Officials: Fewer than 50 hurt in Conn. explosion
- The Associated Press
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- February 07, 2010
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A town fire official in Connecticut says fewer than 50 people have been injured an explosion at a power plant under construction. Multiple people have died, but officials say ...
Man in Dallas glam scam faces California felony charges
- Tanya Eiserer - Dallas Morning News
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- January 27, 2010
A convicted kidnapper who authorities say blazed a trail of fraud across the country now faces two felony counts of possessing a forged driver's license and false impersonation in California.
Micha...
Greek ship captain booked with sexual battery in New Orleans
- Joy Hirdes - New Orleans Times-Picayune
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- January 15, 2010
The captain of a Greek shipping vessel moored off the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish has been arrested and booked with inappropriate sexual contact with a crewmember, authorities said.
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If Peter Orszag Is So Smart, What Will He Do Now?
- Mark Leibovich - The New York Times
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- January 10, 2010
Things are getting complicated for White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, 41 — a divorced father of two with a very important job, who was publicly engaged to ABC N...
Relentless parking ticket blitz infuriating Astoria
- Gothamist
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- January 06, 2010
What's the number 1 issue on the minds of Astoria residents? Overzealous traffic cops ticketing their vehicles. City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. has been getting an earful about it, and he says his c...
Athens Borough meets Athens, Greece
- C.J. Marshall - The Daily Review
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- December 26, 2009
When George Whyte was elected mayor of Athens Borough, Pa., he probably never dreamed that he would one day take part in a ceremony with the mayor of Athens, Greece.
Yet that's exactly what Whyte a...
Failed Xmas attack raises new security concerns
- The Associated Press
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- December 26, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. counterterrorism officials are scrambling to assess a potential new threat from an explosive mixture that evaded detection aboard a Detroit-bound airliner but failed to bring do...
Greek firm Intralot chosen to run D.C. lottery
- The Associated Press
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- December 02, 2009
WASHINGTON — A Greek firm has been granted a contract to run the D.C. Lottery.
The D.C. City Council voted Tuesday to ratify the deal with Intralot. The five-year contract is worth approximately $3...
Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?
- Michael Szabo - Reuters
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- November 24, 2009
There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, ...
Clinton to miss 2nd OSCE ministerial in a row: Greece
- ANA- MPA
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- November 24, 2009
ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not attend an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers' meeting in early December in Athens, a Greek...
New olive planting method prompts Calif. oil boom
- The Associated Press
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- November 23, 2009
ARTOIS, Calif. — An oil boom is under way in California's agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: olive product...
Breast cancer survivor gives back
- Sandra Baer - Dayton Daily News
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- November 19, 2009
Connie Anspach is a breast cancer survivor who believes in giving back. After being diagnosed in 2005, Anspach received phone calls from breast cancer volunteers, eager to help her through the ordeal....
Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attack at Fort Hood
- April Castro & Devlin Barrett - The Associated Press
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- November 06, 2009
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the wo...
President Obama Comments of Fort Hood Shooting
President Barack Obama speaks about Fort Hood during an event at the Interior Department in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Obama called the mass shooting at a Texas Army base "a horrific outburst
A photo of the suspected Ft. Hood Shooter
This photo from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Web Site shows Nidal Malik Hasan. Military officials say the suspected shooter at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday Nov. 5, 2009 was Maj. Nidal
12 soldiers dead in Texas
Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, whic
Ecumenical Patriarch Blesses the Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS - His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officially opened today the Eighth Religion, Science and the Environment (RSE) Symposium, entitled "Restoring Balance: The Great Mississ...
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