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Hampshire alum dies from injuries suffered in car accident in Yemen
Tribune reporterAfter the U.S. State Department offered Hampshire High School alum Jeff Patneau a position, he asked for the most difficult assignments, according to his family. He was eventually assigned to work in the American Embassy in San'a, Yemen, which was the...Tags: Northrop Grumman Corp., Road Accidents, Government, Death and Dying, Vehicles
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FBI files detail Hoover's loathing for columnist Jack Anderson, efforts to debunk reporting
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) _ In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal" as agents combed his articles for errors and hints about...Tags: Jack Anderson, News Media, Government, Mass Media, Censorship
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Where has all the money gone?
Trillions in stock market value -- gone. Trillions in retirement savings -- gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll -- gone, gone, gone. Whether you're a...Tags: Tuition Planning Services, Stock Market, Retirement, Stock Broking, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Incumbent seeks last 8 years on Mich. high court
Associated Press WriterChief Justice Clifford Taylor is at an age when he could retire to a nice life reading about Abraham Lincoln and helping his wife garden at their rural lakeside home. Instead, the 65-year-old is running for a final eight years on the Michigan Supreme...Tags: NATO, University of Michigan, Government, Executive Branch, Local Authority
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Mount Pleasant lawyer creates a buzz
Detroit Legal NewsMonths ago, Mount Pleasant attorney Toni Sessoms began compiling a "honey do" list that figures to grow markedly in the years ahead. It is in addition to her law practice that has morphed from personal injury work to almost exclusively domestic...Tags: Medical Staff, Injuries, Lawyers, Health and Safety at Work
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Wounded vets get help at U. Idaho, Adrian College
Associated Press WriterThe demons don't visit nearly as often as they did when Bart Gutke was sent home from the Iraq in 2006, a 21-year-old with a traumatic brain injury. He was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps a year later. To look at Gutke now is to see a 23-year-...Tags: Defense, Behavioral Conditions, Injuries, Government, People
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Quotes from around Illinois
A snapshot of opinion from potential Illinois voters as Election Day approaches: "I need the United States to be a free market and less socialist. Less government is my top priority." --Gerry Hinderberger, 40, an Air Force officer stationed at Scott...Tags: Defense, Election Day, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Armed Forces, Church and State Relations
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Obama's organization outpaces McCain's in Wis.
Associated Press WriterBarack Obama has more offices, paid staff and volunteers in Wisconsin than John McCain, an organizational edge that Democrats hope will lead the Illinois senator to victory in November. The Obama campaign has opened more than 50 offices, with at least...Tags: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Milwaukee, Government, George Bush, Election Day
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Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans
Associated Press WriterJailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Government, Better Government Association, Executive Branch, Westmont
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When stocks plummet and your house value slides, what happens to the money you used to have?
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Trillions in stock market value — gone. Trillions in retirement savings — gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll — gone,...Tags: Retirement, Stock Market, Tuition Planning Services, Stock Broking, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Dr. George Palade, Nobel laureate and pioneer in modern cell biology, dies at 95
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was...Tags: University of California San Diego, Awards and Prizes, Yale University, Natural Science, Biology
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Resentment lingers in Wyo. town on media portayal after gay student Matthew Shepard's murder
Associated Press WriterLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) _ A decade after a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead, many in this small college town are still struggling with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination...Tags: Murder, Mountains, Assault, Employment Opportunities, Theft
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