WASHINGTON — The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans. One is a woman who looked after the elderly in suburban Pennsylvania. Another a security guard from New...
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Lawmakers have proposed a bill that requires random drug tests for anyone getting unemployment benefits or welfare.Rep. Michael Harden said the drug test would cost no more than $25 and the test would be paid for by the person taking it, not the taxpayers. Harden said the state would cut off anyone who refuses...
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What’s the best way to celebrate holidays? With cupcakes, of course. And since St. Patrick’s Day calls for lots o’ Guinness, the best baked good to make is Guinness cupcakes. Simple to make and deliciously Irish, your friends will go crazy for these. And you might just start making them for every holiday.
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials are reviewing security tapes to try to determine who used a southern New Jersey store’s public-address system to tell “all black people” to leave.
Shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday at the Washington Township store, a male voice calmly announced: “Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave...
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U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal Justice Department document that offers a tantalizing glimpse of issues related to privacy and crime-fighting.
Think you know who’s behind that...
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In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour.
Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future.
Pledge...
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NEW YORK – PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity.
The company said Tuesday it will remove full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012, marking the first such move by a major soft...
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THE CALL OF PROPHECY by Troy Reeves
NEW BOOK EXPLORES AGE OLD STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL THROUGH A FANTASY TWIST. Has the success of Avatar or Twilight spawned a new creative way to address ethical issues?
The billion dollar success of fantasy films such as The Chronicles of Narnia series and Avatar demonstrate the power...
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An earthquake shook southern California early today, causing little damage but worrying residents who fear a massive disaster like those recently seen in Haiti and Chile.
The quake was measured at a 4.4 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and hit about one mile from Pico Rivera, Calif., and about 11 miles from the...
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. — A 38-year-old jogger from Georgia is dead after a single-engine plane making an emergency landing hit him as he ran on a South Carolina beach listening to his iPod.
The coroner said Tuesday that Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., apparently did not hear the troubled plane that struck him from...
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