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Snowstorm blamed for 11 deaths, outages
Dec 23 2007 11:26PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
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Snowstorm blamed for 11 deaths, outages
Dec 23 2007 11:26PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
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Snowstorm blamed for 11 deaths, outages
Dec 23 2007 11:26PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
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Astronaut's mother mourned in Ill.
Dec 23 2007 10:49PM (CT)
LOMBARD, Ill. (AP) - As NASA astronaut Daniel Tani orbited Earth, hundreds of mourners filled a suburban Chicago church Sunday to remember his 90-year-old mother as someone who endured hardship to raise five children and worked until age 70.
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Soldiers seek families for Iraqi orphans
Dec 23 2007 10:30PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Having overcome great obstacles to adopt an Iraqi orphan with cerebral palsy, Scott Southworth is spearheading an effort to find families to care for another 21 disabled children from that unhappy land.
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Cop who lied about citizenship deported
Dec 23 2007 7:48PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A man who took a dead cousin's identity to pose as a U.S. citizen in order to become a police officer was deported from the United States and arrived in central Mexico on Sunday.
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Threat forces flight to land in Omaha
Dec 23 2007 5:43PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Southwest Airlines flight headed to Connecticut made an emergency landing here after a person who missed the flight made a bomb threat, an airline spokeswoman said Sunday.
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Ariz. city cops ask citizenship proof
Dec 23 2007 1:38PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Police in suburban Scottsdale have begun routinely asking for proof of citizenship from every suspect they arrest and turning those who are in this country illegally over to federal immigration officials.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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GI saves Iraqi boy in long-shot adoption
Dec 23 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) - Capt. Scott Southworth knew he'd face violence, political strife and blistering heat when he was deployed to one of Baghdad's most dangerous areas. But he didn't expect Ala'a Eddeen.
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Va. Tech families to lobby legislature
Dec 23 2007 12:27PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - As he sat in a hospital, watching blood ooze from his son Colin's gunshot wounds, Andrew Goddard negotiated with a higher power: Let my son live, and I will do what I can to spare another parent this torture.
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Tax rebate check time for Oregon
Dec 23 2007 11:25AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Just in time for Christmas, Oregon taxpayers have gotten some extra spending money from an unlikely Santa Claus: their state government.
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San Diego panda makes her public debut
Dec 23 2007 10:49AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego's most popular resident finally met her fans, up close and personal: Giant panda cub Zhen Zhen made her public debut Saturday at the San Diego Zoo.
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San Diego panda makes her public debut
Dec 23 2007 10:49AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego's most popular resident finally met her fans, up close and personal: Giant panda cub Zhen Zhen made her public debut Saturday at the San Diego Zoo.
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Beauty salons take on domestic abuse
Dec 23 2007 10:17AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At the Divas beauty salon, Spanish-language talk shows play on the TV, blow driers and scissors are at the ready and customers chat about everything from men to money to jobs.
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Body found burning near Fla. church
Dec 23 2007 9:59AM (CT)
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy found a woman's body on fire near a church early Sunday, authorities said.
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Fla. church burns in early morning fire
Dec 23 2007 9:47AM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A fire destroyed a Baptist church building early Sunday morning, authorities said. No injuries were reported.
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Baby Jesus statue gets GPS for Christmas
Dec 23 2007 9:14AM (CT)
BAL HARBOUR, Fla. (AP) - A baby Jesus statue here is getting a Global Positioning System for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will be equipped with the device after the previous statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.
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Man gives $31,000 to Salvation Army
Dec 23 2007 6:06AM (CT)
ORWIGSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Less than two weeks after a man put 30 $100 bills into a Salvation Army kettle, someone decided to do one better.
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NY man guilty in death of white teen
Dec 23 2007 3:30AM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A black man who invoked images of lynch mobs in explaining why he killed a white teenager was convicted of second-degree manslaughter when a jury rejected defense lawyers' arguments that his actions were justified.
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Board: Companies can bar union e-mail
Dec 23 2007 12:51AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Employers can prohibit workers from using the office e-mail system for union activities, so long as they prohibit solicitations from any outside organization, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
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Striking Appalacian nurses OK contract
Dec 23 2007 12:05AM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Hundreds of striking nurses from eastern Kentucky and West Virginia voted Saturday night to ratify a new contract with the region's largest health care provider.
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