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member name: Con Chapman
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December 16, 2009 05:48 PM EST --
NEW YORK. With new acquisition Curtis Granderson penciled into the lineup at center field, the New York Yankees continued their off-season shopping spree by signing 219 jailed Cuban dissidents . . .
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December 16, 2009 08:44 AM EST --
Promoting his "Cash for Caulkers" plan, President Obama said yesterday that home insulation is "sexy." Associated Press
The boudoir.
It was last Friday night, we were both exhausted . . .
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December 16, 2009 03:14 PM EST --
WASHINGTON, D.C. Time Magazine today named Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke its "Person of the Year", touching off a tirade by rapper Kanye West that disrupted financial markets around the . . .
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December 16, 2009 10:38 AM EST --
BOSTON. Donna Del Vecchio works in the accounting department of a large law firm here, and according to her she has "the most thankless task in the entire American economy"--approving partners' . . .
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December 16, 2009 08:26 AM EST --
NEWTON UPPER HILLS, Mass. When Greg Flormitzer learned that this previously top-ranked town had fallen first to number 4, then to number 8 in the polls, he did what any other highly-competitive . . .
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December 15, 2009 10:17 AM EST --
An Oregon State University study indicates that xanthohumol, a substance found in hops, a principal ingredient of beer, inhibits a family of enzymes that can trigger prostate cancer.
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December 13, 2009 07:19 PM EST --
BOSTON. It's the height of the Christmas shopping season in Downtown Crossing, and the usual crush of office workers on the streets of Boston is made worse by suburban mothers and children in town . . .
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December 14, 2009 02:19 PM EST --
NEOSHO, Mo. This city in southwest Missouri sits smack dab in the middle of "Tornado Alley", a well-worn path taken by twisters as they rotate out of Oklahoma into the Kansas City area. . . .
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December 15, 2009 12:22 PM EST --
NEW YORK. Brian Williams hit the five-year mark as anchor and managing editor of top-rated NBC Nightly News last week, setting off low-key celebrations at 30 Rockefeller Center.
Williams, . . .
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December 14, 2009 08:41 AM EST --
FOXBORO, Massachusetts. New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker was cleared to play in next week’s game against the Buffalo Bills after taking a vicious hit to the . . .
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July 19, 2006 05:09 PM EDT --
EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. Amy LeBlanc couldn't wait for her eighteenth birthday, but it wasn't presents she was looking forward to.
"I wanted to go out and get a tattoo that would really . . .
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October 21, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
WELLESLEY FALLS, Mass. In this affluent suburb of Boston, churchgoers at the Wellesley Falls Presbyterian Church tend to look like they stepped out of the pages of a Brooks Brothers catalog, . . .
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March 10, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
ALBANY, New York. Crusading New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today demanded a complete investigation into his involvement in a prostitution ring, saying he would not rest until he had determined . . .
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December 07, 2009 10:12 AM EST --
We were sitting in the den, my wife and I, winding down at the end of the day. We were both exhausted, but her maternal instincts were still sharp enough to detect a faint sound of sniffling . . .
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December 08, 2009 08:42 PM EST --
ARLINGTON, Virginia. The month of December is a time of peace and goodwill for members of several world religions, but for Alan Macy, it's a nightmare. "Everybody gangs up on me--Christians, Jews and . . .
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December 09, 2009 09:45 AM EST --
Selecting the perfect gift for a friend or family member is a sign that you care for them in a very special way. Your Holiday Gift Advisor is here to help you find just the right present to make this . . .
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December 13, 2009 07:24 PM EST --
HOLLYWOOD. Barbra Streisand, who already has two best-selling Christmas albums on her resume, says she is surprised by the warm reception her latest holiday release-"A Traditional Jewish . . .
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December 14, 2009 08:18 PM EST --
We Americans, we are so narrow-minded, so unsophisticated, so provencal-- we are opposed to cliches, which are the fat in the boeuf bourgignon that is the French language, giving it the savory taste . . .
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October 19, 2006 10:34 AM EDT --
NEW YORK. The heads of the world's principal religions have agreed to establish an international pecking order by a sudden-death game of "One Potato, Two Potato" to be held at United Nations . . .
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October 26, 2006 08:19 AM EDT --
DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois. For Mark and Amy Larkin, the adoption of a six month-old infant from Ecuador whom they named "Matthew" was a dream come true. "When the doctor told us we would never . . .
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