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U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- As cleanup crews struggle to pick up the oil that ebbs and flows in San Francisco Bay, wildlife experts worry about the 1.6 million shorebirds and waterfowl that come here every winter like clockwork for the good food and the mild climate. Over the pas.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 1:20pm neoform

CNN -- Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books. His collection ranges from best sellers like Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" and Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities," to.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 1:04pm neoform

CNN -- Thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service Friday night at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. Afterward, participants marched w.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 4, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of people are expected to gather in the US city of Memphis to mark 40 years since the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Crowds will converge on the Lorraine Motel, where he was shot dead aged 39. Presidential hopefuls John M.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 22, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- At least one person has been killed and thousands evacuated as at least 12 wildfires rage across the US state of California, fanned by fierce winds. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven counties, with 35,000 acres (14,0.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

USA Today -- —A steam pipe blew up near Grand Central Terminal on Monday and sent thousands of people running out of buildings in a panic that it was a terror attack. "The building started shaking. There was steam and smoke billowing out of the ground," said Bryan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 2:31pm neoform

USA Today -- A band of thunderstorms rolled across Oklahoma early Wednesday, producing high winds and heavy lightning that knocked out power to thousands of residents. A major complex of thunderstorms developed late Tuesday over north-central Oklahoma from Enid to.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 10:30pm neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of people have attended the funeral of the leading US conservative evangelist, the Reverend Jerry Falwell, in the town of Lynchburg, Virginia. Mr Falwell, who died last week aged 73, was the founder in the 1970s of the Moral Majority - a righ.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 11:19am neoform

CNN -- Church workers prepared for thousands of mourners expected Tuesday at the funeral of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the folksy evangelist who built a conservative Christian empire that influenced national politics. Falwell's final service returns him to his r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 12:19pm neoform

FOX News -- Thousands of square miles covering a three-state area have been searched in the more than two weeks since two women left their retirement community for a day of outlet-store shopping and never came back, disappearing with scarcely a trace. Authorities,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:53pm neoform

FOX News -- Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles, igniting roof fires, and in high desert brush Thursday as dangerous north winds swept dry Southern California, knocking out power to thousands. A hundred firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 6, 2007 @ 11:08am neoform

CNN -- Utility crews worked to restore power Friday to tens of thousands of northern New Englanders after a spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow around the region. Some Maine residents may not get lights and heat back until the weekend, utilities warn.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Mar 18, 2007 @ 1:05pm neoform

ABC News -- Denouncing a conflict entering its fifth year, protesters across the country raised their voices Saturday against U.S. policy in Iraq and marched by the thousands to the Pentagon in the footsteps of an epic demonstration four decades ago against another d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 6:13pm neoform

CBS News -- Denouncing a conflict entering its fifth year, protesters across the country raised their voices Saturday against U.S. policy in Iraq and marched by the thousands to the Pentagon in the footsteps of an epic demonstration four decades ago against another d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 6:13pm neoform

CBS News -- An ice storm wiped away the traditional green stripe painted on Fifth Avenue, but it could not keep away thousands of St. Patrick's Day celebrants from the city's parade on Saturday. "We came to party!" declared Una Murray of Dublin, Ireland, who carri.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 5:37am neoform

CBS News -- Thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the United States to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. After the church service Friday night, p.. Read More