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Alaska's Palin is leaving office this month
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Source: News: Politics -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:50:33 (4 minutes ago)
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WASILLA, Alaska | Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska rattled the political world Friday by abruptly announcing that she will resign from office at the end of the month. However, Palin — a Republican — left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.
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Details on Green Impact Zone are sparse so far
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Source: News: Politics -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:50:33 (4 minutes ago)
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For all the national attention that Kansas City’s proposed Green Impact Zone has received, it’s still too early to tell much about what it will look like. Organizers know what they want to do — make the 150-block zone in the urban core more energy efficient — but they’re still hammering out the details of a plan that would spend about $200 million in federal stimulus money on green projects and job training.
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Violations to close two KC restaurants for two days
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Source: News: Local/Region -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:50:31 (4 minutes ago)
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Two Kansas City restaurants will close for two days starting Sunday because their liquor licenses will be suspended. Harry’s Country Club at 112 Missouri Ave. and the Brooksider Bar & Grill at 6330 Brookside Plaza were cited for violating city ordinances, including selling alcohol to minors, according to city officials.
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Details on Green Impact Zone are sparse so far
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Source: News: Local/Region -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:50:31 (4 minutes ago)
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For all the national attention that Kansas City’s proposed Green Impact Zone has received, it’s still too early to tell much about what it will look like. Organizers know what they want to do — make the 150-block zone in the urban core more energy efficient — but they’re still hammering out the details of a plan that would spend about $200 million in federal stimulus money on green projects and job training.
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Psychiatrist who had phone sex with patient faces license suspension
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Source: News: Local/Region -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:50:31 (4 minutes ago)
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Missouri authorities have suspended the medical license of a Kansas City psychiatrist for having phone sex and making other sexual advances toward a patient. While practicing at Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital in 2007, Kenneth Spaulding improperly embraced and kissed a female patient he was treating for post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to a settlement agreement Spaulding reached with the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts.
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To cut costs, Registry closing 11 branches
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Source: Boston.com -- Massachusetts news
2009-07-03 23:50:06 (4 minutes ago)
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Customers should expect longer wait times for driver’s licenses, license plates, and registrations as the state Registry of Motor Vehicles closes 11 branch offices to cope with a $13 million hit in this year’s state budget, Registry officials said yesterday.
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Venus faces lil' sis Serena in 4th Wimbledon final
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Source: AP Top News at 5:59 p.m. EDT
2009-07-03 23:50:01 (4 minutes ago)
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when they're on the road. Where does Venus draw the line? At Grand Slam championships. The sisters face each other again in a major final, meeting Saturday for the Wimbledon title for the fourth time. "I'm happy for her to be in the final, but I have to face her and defeat her," Venus said after reaching her eig...
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Venus faces lil' sis Serena in 4th Wimbledon final
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Source: AP Top Headlines At 4:18 p.m.
2009-07-03 23:50:01 (4 minutes ago)
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when they're on the road. Where does Venus draw the line? At Grand Slam championships. The sisters face each other again in a major final, meeting Saturday for the Wimbledon title for the fourth time....
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Russia to open airspace to U.S. for Afghan war
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Source: News
2009-07-03 23:40:17 (14 minutes ago)
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MOSCOW — The Russian government has agreed to let American troops and weapons bound for Afghanistan fly over Russian territory, officials on both sides said Friday.
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Tensions mount as Honduras defies OAS
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Source: Los Angeles Times - World News
2009-07-03 23:40:12 (14 minutes ago)
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Honduras' new leadership ignores OAS deadline to restore Manuel Zelaya, and threatens to arrest him if he returns. The coup has brought deep divisions in Honduras to the fore.
When Bertha Oliva's husband was kidnapped by a death squad during the darkest chapter of Honduran history, she was three months pregnant. She never saw him again. Coming to her defense during that time 28 years ago was Ramon Custodio, a champion of leftists and militants persecuted by a brutal army.
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Back to Business: For Banks, Wads of Cash and Loads of Trouble
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Source: NYT > Home Page
2009-07-03 23:30:41 (23 minutes ago)
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Once flush with cash, Security Bank in Macon, Ga., built a sprawling new headquarters. As the bank struggles to survive, the office is empty and in need of a tenant.Bulk deposits from brokers, known as hot money, fueled growth at smaller banks across the country, but also led some to the brink, and beyond.
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Bunny lady is back in jail
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Source: News: Nation -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:30:36 (23 minutes ago)
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PORTLAND, Ore. | An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits. A judge ruled Thursday that Miriam Sakewitz violated her probation by having the rabbits. Sakewitz, 47, was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
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Around the nation
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Source: News: Nation -- KansasCity.com
2009-07-03 23:30:36 (23 minutes ago)
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<strong>Florence and Emma Jernigan, </strong>82-year-old identical twin sisters, were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered through days of 100-degree heat. The cause of death was pending but was believed to be heat-related. Neighbors said the women would ignore friends’ pleas to turn on the air conditioner or a fan. Police said the window air conditioner in the home was off when the bodies were found. <strong>A Texas woman will serve </strong>at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter in what the defense said was a misguided effort to teach the infant to swim.
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Tensions mount as Honduras defies OAS
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Source: Chicago Tribune news - Nation/World
2009-07-03 23:30:11 (24 minutes ago)
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Honduras' new leadership ignores OAS deadline to restore Manuel Zelaya, and threatens to arrest him if he returns. The coup has brought deep divisions in Honduras to the fore.
When Bertha Oliva's husband was kidnapped by a death squad during the darkest chapter of Honduran history, she was three months pregnant. She never saw him again. Coming to her defense during that time 28 years ago was Ramon Custodio, a champion of leftists and militants persecuted by a brutal army.
