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Congressman gets death threat over health reform
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8.7.2009 : 11:19 pm
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WASHINGTON -- A North Carolina congressman who supports an overhaul of the health care system had his life threatened by a caller upset that he was not holding a public forum on the proposal, his office said Friday.
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Deaths 'considerable' in Tongan ferry sinking
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8.7.2009 : 10:50 pm
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SYDNEY -- Australia's leader says there has been 'considerable' loss of life in a ferry sinking off Tonga.
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Family of missing Navy pilot plans memorial
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8.7.2009 : 9:31 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The family of a long-missing Navy pilot will get another military briefing Tuesday on information surrounding his death in Iraq nearly 20 years ago. That will be followed by a memorial service on Friday.
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Defiant response to health protests from Dingell
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8.7.2009 : 9:05 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Congress' longest-serving member and a fierce health care advocate vowed Friday to push ahead with Democratic-led efforts to extend coverage to all, saying he won't be intimidated by protesters who disrupted his town-hall meetings.
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AP-US--Planes-Speed Malfunction,3rd Ld-Writethru, US
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8.7.2009 : 8:37 pm
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WASHINGTON -- On at least a dozen recent flights by U.S. jetliners, malfunctioning equipment made it impossible for pilots to know how fast they were flying, federal investigators have discovered. A similar breakdown is believed to have played a role in the Air France crash into the Atlantic that killed all 228 people aboard in June.
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Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants
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8.7.2009 : 7:26 pm
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian police raided a house on the outskirts of the capital early on Saturday, killing two suspected militants, arresting three others and seizing explosives and a car bomb, a senior officer said.
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Palin says Obama's health care plan is 'evil'
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8.7.2009 : 7:22 pm
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says President Obama's plan to overhaul health care is evil.
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Former Jack Daniel's master distiller dies at 69
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8.7.2009 : 7:16 pm
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jimmy Bedford, the slender and silver-haired former master distiller of the Jack Daniel's whiskey during a 40-year career with the company, died Friday. He was 69.
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Salmonella product recalls
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8.7.2009 : 7:05 pm
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Adams Brisket Rub; Adams Multi-Season Seasoned Salt; Adams Multi-Seasoning; REX Cayenne Pepper Ground; REX Cayenne Pepper; Adams Reserve Cajun Seasoning; Carniceria Texas Red All Purpose Seasoning Adams; Carniceria B-B-Q Seasoning Adams; REX Crab Boil Ready Mix; and REX Fish Fry. For more information, consumers can call 888-672-1850 ext. 208.
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Feds to keep better conditions at Texas facility
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8.7.2009 : 6:57 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreed Friday to continue improvements to a central Texas detention center until all immigrant families held there have left.
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Philly officer accused of unauthorized Obama check
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8.7.2009 : 6:49 pm
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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's police department is investigating why an officer used his police car's computer to run a criminal background check on President Barack Obama.
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Attacks on lone blogger reverberate across Web
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8.7.2009 : 6:44 pm
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NEW YORK -- The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia — but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause.
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Ark. doctor, wife face new charges in weapons case
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8.7.2009 : 6:41 pm
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas doctor accused of illegally owning high-explosive grenades and his wife face new federal charges accusing them of interfering with the investigation into their extensive weapons cache.
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Regulators close 2 banks in Florida
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8.7.2009 : 6:32 pm
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NEW YORK -- Regulators have shut down two banks in Florida, bringing the number of federally insured banks to fail this year to 71.
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Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
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8.7.2009 : 6:22 pm
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Former national Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
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Conviction of man serving life sentence overturned
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8.7.2009 : 6:19 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a Los Angeles man serving life sentence in prison for his mother's death in 1983.
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GM to issue 3.5 billion shares of stock in 2010
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8.7.2009 : 6:02 pm
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DETROIT -- General Motors Co. says it aims to register 3.5 billion shares of stock for a potential public offering sometime in 2010.
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Aerosmith guitarist: Tyler broke shoulder in fall
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8.7.2009 : 5:53 pm
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STURGIS, S.D. -- Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry says lead singer Steven Tyler suffered a broken shoulder and has stitches in his head after falling from a stage during a concert near Sturgis, S.D.
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Meltdown 101: Unemployment by the Numbers
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8.7.2009 : 5:37 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Employers are laying off fewer workers, the government reported Friday, but widespread cuts are still happening — only about 30 percent of industries are adding jobs or holding steady.
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'Foot' in NY recycling plant was really bear paw
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8.7.2009 : 5:25 pm
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SENECA, N.Y. -- What authorities thought was a decomposing human foot found among recyclables at a western New York landfill really came from a bear.
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Surprisingly strong jobs data signal turning point
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8.7.2009 : 5:23 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Finally, a lot fewer workers are hearing the dreaded words, "You're fired."
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Expert: Pa. shooter wanted acts to be understood
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8.7.2009 : 5:20 pm
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PITTSBURGH -- The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage at a Pittsburgh-area health club shares a chilling trait with other mass killers, an expert says: the desire to make their woes understood through multiple deaths.
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Lethal drone strike may bolster U.S.-Pakistan ties
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8.7.2009 : 5:12 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The lethal drone attack that apparently killed a top Taliban leader in Pakistan is likely to bolster America's dual effort there: solidifying a sometimes shaky partnership with Islamabad while pursuing insurgents hidden along the country's border.
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Senate confirms new NIH director
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8.7.2009 : 5:05 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Friday confirmed Dr. Francis Collins, a scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code, as director of the National Institutes of Health.
