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  1. India calls off cricket tour to PakistanRead the original story

    1 min ago | Kyodo News

    India called off Thursday a cricket tour to Pakistan set for January, apparently over escalating tension between the South Asian neighbors, Press Trust of India reported.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, India, Pakistan

  2. East Lansdowne taxes are going up in 2009Read the original story

    1 min ago | Delaware County Times

    Taxes and trash and sewer fees are going up in the borough next year. The $1.5 million 2009 preliminary budget was presented at council's meeting recently with adoption planned for 7 p.m. Dec.

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    Related Topix: East Lansdowne, PA

  3. Something to talk about: Student attempts to break recordRead the original story

    1 min ago | Ocean County Observer - The Times-Beacon

    David Letterman would have been proud. Last week, student Dan Kmiechick spent 37 hours under the bright, hot lights at the channel 21 television studio at Southern Regional High School hosting a marathon talk ...

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    Related Topix: Toms River, NJ, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, World Records

  4. Fire hits sanitation center in NewportRead the original story

    1 min ago | WKTV - News - Local

    NEWPORT, N.Y. (WKTV) - Fire crews from multiple companies have been on the scene of a structure fire in the Town of Newport.

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  5. NEWS 2 GORead the original story

    1 min ago | WKTV - News - Local

    The news and weather you need to know before you start off your day. ((INCLUDES VIDEO OF EARLY MORNING FIRE IN NEWPORT))

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  6. Theater: LoopedRead the original story

    1 min ago | Palm Beach Daily News

    Looped tells the story of actress Tallulah Bankhead, the original celebrity bad girl who stumbles into a film studio session to re-record one line of dialogue for her final film, Die, Die My Darling .

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    Related Topix: Tallulah Bankhead, Events

  7. Ugandan Amnesty Commission ready to receive LRA rebelsRead the original story

    1 min ago | People's Daily Online

    Ugandan Amnesty Commission has announced on Wednesday that it was ready to receive the Lord's Resistance Army rebels, local media reported on Thursday.

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    Related Topix: Uganda, Africa, World News, South Africa, Northern, South Africa, Gulu, South Africa

  8. Annual one-miler a festive affairRead the original story

    1 min ago | Ocean County Observer - The Times-Beacon

    Students in the Morning Crew at the Lillian M. Dunfee School jingled all the way around their school Tuesday morning.

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    Related Topix: Chorus, Christmas

  9. Rod Watson: Kennedy is listening to wrong folksRead the original story

    1 min ago | Buffalo News

    Who says Camelot kid Caroline Kennedy isn't ready to be a big-time politician representing New York in the U. S. Senate? She doesn't even have the job yet, and she's already acting like a seasoned insider.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Buffalo, NY, Erie County, NY

  10. Danny Bonaduce to fight Jose Canseco in AstonRead the original story

    1 min ago | Delaware County Times

    Radio personality Danny Bonaduce will box former baseball superstar Jose Canseco in the latest intstallment of celebrity boxing.

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    Related Topix: Ice Skating, Winter Sports, Entertainment

  11. Snow flies as Cougars practice in chilly Las VegasRead the original story

    1 min ago | Salt Lake Tribune

    The Cougars left Provo for this weather? That was the prevailing sentiment Wednesday morning as BYU practiced at Bishop Gorman High School in preparation for Saturday night's Las Vegas Bowl against Arizona.

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    Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Sports, NCAA Football, Brigham Young Cougars NCAA Football, Brigham Young University NCAA, Kellen Fowler, David Nixon

  12. Choice Hotels & The Summit Group Open Two Upscale Cambria Suites HotelsRead the original story

    1 min ago | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

    Baton Rouge and San Antonio Each Now Home to a Stylish New All-Suites Hotel SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec.

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    Related Topix: Hotels, Choice Hotels International, San Antonio, TX, TV, Electronics

  13. Rwandan genocide organiser jailedRead the original story

    1 min ago | IcNorthWales

    A UN court convicted the organiser of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed more than 500,000 lives and sentenced him to life in prison.

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    Related Topix: Rwanda, Africa, World News

  14. Church celebrates the season with social for the disabledRead the original story

    1 min ago | Ocean County Observer - The Times-Beacon

    Saturday Night Social, a night out for people with developmental disabilities or brain injuries, celebrated its Christmas party Dec.

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  15. Pets, owners speak each othera s languageRead the original story

    1 min ago | Buffalo News

    When your dog says, "Woof," you hear an eager, "Let's take a walk." And your cat has a certain entitled meow that you know means, "Put more food in my bowl - now!" You are not alone.

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    Related Topix: Kempner, TX

  16. Exhibit:Color Me NYRead the original story

    1 min ago | Palm Beach Daily News

    The exhibition honors Benn Mitchell as a forerunner in realistic photography, documenting life in New York City during the 1930s through the 1950s.

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    Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Events

  17. Board approves jail authority, expansionRead the original story

    1 min ago | Orange County Review

    Weeks worth of deliberation and discussion have finally resulted in Orange County voting to create Central Virginia Regional Jail Authority, and taking the first step toward expanding the jail by 200 beds.

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    Related Topix: Virginia Government, Virginia

  18. all the rageRead the original story

    1 min ago | Catholic World News

    INAUGURAL PICK SPARKS GAY FURY claims a Fox News headline. The "gay fury" commonplace prompted me to wonder: when was the last time gays were "mildly vexed" by some turn of affairs, and expressed "measured ...

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  19. Nursing home industry worries about new ratingsRead the original story

    1 min ago | Mansfield News Journal

    Rating systems help people decide which restaurants to go to or hotels to stay at.

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    Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Medicare, Medicaid, Health

  20. Death of Mark Ruffalo's brother ruled a homicideRead the original story

    1 min ago | Delaware County Times

    The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office on Wednesday ruled the death of Mark Ruffalo's younger brother a homicide.

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    Related Topix: Drama, Blindness, Violent Crime, You Can Count on Me, Mark Ruffalo, Los Angeles County, CA, Entertainment