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          <title>6th positive rabies case reported in Carteret County</title>
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Another rabid raccoon reported in Carteret County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>BREAKING NEWS: Major accident on Hwy. 17 impacting Jacksonville drivers</title>
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The City of Jacksonville tells Nine On Your Side that a major accident on US 17 is affecting traffic in the Piney Green Road and McDaniel Drive area.           ]]></description>
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          <title>CRIME TRACKER: GPD investigating Moe&#8217;s break&#45;in</title>
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Greenville Police tell Nine On Your Side that they&#8217;re investigating a breaking and entering at Moe&#8217;s Southwest Grill.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Huge eastern NC wildfire officially out</title>
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COLUMBIA, N.C. (AP) - The wildfire that burned thousands of acres of largely uninhabited land in eastern North Carolina last summer is finally, officially out.
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          <title>UPDATE: Eleven firearms recovered in robbery at Eastern Outfitters</title>
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The Onslow County Sheriff&#8217;s Department tells Nine On Your Side that eleven of the firearms that were stolen from Eastern Outfitters yesterday have been recovered by law enforcement.&nbsp; The investigation into the incident is ongoing.           ]]></description>
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          <title>BREAKING NEWS: Parts of Evans Street in Greenville closed due to vehicle fire</title>
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Photojournalist Kenneth Roundtree tells Nine On Your Side that portions of Evans Street in Greenville are closed to traffic right now due to a vehicle fire.           ]]></description>
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          <title>CRIME TRACKER: Juvenile charged in Family Dollar break&#45;ins</title>
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The Goldsboro Police Department tells Nine On Your Side that they&#8217;ve solved two Family Dollar store break-ins.           ]]></description>
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          <title>CRIME TRACKER: Pitt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office solves gang graffiti cases</title>
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The Pitt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office tells Nine On Your Side that they&#8217;ve solved several cases of gang graffiti.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich</title>
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented step in state history.
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          <title>Obama introduces his choices for CIA, national intelligence</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama has introduced his choices for CIA chief - Leon Panetta - and national intelligence director - retired Adm. Dennis Blair.
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          <title>Obama says he&#8217;s confident over stimulus plan</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says that when it comes to his stimulus plan, he remains confident that &#8220;we&#8217;re going to get it done&#8221; - despite objections from some Democratic senators over his tax proposals.
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          <title>UPDATE: Stocks drop</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) - Stock prices are lower on Wall Street.
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          <title>UPDATE: Israel, Hamas defy UN call for cease&#45;fire</title>
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Leaders of both Israel and Hamas are rejecting a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.
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          <title>NATO chief says financial crisis poses risk</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - NATO&#8217;s top commander says the global financial crisis could force U.S. allies to scale back their efforts in Afghanistan, or possibly even pull out.
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          <title>Iraq PM warns police against politicizing</title>
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq&#8217;s prime minister is urging thousands of new police recruits to work to protect &#8220;all Iraqis&#8221;&#8212;and not favor a political or religious group.
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          <title>Obama renews plea for college football playoffs</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says he still thinks there needs to be a playoff system for determining the country&#8217;s college football champion.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Perdue prepares for inauguration with service</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Religious leaders asked for patience, wisdom and courage during tough economic times for Beverly Perdue as she begins her new job as North Carolina&#8217;s governor.
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          <title>CRIME TRACKER: 3 month investigation ends with arrest of a Bailey man</title>
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A three month investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Bailey man.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:16:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>CRIME TRACKER: Plymouth man busted for two armed robberies</title>
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A Plymouth man is behind bars following two armed robberies last night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:54:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>CRIME TRACKER: GPD investigating beer keg theft at Texas Roadhouse</title>
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Greenville Police tell Nine On Your Side that they&#8217;re investigating a breaking and entering and larceny at the Texas Roadhouse.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:34:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>As economy goes down, NC workplace deaths go up</title>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Workplace deaths in North Carolina are on the rise after three years of declines, and officials worry that the nation&#8217;s sagging economy is partly to blame.
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          <title>Bill Clinton holding fundraiser for NC Rep. Shuler</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is holding a fundraiser for North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler.
