return to the Chicago area to hide out with relatives or acquaintances.
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A rational approach to rail
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am MST
New priorities — start in urban areas, build on what's in place — could propel the bullet train.
California's proposed bullet train is being recalibrated. And designers may finally be on the right track.
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Occupy L.A. seeks return of murals painted at City Hall camp
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am MST
The city is looking for institutions that would store and display the works salvaged after protesters were ousted. But Occupy L.A. says the murals 'were made for the people and they belong to the people.'
Occupy L.A.protesters want their murals back.
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Unified by the coin of their realm
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am MST
Insular Bernal Heights — 'this weird little borderline utopia,' as one resident calls it — has updated 'complementary currency' in the form of a debit card.
Coiled around a wind-swept hill near this city's lively Mission District, Bernal Heights takes an almost cult-like pride in being insular.
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At a planned train trench, an archaeological treasure trove
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am MST
A Spanish silver coin dating from 1816 is among the artifacts a 30-member team of archaeologists has unearthed next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission.
Archaeologist Deanna Jones couldn't believe her eyes as she hunched over a shallow pit dug next to railroad tracks in front of the San Gabriel Mission.
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Trutanich surprises groups by listing them as backers
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:00 am MST
Officials with three law enforcement organizations say they have yet to formally decide whom to back, if anyone, in this year's race for district attorney. Trutanich, L.A.'s city attorney, is the obvious front-runner.
With the race for district attorney heating up, Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich, the obvious front-runner, recently listed key supporters who endorse him, including the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Assn., the Los Angeles School Police Assn. and the National Assn. of Prosecuting Attorneys.
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Cal State Northridge students stress out under tightened enrollment
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 5 Feb 2012 | 10:58 pm MST
Thousands remain in limbo as the over-enrolled campus imposes class and credit limits to avoid a $7-million fine.
For the last two weeks, Cal State Northridge Associate Dean Maureen Rubin has been troubled by anguished dreams of students unable to find classes — despite her best efforts.
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Retired sheriff's commander is at center of internal investigation
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 5 Feb 2012 | 10:18 pm MST
Robert Olmsted accuses department officials of rigging a probe into excessive force in jails to scapegoat him and shield brass from blame. A department spokesman denies his allegation.
A retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department commander who publicly accused department brass last year of ignoring his warnings about jail abuse is now at the center of an internal investigation.
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Giants beat Patriots 21-17 to win Super Bowl
→ News - chicagotribune.com | 5 Feb 2012 | 10:18 pm MST
Eli Manning and the New York Giants saved their very best for the fourth quarter to emerge with an epic 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI Sunday in Indianapolis.
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Rabbi's 'Kosher Jesus' book is denounced as heresy
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 5 Feb 2012 | 8:52 pm MST
Shmuley Boteach's book focuses on Jesus' Jewishness, portraying him as a hero who was not resurrected or divine. But some other rabbis express contempt for the book and forbid followers to read it.
For an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Shmuley Boteach has a deeply unorthodox streak.
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San Onofre nuclear power plant incidents draw attention
→ L.A. Times - California | Local News | 5 Feb 2012 | 7:18 pm MST
A radiation leak, the discovery of tube damage and a worker falling into a reactor pool all happened within days of one another.
The San Onofre nuclear power plant came under renewed scrutiny last week after a small radiation leak and the discovery of extensive tube damage.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Ecuador: Chevron Will Not Apologize for Pollution, Even to Save $8.5 Billion
→ NYT > Americas | 3 Feb 2012 | 11:51 pm MST
Chevron said Friday that it had no intention of apologizing for the environmental damage to the Amazon rain forest for which an Ecuadorean court ruled it responsible.
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At War With São Paulo’s Establishment, Black Paint in Hand
→ NYT > Americas | 3 Feb 2012 | 4:45 pm MST
The São Paulo authorities have tried for years to stop pichação, graffiti that reflects urban decay and deep class divisions.
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The Lede Blog: Komen Split With Planned Parenthood Draws Fire Online
→ NYT > Americas | 2 Feb 2012 | 1:28 pm MST
Upset over the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to cut funds for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood affiliates, thousands of women took their protest online.
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Mexican General and Troops Charged in Border Town Atrocities
→ NYT > Americas | 2 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am MST
The general and his men are accused of carrying out killings, torture and drugs and arms trafficking in Chihuahua State.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: Bombing Near Police Station
→ NYT > Americas | 2 Feb 2012 | 9:45 am MST
The explosion killed at least seven people and left 75 wounded and officials blamed the rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for the attack.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Charges in Plot to Aid a Qaddafi
→ NYT > Americas | 2 Feb 2012 | 9:40 am MST
Three people were formally charged in connection with an unsuccessful plot to smuggle Saadi el-Qaddafi into Mexico, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: 2 Texas Missionaries Are Killed
→ NYT > Americas | 2 Feb 2012 | 9:40 am MST
The missionary couple had been living in Mexico since 1979, preaching and founding a Baptist church in the town of Santiago, where they lived.
