Washington, D.C.- In typical Associated Press fashion, the main and important issues are buried, ignored, glossed over and minimized while sensationalizing something else as a diversion of what is really important. In an A.P.
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Washington, D.C.- "Snowed In" immediately comes to mind, literally and figuratively. Luke Wright recently asked 'viners to pick one word, but really, a noun and an adjective makes for lively comment. How creative are Newsviners? Very, I think.
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St. Augustine, Florida- The last few months have seen the nations oldest city (the "Ancient City" as dubbed in its own travel brochures) come to the forefront in news of a sort not desired by either the merchants nor the politicians.
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GREENBELT, MD - A new skymap has been produced that allows astronomers a powerful tool to study and more accurately juxtapose the various celestial objects that comprise the known universe.
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Urbania, Nova Scotia- The Tidal Bore Rafting Park on route 215 does a good business with tourists looking to experience first hand a rarity in rafting worldwide... riding a tidal bore. What is a "tidal bore"?
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Austin, TX - It is a story that has quickly spread around the world. An Austin, Texas confrontation between a 72-year old grandmother and a police officer in what should have been a simple traffic stop turned ugly very quickly.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - A U.S. photographer won the top prize in the World Press Photo competition Friday with an image of a police officer searching a debris-strewn home in Ohio to ensure evicted residents had left after a mortgage foreclosure.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - A U.S. photographer won the top prize in the World Press Photo competition Friday with an image of a police officer searching a debris-strewn home in Ohio to ensure evicted residents had left after a mortgage foreclosure.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - "It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gone from Change.gov are the promises on how an Obama administration would handle 25 agenda items — from Iraq and immigration to taxes and urban policy — which the campaign first laid out on the Web site www.BarackObama.com.
COLUMBUS, OH - In an article submitted for publishing to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS) by M. H.
PARIS, FR - Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, in discussing the differences in his trip to the moon and back, said that going to Mars is a very different prospect.
TORONTO, CANADA - Sgt. Patrick Hart, who was stationed in Bosnia in the '90s, said when he was deployed to Kuwait in 2003, he was horrified by tales from other U.S.
Jacksonville, FL - Richard Collier, number 76 for the Jaguars, was reported injured in a shooting earlier in September, 2008. Neither the team nor the doctors have divulged any information until now.
Sept. 30, 2009 - Yesterday the House of Representatives rejected the proposed $700 billion financial bailout package, resulting in fear and uncertainty in the stock market.
PHOENIX - This is really great. A German Shepherd actually calls 911 and saves the life of Joe Stalnaker, a veteran who suffered a head injury a decade ago during military training. Talk about "man's best friend".
GALVESTON, TX - President Bush "toured" the Galveston beach front earlier today, although all media outlets I checked did NOT show anything from the Bolivar peninsula down to Crystal Beach, and on towards the West End.
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A spanish sweetshop owner told Reuters Friday he found the coin while counting the cash in his till. Instead of the normal euro with a very serious King Juan Carlos, this one has an obvious smirking Homer Simpson on the face of the coin.
BEIJING, CHINA - Here it is, the foam hand with one finger "pointing up to God". Reportedly, 100,000 have been received from the North Korean manufacturer for the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Thursday's game in Arnold, Missouri was to be the first of a weekend tournament. The De Soto Express had finished the summer season in first place with 12 wins and one loss. The game was canceled.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- An elementary school teacher was fired after appearing with her husband in a woman's magazine article on loving couples.
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It is the eyes that I notice first on meeting anyone new, and this model certainly has beautiful eyes. She has that intense gaze many of the best cultivate, but without the frown. A second glance reveals Kelly Knox to be different in another way from the rest.
OSAKA, JAPAN- From the 22nd floor of the Nakanoshima Central Tower, the offices of Hisao Fukami, comes news of Toyota's newest patent as filed with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) International Bureau, and released for international publication July 17, 2008.
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"We're convinced he intended to bring a toy gun.", said Meredith Simmons, Principal of Waterbury Elementary School. "His reading disability may have confused him about what is prohibited in the policy, but we can't take any chances. That's why it's called zero tolerance."
EATONTOWN, NJ - A WARNING TO DO-IT-YOURSELFERS AROUND THE WORLD: Fire and rescue crews responded to an explosion and subsequent fire Saturday, July 19, 2008 to find Isias Vidal Maceda dazed and disoriented, but otherwise in remarkably good condition.
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