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Estate of diocesan abuse accuser continues battle

SOURCE: The Advocate

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Michael Powel's legacy continues to haunt the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport. Powel died in October 2008 after an eight-year...
OKC voters to decide whether to extend sales tax

SOURCE: Seattle Times

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Oklahoma City residents were to decide Tuesday whether they wanted to continue paying an additional one-cent sales tax that in...
Arvada 7th-grader arrested for bringing gun to school

SOURCE: The Denver Post

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No one was threatened with the gun, Arvada police said in a statement. The boy faces a felony charge of...
Monfort arraignment delayed for third time

SOURCE: Seattle Times

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The arraignment of Christopher Monfort , the Tukwila man charged with killing Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton on Oct. 31,...
Boys, 12 and 14, charged with armed robbery

SOURCE: Seattle Times

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The boy, who was armed with a BB gun, and another boy, 14, then fled from the 76 station in...
Livni would have ceded more than Barak

SOURCE: Jerusalem Post

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Kadima leader Tzipi Livni agreed to cede to the Palestinians some 92.7 percent of the West Bank during negotiations she...
4-year jail term for Greenwich drug trafficker

SOURCE: The Advocate

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12/08/2009 08:37:48 PM EST A Greenwich man involved in a drug-trafficking ring was sentenced to four years in prison and...
Perry woman is found dead in a ditch

SOURCE: Lexington Herald-Leader

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State police said her cause of death has not been determined, and an autopsy is to be conducted. They said...
Bathurst crash leaves 2 in critical condition

SOURCE: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Al Boulianne has been found not guilty on two counts of sexual exploitation while in a position of trust. New...
Blue Jackets trade Pelletier for Bell, Kana

SOURCE: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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ET The Associated Press The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenceman Brendan Bell and forward Tomas Kana from the St...Columbus...
Dr M, you're right - 'Umno is racist'

SOURCE: Malaysiakini

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Overpriced hospital, another public fund 'sink hole' Tan Kian Khim: Let's summarise this: A huge, taxpayer-funded public hospital project is...
Comedian Patrick McGuiness under fire for crude jokes at Royal ...

SOURCE: Daily Mail

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His conduct placed ITV under pressure yesterday to censor the series of lurid jokes he made during his time on...
Local Red Cross issues scam alert

SOURCE: The Gleaner

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Local Red Cross officials want the public to know that they do not have any representatives going door-to-door fundraising or...
History greenlights 'Top Shot'

SOURCE: Variety

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History has fired a greenlight at �Top Shot,� its first reality competition series, for a 10-episode launch in 2010. Program...
Hawaii saw 5% jump in toxic releases

SOURCE: Honolulu Advertiser

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Hawaii facilities reported an increase in toxic releases of 5 percent in 2008 compared with 2007, according to the latest...

A few days ago, I was going through the news. And I read that there had been a bomb blast in a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This was a mosque frequented by Pakistani military officials. 39 people died in that...

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Lithuania: Reject Homophobic Law Proposal

Posted by: chnarendra

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 17:48:13 -0800 2009 | political-news

Lithuania's parliament (the Seimas) should eliminate all discriminatory and repressive language in a new law designed to censor information available to children, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to a key lawmaker. It called on the Seimas to...

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United States: Cause for Hope as Prison Growth Slows

Posted by: chnarendra

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 17:45:05 -0800 2009 | political-news

New US government figures showing slower growth in the prison population are cause for hope that the United States may be turning away from its longstanding policies of mass incarceration, Human Rights Watch said today. Statistics released today by the...

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Has climate change caused the H1N1 swine flu?

Posted by: fantasma

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 17:44:38 -0800 2009 | health-news

"Swine flu and climate change are inextricably related," says Angela Mawle, CEO of the UK Public Health Association. "Both are the end results of unbridled economic growth, environmental degradation and industrial agricultural practices. When will we ever learn that prevention...

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U.S. soldiers take oath to be U.S. citizens

Posted by: PeterPeng210

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 17:14:31 -0800 2009 | political-news

According to a media report, some U.S. soldiers originally with foreign nationalities took oath on Ellis Island of New York becoming U.S. citizens on Dec. 04, 2009. This event let us witness once again the mighty and greatness of the...

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New Iraqi election law approved

Posted by: shaimaasalem

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Tue Dec 08 17:16:19 -0800 2009 | political-news

Iraq’s parliament has unanimously approved a new electoral law, paving the way for elections early next year. Parliamentarians were called to vote in a special late-night session to try to end a political crisis, and they voted minutes before the...

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Martial Law declared in Maguindanao

Posted by: bongtamonte

Manila :: Philippines | updated Tue Dec 08 16:59:57 -0800 2009 | disasters

The Phil gov't declared martial law in Maguindanao. It can be recalled that a town in this southern province was the scene of the gruesome massacre of at least 57 people including many journalists. The crime was tagged as election...

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Dream !!!

Posted by: cuteabby808

Alexandria :: Egypt | updated Tue Dec 08 16:59:57 -0800 2009 | your-story

well i dont know how to start my story but its kinda complicated , am 21years live in Egypt and have adream to travel to europ or usa maybe its not that hard but since u are arab or muslim...

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Abortion Amendment Shot Down

Posted by: ahol888

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated Tue Dec 08 17:15:51 -0800 2009 | health-news

An abortion amendment proposed by Senators Ben Nelson (D) of Nebraska and Orrin Hatch (R) was voted against this afternoon by the United States Senate by a majority vote of 54-45. This new amendment will not be added to the...

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Snow storm

Posted by: xpiinkshadow

Montreal :: Canada | updated Tue Dec 08 17:30:25 -0800 2009 | odd-news

Tommorow december 9 we are going to have a snow storm in Canada, it isn't normale to have a snow storm at this time beacause it is almost our first snow. 25 to 30 cm of snow are thought that...

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An injured man is helped as smoke rises from the site of a bomb blast in ...

Source: Reuters

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Soldiers race to secure the site of a bomb blast in Pakistan's north west ...

Source: Reuters

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