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Skilling: Gray skies, rain move in to start weekend
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Source: Chicago Tribune news - Local news
2009-07-03 23:30:11 (24 minutes ago)
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Eastbound low pressure, which first developed late Thursday with an eruption of thunderstorms across the western Plains, is behind Saturday's gray, cool weather so reminiscent of much of this area's spring and early summer. Blazingly hot air charged with a huge supply of tropical moisture is fueling Saturday's cloud and shower-producer here. But, its heaviest downpours are to drench Missouri, Downstate Illinois and Indiana with thundery deluges that may deposit local rains of 4 inches or more. More conservative totals appear a good bet in the Chicago area. An average of 30 widely varied computer rainfall estimates suggests precipitation here may average 0.60 inches -- though individual projections range from as little as 0.02 inches to as much as 2.61 inches. Summer rains are fickle and often widely varied, which supports the huge spread in projected rain totals. With clouds expected to limit temperature to levels more than 10-degrees below normal and winds off the lake likely to limit shoreline highs to the 60s, Saturday may end up the area's coolest in 12 years.
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Vendors: Expanding Wrigley no-sell zone would kill business
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Source: Chicago Tribune news - Local news
2009-07-03 23:30:11 (24 minutes ago)
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Expanding Wrigley no-sell zone would kill business, vendors say
Sidewalk peddlers who hawk peanuts, T-shirts and novelty items outside Wrigley Field reacted angrily Friday to an alderman's proposal to move them two blocks from the ballpark, saying that they not only add to game-day excitement but also need to earn a living.
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Ex-Iran president seeks to free detainees
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Source: CNN.com
2009-07-03 23:20:07 (34 minutes ago)
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Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reformist party newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Orioles notebook: Tillman may be on the cusp of promotion
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Source: baltimoresun.com - news
2009-07-03 23:20:05 (34 minutes ago)
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Triple-A pitcher appears to be next to reach majors if another starter is needed
In an ideal world, Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail would introduce the organization's top pitching prospects to the major leagues at different points of the season. However, with four of the five members of his Opening Day rotation no longer part of the starting staff because of either injuries or ineffectiveness, he has been left with little choice.
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Family of 6 has close-call in rollover wreck
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Source:
Salt Lake Tribune:Utah
2009-07-03 23:20:01 (34 minutes ago)
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Six members of an Idaho family survived an SUV crash Friday in Box Elder County.
The only serious injury was a 11-year-old boy who suffered a compound leg fracture when he was partially ejected, said Utah Highway Patrol Lt.
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Cardinals 7, Reds 4
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Source: Cincinnati Enquirer - Top Stories
2009-07-03 23:10:09 (44 minutes ago)
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The Reds led through Homer Bailey's seven innings, but Albert Pujols hit an eighth-inning grand slam off reliever David Weathers to power the Cards past the Reds, 7-4
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Around the NBA: Jackson will return to Lakers
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Source: News
2009-07-03 23:00:14 (54 minutes ago)
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Phil Jackson, the Hall of Fame coach, turns 64 in September and said on the team's Web site Friday he got the go-ahead for another season after consulting the team doctor.
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Black novelist romances readers with characters they can relate to
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Source: Los Angeles Times - National News
2009-07-03 22:50:33 (1 hours ago)
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Mildred Riley, 91, stumbled into a growing sub-category of romance fiction when she began churning out stories centered around African American characters and history.
It was the height of the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s in New York City. The couple had found a beautiful apartment, filled with Art Deco trappings, right down to the frosted swans etched into the shower door.
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Ex-Iranian president seeks to free detainees
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Source: CNN.com - World
2009-07-03 22:50:09 (1 hours ago)
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Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reformist party newspaper reported on Thursday.
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Family appeals for help finding missing Campbell man
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Source: News
2009-07-03 22:40:14 (1 hours ago)
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Relatives of 63-year-old Ross Abinanti of Campbell, who has been missing since Tuesday evening, are seeking volunteers to help search for him by posting fliers with Abinanti's picture and police contact information.
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CAROLYN HAX: Decline nicely, then send card
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Source: Freep.com - RSS
2009-07-03 22:40:08 (1 hours ago)
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While I'm away, readers give the advice. Brides strike back: Please advise all those invited to expensive or tacky or even perfectly nice weddings they do not really wish to attend that there is a standard, polite, one-size-fits-all response, which will work perfectly, as long as you are not secretly seeking a little drama in your life.
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DR. TERRI ORBUCH: Powerful men cheat for many reasons
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Source: Freep.com - RSS
2009-07-03 22:40:08 (1 hours ago)
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Following in the footsteps of Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer and Kwame Kilpatrick, another powerful man has been caught having an affair. Last week, Mark Sanford, the married governor of South Carolina, confessed to flying secretly to Buenos Aires to spend a week with his Argentine mistress. What was Sanford thinking and didn't he know that someone would find out?
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Make your July 4 weekend a blast
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Source: Freep.com - RSS
2009-07-03 22:40:08 (1 hours ago)
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Red, white and blue will be on blast all over metro Detroit this Fourth of July weekend. So whether you are interested in a parade or a fireworks display, there's an event to fit your fancy.
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Mark the Fourth with patriotic craft
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Source: Freep.com - RSS
2009-07-03 22:40:08 (1 hours ago)
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The holiday weekend offers a time for parents and kids to have fun creating crafts to celebrate the Fourth of July. Just look around your house or visit a dollar store to find items that can be turned into works of art. This craft will get your creative juices flowing, and it costs less than $5.
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