It was one of those good news/bad news offers. The good news is you get to go to Iraq to do something more than the typical schedule of live shots. The bad news is you get to go to Iraq and do more than the typical schedule of live shots. …
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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Going to Great Lengths Officials at Trinity International University (search) in Bannockburn, Illinois, were so concerned by three threatening letters sent to minority students, that they moved scores of minority students off campus, and put many of them up in a hotel. …
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal prosecutors say two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and obtained maps of a Marine base in Virginia to plan an attack. A superseding indictment returned Thursday against Daniel Patrick Boyd and Hysen Sherifi is the first time authorities have said the …
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A 5-year-old girl is in a medically induced coma after her mother allegedly stabbed her and her 3-year-old sister in Southern California. Officers responding to a 911 call Wednesday morning found the unconscious 5-year-old with stab wounds to the chest inside a Westminster home. In another room …
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INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana court has ruled that a pizza shop must pay for a 340-pound employee’s weight-loss surgery to ensure the success of another operation for a back injury he suffered at work — raising concern among businesses bracing for more such claims. The Indiana Court of Appeals decision, …
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A Cornell University student died Friday at Cayuga Medical Center from complications relating to H1N1 influenza, according to the Ithaca, N.Y., university. Warren Schor, a 20-year-old junior, is the first H1N1 influenza-related fatality in Tompkins County, the Health Department said. In a message to members of the Cornell community, university …
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ROCKVILLE, Md. – A former Montgomery County English teacher has been sentenced to six months in jail for distributing cocaine to a student. Attorney William Brennan says his client Theresa Duarte apologized at sentencing Thursday to the Thomas S. Wootton High School community for the embarrassment caused by the crime. …
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ROANOKE, Va. – Police are looking for a Virginia toddler they say was taken from his home by three men. An Amber Alert has been issued this morning for 2-year-old Aveion Malik Lewis. Police say the men knocked the toddler’s stepfather unconscious and took the child late Thursday afternoon from …
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Earthquake monitors say a 6.3 magnitude temblor has shaken the ocean floor between South America and Antarctica, too deep and far from land to cause any damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 8 a.m. Sunday in Drake Passage, about 220 miles southeast …
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. – A judge has set bail at $20 million for a woman accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years. In setting the high bail amount, El Dorado Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said Thursday he considered Nancy Garrido to be a …
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