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A glance at Europe's 'cash-for-clunkers' programs
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8.7.2009 : 4:56 pm
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008 when French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a â?¬26 billion ($37.36 billion) stimulus plan to help the country ward off a recession.
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Pitcher appeals Ohio brawl conviction, is released
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8.7.2009 : 4:55 pm
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DAYTON, Ohio -- A minor league pitcher convicted of throwing a baseball that injured a fan during an on-field melee in Ohio last year has been released from jail pending appeal.
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Ga. governor deals with water battle at home, too
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8.7.2009 : 4:53 pm
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ALBANY, Ga. -- The age-old tension between rural Georgia and its sprawling metropolis may only intensify because of a federal ruling that could keep essential reservoir water from trickling into Atlanta.
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Sotomayor vote could impact Fla. Senate race
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8.7.2009 : 4:50 pm
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MIAMI -- If there is one place where any bad feelings from the hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination could have lasting consequences, it's Florida, the pesky swing state that the second-largest Puerto Rican community outside the island calls home.
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OAS announces delegation to Honduras
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8.7.2009 : 4:50 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The Organization of American States has named a delegation to try to persuade the interim government in Honduras to return ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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Rare Amur tiger cub fights to survive at SD zoo
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8.7.2009 : 4:49 pm
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The rare 3-week-old Amur tiger cub's eyes haven't completely opened yet, her belly bulges and her paws seem too large for her tiny head.
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Justice asks high court to block release of photos
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8.7.2009 : 4:48 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to block the release of pictures of detainee abuse on grounds their disclosure could incite violence in Afghanistan and Iraq and endanger U.S. troops there.
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Reputed drug kingpin Montoya to plead guilty
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8.7.2009 : 4:47 pm
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MIAMI -- Prosecutors say one of Colombia's most notorious reputed cocaine kingpins is set to plead guilty next week to U.S. drug charges.
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Fewer layoffs expected as recession winds down
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8.7.2009 : 4:41 pm
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WASHINGTON -- First, the good news. Workers probably got slapped with fewer pink slips in July as the worst recession since World War II winds down.
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Officials: 9 sick from Calif. beef problem
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8.7.2009 : 4:27 pm
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VISALIA, Calif. -- Health officials in California and Colorado say at least nine people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella.
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Whither Redbox? Hollywood studios are conflicted
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8.7.2009 : 3:53 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood studios are split over Redbox, the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company: They could supply it with cheap wholesale discs and ride its massive growth, or starve it in the hopes of preserving higher-priced purchases.
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Senate confirms 2 Interior officials.
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8.7.2009 : 3:48 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Friday approved the nomination of two of President Barack Obama's top Interior Department officials to help oversee public land use policies.
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Expletive edited from Wash. Cobain monument
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8.7.2009 : 3:33 pm
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ABERDEEN, Wash. -- Three letters of a four-letter word have been replaced with asterisks on a Kurt Cobain monument near a Washington state bridge, where the late Nirvana front-man hung out when he was growing up.
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Appeals court in Va. upholds sniper conviction
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8.7.2009 : 3:28 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court in Virginia has affirmed the capital murder conviction and death sentence of D.C.-area sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad.
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Now hiring: Everywhere you didn't want to work
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8.7.2009 : 3:22 pm
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4.5 million people were out of work last month, with a jobless rate of 9.4 percent. The result is that many people have had to seek jobs they would not have considered in the past.
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Loved ones pay respects to Pa. shooting victims
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8.7.2009 : 3:22 pm
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PITTSBURGH -- Friends, relatives and co-workers are paying their respects at a suburban Pittsburgh funeral home to two of the women slain at a health club this week.
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Fla. GOP Sen. Martinez says he's resigning early
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8.7.2009 : 3:07 pm
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican Sen. Mel Martinez has made it official, telling reporters he's resigning because it's time to return to Florida and his family.
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Consumers cut debt for 5th straight month
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8.7.2009 : 3:03 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve says consumers paid down their credit cards and reduced other debt in June for the fifth straight month as they rebuild savings battered by the recession.
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Disneyland hotel workers reject contract offer
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8.7.2009 : 2:46 pm
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Disneyland hotel workers have rejected a contract offer from Walt Disney Co. because of a dispute over health care premiums.
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Video tapes help clear convict of abuse
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8.7.2009 : 2:42 pm
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9, working as an assistant at a day care center, when his life went completely off the rails. Now he is a middle-aged man with a smoker's cough, newly in charge of what's left of his life, working as a landscaper in Boston.
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Louisiana child sex case revealed by confession
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8.7.2009 : 2:41 pm
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not the least of which were volumes of written confessions. But page after page filled with ungodly details burned his eyes and seared his soul. Looking at them made him bone-weary.
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Ritual child sex cases' lessons often unlearned
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8.7.2009 : 2:40 pm
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despite the awful legacy left by hysteria-driven trials that began in the 1980s and lasted two decades.
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Pa. day care owner charged in toddler's heat death
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8.7.2009 : 2:38 pm
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PENNDEL, Pa. -- The owner of a suburban Philadelphia day care center has been charged in the death of a toddler left in a hot minivan for hours outside the center last month.
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Manson Family grows old in prison
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8.7.2009 : 2:36 pm
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two others have been released. They are:
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Senate confirms Abbey to head BLM
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8.7.2009 : 2:36 pm
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CARSON CITY, Nev. -- The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of Bob Abbey as director of the Bureau of Land Management.
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Free Manson 'family' members haunted by horror
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8.7.2009 : 2:35 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Forty years ago, they were kids. Vulnerable, alienated, running away from a world wracked by war and rebellion. They turned to a cult leader for love and wound up tied to a web of unimaginable evil.
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