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03 July 2009
wife who shot ny fire marshal in bed gets 25 years
03-07-09
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the seattle timesA woman who shot her New York City fire marshal husband to death while he slept in their bed has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
yakima teacher reprimanded for backpack feces
03-07-09
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the seattle timesA Washington kindergarten teacher who sent a 5-year-old student home with a bag of feces tucked in his backpack has been formally reprimanded.
wolf pups rescued; some found dead
03-07-09
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the seattle timesWildlife agents rescued two Mexican gray wolf pups found abandoned in a New Mexico forest, but three others from the same litter were found dead, officials said Thursday.
navy investigates gay sailor's death in calif.
03-07-09
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the seattle timesThe death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday.
companies recall products linked to milk processor
03-07-09
04:14
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the seattle timesFood distributors across the country announced on Thursday they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a Plainview, Minn., milk processor.
sheriff: same person has killed 3 in northern sc
03-07-09
04:14
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the seattle timesA sheriff says the shooting deaths of a peach farmer and two women in a rural South Carolina county the past week have been linked to the same killer.
un chief to lobby myanmar for suu kyi's release
03-07-09
04:14
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the seattle timesThe U.N. secretary-general said he planned to lobby Myanmar's junta chief directly Friday for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, acknowledging that his high-profile mission will be "very difficult."
nypd rookie makes arrest moments after graduation
03-07-09
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the seattle timesA New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.
scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis
03-07-09
04:14
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the seattle timesA former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.
los angeles police under scrutiny in jackson death
03-07-09
04:14
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the seattle timesThe investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.
darpa contractor shows off tiny robo-hummingbird uav
03-07-09
04:13
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engaged.com
We've seen plenty of tiny UAVs (or NAVs -- Nano Aerial Vehicles -- as they're also known), but none quite like the robo-hummingbird that's been in development at DARPA-contractor AeroVironment for the past couple of years. While we haven't heard much about it during that time, the company recently completed its most advanced prototype to date, dubbed Mercury, and it's taken advantage of the opportunity to show off all the progress it has made. A
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baby names: the new top 10
03-07-09
04:07
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Posted 13 minutes ago, by
sydney morning heraldJack and Mia are the most popular baby names in Australia.
home-grown: dope franchise raid
03-07-09
04:07
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sydney morning herald$600,000 worth of cannabis seized at Sydney home's hydroponic farm.
get cars out of city centre
03-07-09
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sydney morning heraldIt's time to remove cars from central Sydney's "unpleasant" and "congested" roads, Lord Mayor Clover Moore says.
u.s. job losses spike in june, dampen recovery hopes
03-07-09
03:54
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reuters: top newsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery from recession.
sanford cleared on use of state funds
03-07-09
03:54
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reuters: top newsATLANTA (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who faces growing calls to quit over an extramarital affair, did not misuse public funds in trips he made to see his mistress, the state's top police official said on Thursday.
u.s. job losses spike in june, dampen recovery hopes
03-07-09
03:54
GMT
Posted 25 minutes ago, by
reuters entertainmentWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery from recession.
sanford cleared on use of state funds
03-07-09
03:54
GMT
Posted 25 minutes ago, by
reuters entertainmentATLANTA (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who faces growing calls to quit over an extramarital affair, did not misuse public funds in trips he made to see his mistress, the state's top police official said on Thursday.