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Latin America Sees Own Past in West’s Economic Crises
→ NYT > Americas | 1 Feb 2012 | 1:05 pm MST
After years of hearing lectures on fiscal prudence from the West, many in Latin America are left with bewilderment, and even a little schadenfreude, at the West’s problems.
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Prince William’s Posting to Falklands Revives Ire
→ NYT > Americas | 1 Feb 2012 | 11:10 am MST
What British officials call Prince William’s routine mission is stirring interest at home and abroad as the 30th anniversary of Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands approaches.
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California man finds $500K worth of cocaine stashed in his used van
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 1:32 pm MST
A California man found $500,000 worth of cocaine stashed in the door panels of his used van, according to local reports.
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‘Elusive Justice’ spotlights search for Nazi criminals
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 1:08 pm MST
“Elusive Justice,” a fascinating and sometimes depressing documentary on the fate of Nazi criminals after World War II, raises unblinking and unavoidable questions about our whole concept of justice and revenge.
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Snooki shows off slimmer figure
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 1:08 pm MST
The self-professed guidette has slimmed down considerably since cutting back on food and drinks packed with calories.
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Steven Spielberg and John Williams hold 'AFI Master Class'
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 1:07 pm MST
You won’t necessarily learn how to create a master blend of movies and music from listening to Steven Spielberg and John Williams talk about how they’ve done it with films like “E.T.,” “Indiana Jones” and “Jaws.” But so what?
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ANALYSIS: Rick Perry’s debate gaffe on par with Gerald Ford’s blunder - but at least he realized it
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 12:54 pm MST
Rick Perry's epic meltdown is the most damaging political gaffe since Jerry Ford's cataclysmic 1976 blooper, but at least Perry knew it and launched a damage-control offensive immediately.
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NBA players to owners: See you in court
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 12:40 pm MST
See you in court! That was the message NBA players sent to owners on Monday, when they filed court papers to "disclaim” as talks broke down in the war between owners and players over a new CBA.
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Free drugs can help prevent repeat heart attacks
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 12:34 pm MST
Doctors were stunned to find that only about half of patients offered the free post-heart attack medicine actually took the drugs regularly.
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Second Mile CEO resigns amid PSU scandal
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 12:33 pm MST
The chief executive officer of the charity founded by Jerry Sandusky - who has been charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse over a 15-year period - resigned on Sunday.
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No added cops on subway despite crime spike on trains
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 12:20 pm MST
Police brass said Monday they won’t be adding putting more officers in the subway despite an increase in underground crime.
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Brad Pitt to quit acting in three years
→ Nation / World - NY Daily News | 14 Nov 2011 | 12:07 pm MST
Brad Pitt is throwing some curve balls - vowing he'll retire from acting at age 50 and suggesting he's not finished building his beautiful brood with Angelina Jolie.
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STRANGERS ON A TRAIN STAR: FARLEY GRANGER DEAD
→ National Enquirer | 29 Mar 2011 | 10:00 am MDT
FARLEY GRANGER who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN dead at 85.
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EYE SPY: MICHAEL DOUGLAS BACK ON BOOZE
→ National Enquirer | 28 Mar 2011 | 11:00 pm MDT
MICHAEL DOUGLAS is drinking again - and experts fear it could trigger his former booze addiction and derail his battle against Stage 4 throat cancer!
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OJ HEART ATTACK FEARS
→ National Enquirer | 27 Mar 2011 | 11:00 pm MDT
Creepy double murder acquitee OJ SIMPSON is a walking heart attack!
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MATT DAMON GAY SECRET
→ National Enquirer | 27 Mar 2011 | 11:00 pm MDT
MATT DAMON has a gay secret and he's telling EVERYONE about his lip lock with MICHAEL DOUGLAS!
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SECRET LUST OF DAVID HASSELHOFF
→ National Enquirer | 27 Mar 2011 | 11:00 pm MDT
DAVID HASSELHOFF starred in the most-watched TV show of all time, but he has one huge regret from his years on Baywatch - that he never bedded his co-star PAMELA ANDERSON!
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'DANCING WITH STARS' CHEATING SCANDAL'
→ National Enquirer | 27 Mar 2011 | 11:00 pm MDT
The "fix" is in! "DANCING WITH THE STARS" is about to explode in a huge cheating scandal - ABC bosses are terrified a secret campaign is in motion to catapult KIRSTIE ALLEY or KENDRA WILKINSON into the winner's circle!
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