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Today's top world stories 3/18/2010
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Israeli medics: Man killed by Gaza rocket
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai farm worker, Israeli medics said, in the first death from a rocket attack since Israel’s Gaza offensive last year. Magen David Adom, [...]
DFW Area News 3/18/2010
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‘Partiers’ Damage 80 Tombstones in Corsicana Cemetery Say Sheriff’s Deputies
Three Corsicana men face charges after vandalism at a cemetery damaged more than 80 tombstones and caused at least $50,000 in damage. Read more
Alleged Gender Trick Leads to Shooting
Alexandria police have arrested two [...]
Facebook Friend Donates Kidney
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DALLAS – An 11-year-old boy has a new lease on life after receiving a kidney from a his mother’s childhood friend. FOX 4′s Shaun Rabb reports the pair lost touch for about 30 years and then reconnected on Facebook.
Facebook Friend Donates Kidney
Green Bay's most stolen street sign? Mullet place
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The most frequently stolen street sign in Green Bay isn’t Lombardi Avenue, Reggie White Way or Brett Favre Pass. The distinction goes to a short street on the city’s southwest side. Its name brings to mind the helmet-style haircut of the 1980s – the cut perhaps best [...]
Female Prison Guards Often Behind Sex Misconduct
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HELENA, Mont. — Inmate Michael Murphy usually started by seeking a small favor. That would often lead to a kiss or love letters. And in at least five cases, he convinced female prison employees to have sex with him or do other illegal favors.
In each of those cases, the female corrections [...]
Today's top science and technology stories 3/12/2010
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Stage is set for better West Coast salmon season
SACRAMENTO – California’s chinook salmon fishery is likely to be opened this year after two straight closed fishing seasons – but with restrictions, according to recommendations released today by a federal panel. Fishermen in Oregon and [...]
Actor Corey Haim dies at age 38
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I don’t care what people say about his past and his drug use, he will be missed and I will never forget him. It was so awesome to have grown up watching his movies in the 80’s and made us think, “hey I want to be like him” heck I wanted to be a vampire killer when I first saw the movie.
His role [...]
Suspect Charged In Sports Bar Beating Death
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Suspect Charged In Sports Bar Beating Death
Police have arrested a suspect in the beating death of a man Sunday outside a Fort Wright sports bar.
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Pet shop owner claims fish is 43, weighs 20 pounds
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NEW YORK (AP) — It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it’s true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that’s related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He [...]
Deputy Hailed as Hero in Wal-Mart Shootout
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DALLAS – An off-duty sheriff’s deputy was hailed as a hero Monday for preventing further bloodshed by shooting at a gunman who was headed into a Wal-Mart in east Texas following a shootout with police .
Delta County Deputy Paul Robertson was shot in the chest Sunday as he exchanged gunfire [...]