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          <title>Explosion at Ind. furniture plant injures 6</title>
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JASPER, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say six people were hurt in an explosion and fire at a furniture factory in the southern Indiana city of Jasper.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Preliminary investigation shows Marine died of self inflicted wounds</title>
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An investigation is underway this morning in the death of a Camp Lejeune Marine.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:52:17 EST</pubDate>
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GRETNA, La. (AP) - A Louisiana baby sitter is charged with second-degree murder after prosecutors say she put a baby into a spinning clothes dryer for disturbing her television watching.           ]]></description>
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          <title>2 small quakes rumble on Calif.&#45;Mexico border</title>
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Two small earthquakes rumbled along California&#8217;s border with Mexico, just hours after a larger quake rattled much of the southern part of the state.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perdue to attend NC Dem party reception</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov.-elect Bev Perdue plans to attend a state Democratic fundraiser honoring her birthday less than two weeks after she takes office.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Death toll in Costa Rica quake rises to 14 victims</title>
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Emergency officials say at least 14 people were killed by a strong earthquake that rocked Costa Rica.           ]]></description>
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VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy brought a loaded handgun to his Southern California elementary school and it wasn&#8217;t discovered until recess when he was sent to the campus office because of sagging pants.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lead Testing on Children&#8217;s Toys</title>
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More safety measures are underway, to help keep your children safe.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NC Police Chase Ends in Fiery Crash</title>
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Traffic is returning back to normal in Charlotte this morning, after a police chase shut down a freeway last night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Panel calls for continuing probe of lost pilot</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy review board has recommended that the Pentagon continue investigating what happened to a fighter pilot who was the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War almost 20 years ago.           ]]></description>
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          <title>US troops in Iraq get to drink beer for Super Bowl</title>
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BAGHDAD (AP) - A strict military ban on drinking alcohol in combat zones will be lifted next month, so American troops in Iraq can sip a cold one while watching the Super Bowl.           ]]></description>
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Police have charged two Fort Bragg soldiers with robberies at two Fayetteville banks.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NC Baptist Hospitals settling health plan lawsuit</title>
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Employees at North Carolina Baptist Hospitals will get increased discounts on fees and lower co-payments if a lawsuit over the hospital&#8217;s group health insurance plan is settled.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NC State gets tentative OK to study Korean campus</title>
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina university has gotten preliminary approval to accept $1 million from the South Korean government to study the prospect of building a campus in that country.           ]]></description>
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GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) - A truck manufacturer says it will lay off more than 2,100 employees at three North Carolina plants because of sagging sales.           ]]></description>
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Squirting a robber with pepper spray might not sound too unusual. Unless the robber sprays himself.           ]]></description>
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WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (AP) - Police charge Robert Lee Lewis was dying to cook up some meth.           ]]></description>
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YADKINVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A product made by a North Carolina textile company will be featured on a program on the Discovery Science Channel.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - One of Charlotte&#8217;s top business networking groups has invited ESPN radio and TV host Mike Tirico over for breakfast.           ]]></description>
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Fort Bragg&#8217;s 507th Corps Support Group is going out of existence.           ]]></description>
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A senior military official says Sri Lankan troops are fighting heavy battles with the rebels over the key Elephant Pass base on the edge of the Jaffna peninsula.           ]]></description>
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It&#8217;s up to a federal judge in Los Angeles to decide whether to dismiss the conviction of a woman involved in a MySpace hoax.           ]]></description>
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Just about everyone household has a TV. So the challenge for TV manufacturers is how to get you to shell out money for a new one.            ]]></description>
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STONY POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Police in upstate New York say a man has been sprinkling roofing nails on the driveways of people he didn&#8217;t like to cause flat tires for two years.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - This time, anyway,President-elect Barack Obama isn&#8217;t calling for change. He is asking Congress to delay the start of the switchover from analog to digital TV broadcasting.           ]]></description>
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CYBERSPACE (AP) - China has widened its campaign against pornography and vulgar content online&#8212;this time by targeting sites like Microsoft&#8217;s MSN and Google as offenders.           ]]></description>
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The job of military chaplain has been around since the Revolutionary War &amp; there may be a change on the way if Congressman Walter Jones has his way.           ]]></description>
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The White Oak New Riverkeeper Alliance has a new water watchdog, Tess Sanders.           ]]></description>
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You can say &#8220;so long&#8221; to another retailer with many stores here in the east.           ]]></description>
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The recession has forced more layoffs, this time it involves government workers.           ]]></description>
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Congressman G.K Butterfield says he wants our state to focus more on its poorest communities in &#8216;09.           ]]></description>
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If you participated in the last Bring Your Rake to the Park Day, or were planning on going to the next event, Mother Nature may have you waiting longer than expected.           ]]></description>
