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Horse runs into sea, rescued a mile offshore
The Arabian horse was spooked by waves during a beachside photo shoot.
May 16, 2012 02:05 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Army replaces 1st female head of drill sgt school
Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, who is black, has filed a complaint that she was targeted because of sexism and racism.
May 16, 2012 02:03 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police escort school buses after Ga. rifle threat
Buses carrying students to and from six schools are getting extra police protection through Friday, which is the last day of the school year.
May 16, 2012 01:46 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police to groom of slain bride: Turn yourself in
The 26-year old woman was found in her bathtub shortly after celebrating their wedding Friday.
May 16, 2012 11:28 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Website set up by killer’s mom upsets co-workers
Lillie Holliday set up a memorial-fund site for her son, who went on a shooting rampage in August 2010.
May 16, 2012 11:16 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Battling back: Young Georgia woman with flesh-eating bug alert — but bored
SAVANNAH — A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father t...
May 16, 2012 12:10 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dougherty siblings return to Georgia, plead not guilty
ALBANY — The three siblings accused of committing a cross-country crime spree that started in Florida and ended with a shootout in Colorado were hauled in to court Tuesday in Georgia to face charge...
May 16, 2012 12:07 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lack of trust in Facebook may be hindering ad sales
NEW YORK — Facebook’s reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site’s ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it. More than 40...
May 16, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Illegal immigrant a 20-year worker at NJ airport
Nigerian immigrant and security guard Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole’s true identity came out on the same day a federal report found that Newark Liberty International Airport mishandled security breaches.
May 15, 2012 02:33 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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NY judge grants class action status to frisk suit
The lawsuit alleges that the police department engaged in widespread practice of concentrating its stop-and-frisk activity on black and Hispanic neighborhoods based on their racial composition rath...
May 16, 2012 02:13 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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US agents on Honduran military operation
The U.S. assisted Honduran forces with logistical support in an operation to fight narcotics trafficking.
May 16, 2012 01:57 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Army reviews whether women can go to Ranger school
Going to Ranger school would not mean women would be allowed to serve in the Ranger battalions.
May 16, 2012 01:52 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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End urged to terror suspects’ indefinite detention
The unusual coalition of Democrats, libertarians and tea partyers is offering an amendment to the de-fense budget that would end the indefinite detention.
May 16, 2012 01:50 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Romney hits Obama on debt, campaigns in Fla.
Romney says neither party is solely to blame for the country’s $15.7 trillion national debt, but claims Obama is eager to blame his predecessor.
May 16, 2012 11:13 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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John Edwards, mistress will not testify
Defense attorneys expect to rest their case later Wednesday.
May 16, 2012 11:08 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Athens man punches window, bleeds to death
An Athens man bled to death after punching out a window at a former girlfriend's apartment.
May 16, 2012 08:33 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer’s at its earliest stages
By Lauran Neergaard Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease — by testing possible therapie...
May 16, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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OSHA probes postal worker’s mysterious illness
The agency is looking into what made former postal worker Jeffrey Lill sick after coming into contact with a mysterious package from Yemen.
May 15, 2012 02:35 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shift on marriage energizes immigration activists
With Hispanic voters making up roughly 30-percent of the population by 2050, activists say they need to take a lesson for the lesbian and gay community with regard to being the loud, squeaky wheel ...
May 15, 2012 02:22 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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