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Tornado leaves Little Rock like 'war zone'

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform
CNN -- At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead. "There's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area," said.. Read More
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Woman, 76, found after 13 days lost in Oregon wilderness

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform
CNN -- A woman who disappeared while on a hunting trip in Oregon almost two weeks ago was found alive Thursday afternoon, just two days before a memorial service was to take place. Ora Doris Anderson, 76, was found "in extremely rough terrain deep in a canyon" i.. Read More
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House: Reopen of Statue of Liberty Crown

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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform
FOX News -- The House on Tuesday prodded parks officials to reopen the crown of the Statue of Liberty to the public — a step the government says is too dangerous. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., for the second year in a row added an amendment to a spending bill giv.. Read More
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Remote Alaska villages brace for increase in mail rates

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 13, 2007 @ 3:56pm neoform
CNN -- The new U.S. Postal Service rates that go into effect Monday have people living in Alaska's remotest villages worried about more than just paying 2 cents more for a stamp. The Postal Service also is bumping up rates for Alaska's one-of-a-kind discount.. Read More
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Woman in Escort Case Plans to Name Names in Defense

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 30, 2007 @ 8:27pm neoform
New York Times -- Deborah Jeane Palfrey has not been at all shy about it: for more than a decade she ran an escort service that catered to upscale clients in the nation’s capital, sending college-educated women to men’s homes or hotel rooms. For about $300, she prom.. Read More
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Two Secret Service officers injured at White House

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 10:25am neoform
Reuters -- Two Secret Service officers were injured on Tuesday after a gun held by another Secret Service officer accidentally fired inside the White House gate, according to a spokesman, Darrin Blackford. Their injuries are non-life threatening, the spokesman sa.. Read More
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Military spending soars to keep soldiers, Marines in the service

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 11, 2007 @ 2:45pm neoform
USA Today -- —The Army paid more than $1 billion last year in bonuses to attract and keep soldiers in the service, more than three times the total amount of bonuses paid before the Iraq war began. Higher bonuses show the increasing costs of maintaining the troop s.. Read More
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Universal National Service Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 30, 2007 @ 8:38am neoform
thomas.loc.gov -- To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induc.. Read More
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Pennsylvania man's letter brings Secret Service

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 23, 2007 @ 2:02pm neoform
Yahoo News -- An elderly man who wrote in a letter to the editor about Saddam Hussein's execution that "they hanged the wrong man" got a visit from Secret Service agents concerned he was threatening President Bush... Read More
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How old is the Grand Canyon? Park Service wont say

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 29, 2006 @ 1:08am neoform
P.E.E.R. -- Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology. Washington, DC — Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration app.. Read More
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U.S. Selective Service plans to test draft machinery

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 22, 2006 @ 9:48am mrmdc
Canoe -- The Selective Service System is planning a comprehensive test of the military draft machinery, which hasn't been run since 1998... Read More
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‘Despair and ... hope’ at NIU service

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 25, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform
MSNBC -- The outpouring of aid and sympathy Northern Illinois University received in the wake of a deadly shooting on campus should remind those struggling with the tragedy that they "are not islands, but bridges" to each other, the school's president said at a me.. Read More
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California Street cable cars down for the day

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 20, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform
SF Gate -- The California Street cable car line is out of service today while crews fix a damaged cable, Municipal Railway officials said. The system was shut down around 7:50 a.m., and may remain out of service until Thursday, Muni spokesman Alan Siegel said... Read More
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Massive 'ice-maker' stops Heartland cold

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 11, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform
CNN -- Much of the nation's midsection was in the icy grip Tuesday of a tree-snapping, flight-canceling, roadway-closing deep freeze that spread from the frozen Plains. The National Weather Service posted ice and winter storm warnings Tuesday for parts of Missou.. Read More
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Wet weather expected through the week

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 16, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform
SF Gate -- People in most parts of the Bay Area should brace for a damp week, with the National Weather Service forecasting rain every day until Saturday. The rain will be concentrated mostly in the North Bay, East Bay and San Francisco, and there won't be a lot.. Read More
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Little cable cars aren't getting anywhere near the stars

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform
SF Gate -- The Hyde Street cable car line is out of service for the rest of the day while Muni fixes a frayed cable line. Muni has deployed shuttle buses to replace service on the line, which was shut own around 2 p.m. One of the cables that runs on the tracks.. Read More
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Gunman kills pastor, 2 others at Mo. church

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 13, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform
USA Today -- The gunman ordered children out of the sanctuary before opening fire, killing three people and wounding at least five others in the middle of a worship service. He held 25 to 50 people hostage before finally surrendering. Police said the shooting Sunda.. Read More
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Church cancels gay vet's memorial

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 11, 2007 @ 11:14am neoform
MSNBC -- A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. Officials at the nondenominational High Point Church knew that Cecil Howard Sinclair was gay when they offered to host his service.. Read More
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Fugitive child molester in custody

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 9, 2007 @ 12:57am neoform
CNN -- The most "far-flung and exotic fugitive investigation ever conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service" ended early Sunday with convicted child molester Alan Horowitz in custody on U.S. soil. Officers from the U.S. Marshals service arrested the 60-year-old.. Read More
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Forest Service Short-Staffed Amid Disastrous Wildfire Season

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 9:28am neoform
FOX News -- Weeks into a wildfire season that has already burned parts of Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, swaths of California's flammable national forests are some days protected by nothing more than luck. On any given day, about 40 of 271 U.S. Fores.. Read More
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