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An investigation by the Wayne County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has left one person arrested and charged with felony larceny, among others.           ]]></description>
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Crime Stoppers is calling on the community to help them capture two armed robbers.           ]]></description>
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A rape suspect facing kidnapping charges is now behind bars.            ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A new federal highway report says the state of North Carolina should make extensive repairs to faulty asphalt on Interstate 795 in Wilson County, a fix that could cost as much as $22 million.           ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has opened its second foreign trade office in China after it grew into the state&#8217;s second-largest export market after Canada.           ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue has chosen a North Carolina state lawmaker to run her state personnel office.           ]]></description>
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Two Camp Lejeune scout snipers, men trained to kill with a single shot, face felony charges tonight, accused of shooting and killing a horse.           ]]></description>
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Last month we introduced you to Michelle Joyner.           ]]></description>
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Cleanup continues today after tree toppled into a Greenville home last night.           ]]></description>
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Consumer confidence is what the experts say will make a big difference in improving the economy.           ]]></description>
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Booze it and lose it!           ]]></description>
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Should the military have the same rights under the first amendment as you and me?           ]]></description>
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Two cousins in Greene County are in jail on rape and kidnapping charges.           ]]></description>
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Now that the holidays are behind us, students across the east are making their way back to the classrooms.           ]]></description>
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Officer Catches Invasion Suspects Close to the Scene of the Alleged Crime.           ]]></description>
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Can you help law enforcement find wanted fugitives?           ]]></description>
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Thursday, January 8th           ]]></description>
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Three state lawmakers want a meeting with state DOT officials so they can voice their opposition to a proposed median project in Havelock, city officials say.           ]]></description>
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Despite the slumping economy, a new hotel is slated to head to one town here in the east.           ]]></description>
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Thursday, January 8th           ]]></description>
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BREVARD, N.C. (AP) - Police in western North Carolina say they have derailed a 15-year-old&#8217;s plot to shoot up his school, thanks to a a tip from a teen in New York.
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MANNS HARBOR, N.C. (AP) - Ferry service on the Pamlico Sound has been suspended because of low water levels caused by high winds and an equipment problem that took a boat out of service.
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The Craven County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has cancelled the Silver Alert for Dennis Erwin Jarman, who went missing Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina nursing home could face $50,000 in fines after a resident with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease fell from a loading dock and died.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - New claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week. The Labor Department says initial applications for unemployment insurance dropped by 24,000, surprising economists who were calling for an increase.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A Palestinian health official says the bodies of 35 people have been found in the rubble of a Gaza Strip battle zone.
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JERUSALEM (AP) - The United Nations is halting aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip. It cites Israeli attacks on its staff and installations, charging that tank fire killed one of its drivers as he went to pick up a shipment.
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Police in Iraq say a pair of bomb attacks have killed eight Iraqi soldiers.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A draft report from the Illinois House panel investigating Governor Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY&#8217;-uh-vich) calls for the full chamber to vote on whether to impeach him.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Sen. Kit Bond says he won&#8217;t seek re-election in 2010.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:41:16 EST</pubDate>
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President George W. Bush says his signature education law should not be weakened when he leaves office because it has &#8220;forever changed America&#8217;s school systems.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama is warning of dire and lasting consequences if Congress doesn&#8217;t pump unprecedented dollars into the economy.
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FREMONT, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man says his animal cruelty arrest is being &#8220;blown out of proportion&#8221; after authorities found dozens of dismembered animals on his property.
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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Thousands of evacuated residents of Boulder County, Colo., have been allowed to return to their homes.
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SNOQUALMIE, Wash. (AP)&#8212;Forecasters expect drier weather in Washington state by tomorrow, but flooding will remain a problem as overflowing rivers drain.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A man accused of beating a pregnant woman and leaving her paralyzed and mute has been denied a new trial by a Forsyth County judge.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An incoming North Carolina lawmaker no longer faces a criminal charge after turning over business documents.
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SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) - The remains of a Civil War soldier have surfaced at the Antietam National Battlefield in western Maryland after 146 years underground.           ]]></description>
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Train drivers in the Netherlands are facing an unusual new obstacle - skaters on the tracks.           ]]></description>
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Two men are charged in an air conditioning unit theft.           ]]></description>
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Opposition members accused of being involved in a bomb plot in Zimbabwe say they were tortured into making false confessions.           ]]></description>
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A movie filmed in North Carolina and set in South Carolina has won two People&#8217;s Choice awards.           ]]></description>
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Windows 7 is almost ready for prime time.           ]]></description>
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RADFORD, Va. (AP) - A school bus driver in Radford faces charges after the bus struck a car.           ]]></description>
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