Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:44:37 GMT
Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:38:24 GMT
AP - Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago.
Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:40:31 GMT
AP - A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and concentrated instead on his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:44:37 GMT
AP - Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records a half-century ago with an $800 loan. Today, that would get you two tickets with a bit to spare to the Motown 50 Golden Gala.
Michael Jackson glove among items at music auction
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:26:29 GMT
AP - A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the now iconic rhinestone-studded glove he wore when he performed his first moonwalk dance in 1983, is being sold at auction.
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:39:15 GMT
AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.
Hawaii anxiously watching year-end tuna supply
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:00:35 GMTAP - On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This year, the long tradition may get a little more difficult to observe.
Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:30:53 GMTAP - Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.
NC man gets life in prison for woman's fatal scare
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:38:53 GMTAP - A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.
'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:41:45 GMTAP - Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.
Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:31:44 GMT
AP - Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all.
Report finds wide disparities in gifted education
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:23 GMTAP - When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.
Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:50:08 GMT
AP - WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.
UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:29:29 GMT
AP - Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.
Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:24:35 GMT
AP - A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show.
Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:14 GMT
AP - The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II.
Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:52:41 GMTAP - Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, court documents said Friday.
Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:31 GMT
AP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:18:24 GMT
AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.
Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:15:33 GMTAP - A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.
