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'Toot': Obama grandmother a force that shaped him
AP National WriterSen. Barack Obama is a poker man, but his grandmother's game of choice is bridge. Duplicate bridge, to be exact. In poker, a good player can still bluff his way through a lousy hand. In duplicate bridge, different sets of players are made to play the...Tags: Tommy Dorsey, Barack Obama, Political Candidates, National Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Obama to campaign in Eau Claire on Sunday
Associated Press WriterSen. Barack Obama plans to stop Sunday in western Wisconsin, an area where he and his rival are competing hard for independent voters. The soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee's visit to Eau Claire is part of a tour through several battleground...Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, Democratic Party, Political Candidates, National Government
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Spanish couple misses doomed Spanair flight by minutes
A Spanish couple got to Madrid's airport three minutes late, but it kept them off a doomed flight. "Today is another birthday," Ertoma Bolanos said after the Spanair jetliner he and his girlfriend were supposed to take to their native Canary Islands...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Now on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards
The Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. -- Most states don't recognize gay marriage -- but now Hallmark does. The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards -- featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes...Tags: Minority Groups, Marriage, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Elections, Greeting Cards
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Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
AP Medical WriterMeasles cases in the U.S. are at the highest level in more than a decade, with nearly half of those involving children whose parents rejected vaccination, health officials reported Thursday. Worried doctors are troubled by the trend fueled by...Tags: Medicine, Illnesses, Mental Illness, Pediatrics, Medical Specialization
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Guilty verdict in old killing satisfies police
Associated Press WriterA Ladysmith man's conviction this week for strangling a woman 32 years ago may seem like the high drama of the CBS television show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." But the idea only made the northern Wisconsin police chief whose department led the...Tags: CBS Corp., Punishment, Sex, Murder, Law Enforcement
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3 guardsmen -- one from Valley -- charged in Ft. Indiantown sex assault
Three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, including one from the Coopersburg area, are facing sexual assault charges in what authorities say was a rape last year in a barracks at Fort Indiantown Gap during a weekend training exercise. Sgt. Alan W. Ledford...Tags: Assault, Coopersburg, Trials, Sex, Sexual Assault
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Some parents struggling with back-to-school buys
Associated Press WriterCharles Lane-Bey combed through racks of blue jeans at a Salvation Army thrift store and held up a pair with potential to his 8-year-old son, Edward, who swung them over his shoulder with a smile. Forty-seven cents for a sturdy pair with white and red...Tags: Salvation Army, Andrew Jackson, Sales, Market Research, Christianity
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Man Convicted of Training Kids to Perform at Sex Club
Associated PressTYLER, Texas -- An auto body shop worker was convicted and swiftly sentenced to life in prison Thursday for grooming children as young as 5 to perform in sex shows at a small-town swingers club. Patrick "Booger Red" Kelly showed no emotion after the...Tags: Assault, Prisons, Trials, Sex, Joe Murphy
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Wash 'Salon Takeover' right off the air
Tabatha's Salon Takeover, which premieres tonight at 10, is Bravo's contribution to the growing sub-genre of "whip it" television, in which self-anointed experts, preferably with non-American accents, parachute into crisis situations - a floundering...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Television Industry, Personal Service, Advice
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Religion Digest
The Baltimore First Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3291 St. Johns Lane, Ellicott City, will open its new sanctuary Saturday. A service will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A fellowship dinner is planned from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., and the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, People, Ellicott City, Culture, Brunch
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Drinking with your children
The news this week that more than 100 college presidents, including top university officials in Maryland, want the legal drinking age of 21 to be reconsidered has sent shock waves through the state and college campuses nationwide. Opponents in Maryland...Tags: William A Bronrott, Health and Safety at School, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Culture, Colleges and Universities
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