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Thursday,
04 December 2008
22-year sentence _ again _ for millennium plotter
SEATTLE (AP) - Rejecting prosecutors calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Episcopals Form Rival Church
By SUZANNE SATALINE A collection of breakaway Episcopals have formed a single denomination to rival the mainstream US church, cementing a schism that was largely prompted by the ordination in 2004 of a gay bishop.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Obama is delivering diversity, but some seek more
By NEDRA PICKLER AP Writer | AP (WASHINGTON) Barack Obama, soon to be the first black US president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Franken says will drop 633 challenges in recount
By PATRICK CONDON AP Writer AP - Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Democrat Al Franken on Wednesday moved to withdraw 633 challenges to ballots in Minnesotas US Senate race in what could be a first step toward a quicker conclusion to the recount.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Report: California country’s most affordable higher education option
By Lisa M. Krieger, Mercury News Californias vast system of inexpensive community colleges has earned the state the top ranking - and the only passing grade in the nation - in a new analysis of Americas college affordability.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
UPDATE 1-Family of man trampled at Wal-Mart sues retailer
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The family of a man killed in a stampede of frenzied holiday shoppers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.
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Wednesday,
03 December 2008
Save the date: Ala. county passes Obama holiday
MARION, Ala. (AP) - In central Alabamas Perry County, government workers already get a day off for Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Veterans Day.
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