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Hundreds safe after winds ground Mo. showboat

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:11 PM PST

More than 600 passengers and crew members of a Branson showboat are safely off the vessel after spending the night aboard the boat, which became grounded because of high winds and choppy water.

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Body of man ravaged by wild dogs found in rural NM

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:40 PM PST

Authorities say a 55-year-old old man was attacked and mauled to death by a pack of wild dogs in a rural part of New Mexico.

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Somali pirates hijack cargo vessel near India

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 11:10 AM PST

Pirates have captured a cargo vessel about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers east of Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy force said Sunday.

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Missing NC woman found in Va. after 200-mile walk

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 11:10 AM PST

Authorities say a North Carolina woman reported missing in September walked 200 miles before she turned up at a Virginia shelter.

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More than 100 dogs rescued from Maryland fire

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST

Fire officials say more than 100 dogs have been rescued from a breeder's burning home in rural southern Maryland.

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Fore! Boehner waiting to play 18 holes with Obama

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST

Golf-loving Rep. John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says playing 18 holes with someone is a good way to get to that person. That might be hint from the House speaker-in-waiting to fellow golfer President Barack Obama.

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Girl returns $2,000 taken from Florida handyman

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:40 AM PST

A Florida man treated his lost wallet like a lost dog, putting up fliers, creating a website and even studying surveillance footage to figure out what happened to his $2,000 in cash.

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LA police: Crash leaves car wedged between houses

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST

Los Angeles police say a driver lost control of his car before it became airborne and crashed into two houses.

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Swiss billionaire puts $35M into MT conservation

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

Philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss grew up in Switzerland and now spends the bulk of his time outside Philadelphia, but it is the wild landscapes of the Rocky Mountains where he could leave his most lasting mark.

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Along beloved route to Yosemite, a bridge too far?

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

Those who live among or visit the craggy mountains surrounding Yosemite National Park share a love of the ever-changing landscape, shaped by rushing water, ice and avalanches.

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Gang moms and dads sent to parenting classes

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

Moms and dads in Los Angeles County are being sent to mandatory parenting classes after their children are convicted of gang crime.

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Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

Smoky odor brings Delta flight back to JFK

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:00 AM PST

A Delta flight that took off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport returned to the airport because of a smoky odor near one of the galleys.

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Handyman admits to killing at least 8 Mass. women

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

He's killed more people than the Son of Sam, but there are no made-for-TV movies about Alfred Gaynor.

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Farmers across the South contend with drought

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:10 AM PST

Farmers across the South are dealing with dry conditions that are killing crops. The dry weather started this spring and was compounded by record-setting heat that hurt crops in already dusty fields.

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'I'm not a witch' picked as top quote of year

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:50 AM PST

Christine O'Donnell's TV ad declaration "I'm not a witch" during her U.S. Senate campaign topped this year's best quotes, according to a Yale University librarian.

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NYC mayor on presidential run: 'No way, no how'

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:31 AM PST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there is "no way, no how" that he will run for president of the United States.

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Axelrod predicts passage of tax cuts legislation

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:31 AM PST

White House adviser David Axelrod is predicting that President Barack Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans will pass Congress by year's end.

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Hamza Hendawi named AP's Cairo bureau chief

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:01 AM PST

Veteran journalist Hamza Hendawi, who reported for The Associated Press from Baghdad during the 2003 U.S. invasion and then chronicled Iraq's bitter struggle through insurgency and sectarian conflict to elected government, has been named chief of bureau in Cairo responsible for coverage of Egypt, Libya and Sudan.

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Obama political aide expects no Dem rival in 2012

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:01 AM PST

President Barack Obama's chief political adviser says he doesn't think the president will face a primary challenge in 2012.

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