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Day: December 25, 2011

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Christmas light displays draw onlookers

By Joe Buttweiler – MASON CITY — Christmas light displays on 12th Street Northeast and 11th Street Northeast — both just east of Kentucky Avenue — are drawing amused onlookers from throughout

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Reaping satisfaction from a grim job

By Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — Briefcase in hand, Steve Allen knocks on the back door of Rose Mortuary and Crematory. He’s been on the road for two

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7 found dead inside Texas apartment

By Tim Madigan and Domingo Ramirez Jr., McClatchy Newspapers GRAPEVINE, Texas — Seven members of a family were found shot to death Christmas morning in the living room of a Grapevine apartment, apparently

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Sudan says it killed Darfur rebel leader

By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Sudan’s armed forces said Sunday that they killed the leader of Darfur’s main rebel group, inflicting what could be a severe blow to rebels

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Timberwolves expect better in 2012

By Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) MINNEAPOLIS — There is — quite possibly for the first time since Latrell Sprewell wondered aloud just how he would feed his family on $21 million —

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Bowling scores 12-18 to 12-22, 2011

Sunday Night Mixed League   Rose Bowl       12/18/11 Team High Series          Candy Bar         1489 Team High Game           Candy Bar         524 Individual High Series Male         Terry Shoafstall              573 Individual High Series Female      Terri Hermen

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Nostalgia increasing in pop culture

By Christopher Kelly, McClatchy Newspapers FORT WORTH, Texas — In his grand, elegiac and unexpectedly beautiful new novel “11/22/63,” Stephen King conjures up a time-travel story that could not be more plugged into

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Israeli domestic debate on war with Iran

MCT FORUM, By Chen Kane The recent debate in Israel about the urgency of Iran’s nuclear threat and the wisdom of an Israeli military attack to counter it are historically unprecedented. While the

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Op-ed: Jobless benefits aren’t welfare

By Jeremy Schwartz, The Baltimore Sun – Opponents of continuing the extension of unemployment insurance often make one of the following arguments: (1) the program is welfare for the undeserving; (2) it subsidizes

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Gingrich may be too arrogant for Iowa

By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – DES MOINES, Iowa — With a rich trail of utterances, Newt Gingrich has outlined an opinion of himself that ranges from lofty to stratospheric. In 1985,

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One last ride in the Tiger Hawk

Marc Morehouse, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa – SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In his last outing, Marvin McNutt got a taste of life in the NFL. Against NFL-caliber corner Alfonzo Dennard, McNutt was held

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Trial delayed in Lake Mills case

Sarah Stultz, Albert Lea Tribune –   LAKE MILLS, Iowa — The former business manager at Lake Mills Community School District accused of misusing more than $260,000 in school funds has had her

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Cops go online to get a clue

C.J. Lin, Daily News, Los Angeles – When Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in the Antelope Valley saw an explosion in the number of graffiti and monikers of taggers painting the town, they

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