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Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, announced Tuesday that he is switching parties to become a Republican. "I believe our nation is at a crossroads and I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy …
CBS News · December 22, 2009, 1:30 PM (PST)
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Sonoma County has ordered officials to remove angels, stars and other religious symbols from Christmas trees in county buildings over concerns they violate the Constitution. County Administrator Chris Thomas issued the order Monday to managers of all 26 county departments …
Worcester Telegram & Gazette · December 22, 2009, 12:40 PM (PST)
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NEW YORK – Two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman are "inhuman," her mother said Tuesday as a lawyer for the EMTs argued his clients are being vilified in a rush to judgment. Cynthia Rennix, the mother of 25-year-old Eutisha Revee Rennix, told The …
YAHOO! · December 22, 2009, 1:16 PM (PST)
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina priest missed the $1 million top prize in a poker tournament to be televised this weekend but he won $100,000 for his church and he hopes his participation gives viewers a ??Ãfun twist??Ä on their perceptions of the priesthood. The Rev. Andrew Trapp said he …
Herald-Dispatch · December 22, 2009, 1:23 PM (PST)
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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (second from l.), is comforted while viewing teammate Chris Henry before a memorial service in Westwego, La. Henry, 26, was killed after he fell out of a pickup truck bed being driven by his fiance Loleini Tonga during what police described as a …
New York Daily News · December 22, 2009, 11:28 AM (PST)
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ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Security forces have used tear gas to scatter protesters demonstrating against Madagascar’s military-backed leader. Tuesday’s protest by about 1,000 people outside the parliament building followed Andry Rajoelina’s rejection of international attempts to mediate a …
Washington Post · December 22, 2009, 1:23 PM (PST)
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LOS ANGELES – Coroner’s officials are looking into how the celebrity Web site TMZ obtained details on prescription drugs contained in an investigator’s report on the death of Brittany Murphy. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Tuesday he didn’t know how TMZ obtained the confidential report, and …
MSNBC · December 22, 2009, 10:45 AM (PST)
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Microsoft must pay $290 million, and either stop selling Word or strip its custom-XML editor, after a three-judge panel on Tuesday upheld patent-infringement charges alleged by a small Canadian company. Microsoft lost its appeal of an August district court decision that awarded i4i Inc. $200 million …
Seattle Post Intelligencer · December 22, 2009, 1:23 PM (PST)
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OPEC negotiations in Africa can have a direct impact on consumers and what they must pay to heat their homes or fill up the car. Crude prices peaked in late October and have been edging downward since. So have retail gasoline prices and other fuels that are derived from oil. Energy in the past year …
San Francisco Chronicle · December 22, 2009, 12:54 PM (PST)
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TRENTON, N.J. – There’s no evidence Merck & Co.’s blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin causes cancer, federal regulators said Tuesday. They reviewed reams of data after a patient study last year raised suspicions of a link, weakening sales already hurt by questions about the drug’s efficacy. The …
Daily Breeze · December 22, 2009, 1:23 PM (PST)
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