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Man finds $2,500 in house, returns to former owners

By doris | Published: December 16, 2011

Full Story at WHDH.COM READING, Mass. — A surprising discovery was made during a demolition which led to an emotional meeting in Reading. “We went through the house pretty good and we thought we found it all,” said Janice Perry, former homeowner. But, they hadn’t. Hidden inside the Ash Street house the sisters sold was [...]

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German satellite to fall to Earth this weekend

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com A defunct German satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend, with experts predicting that up to 30 big pieces of the junked spacecraft could hit the planet. But exactly when and where the satellite will fall remains a mystery. The 2.7-ton Roentgen Satellite, or ROSAT, will likely plummet to [...]

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Oil spill on Montana’s Yellowstone River forces evacuation

By doris | Published: July 3, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – An undetermined amount of crude oil spilled from an ExxonMobil pipeline into the Yellowstone River in Montana, prompting evacuations of nearby residents on Saturday, authorities said. The spill that was detected early Saturday came from a crude oil pipeline that runs from Silver Tip to Billings, Montana, [...]

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8 secrets about Disneyland

By doris | Published: July 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com From how to score a cocktail to where to scatter grandma’s ashes, this is your ticket to the real Magic Kingdom. 1. There are dead bodies in the Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is one of the scariest places in the park, but not for the reasons you’d [...]

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Back-up generators put to use at Nebraska nuclear plant

By doris | Published: June 27, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A nuclear power plant in Nebraska, which is being threatened by rising floodwaters, switched to back-up generators for a time after a water-filled berm protecting the site collapsed Sunday, a statement from the plant said. “As a precaution, per plant procedure, the operators started the diesel generators and temporarily [...]

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La. spillway to be opened; 25,000 people could be in harm’s way of floods

By doris | Published: May 14, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — Army engineers prepared Saturday to slowly open the gates of an emergency spillway along the rising Mississippi River, diverting floodwaters from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, yet inundating homes and farms in parts of Louisiana’s populated Cajun country. About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in [...]

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Flooding of Southern Farms Poised to Wreak Havoc on Economy

By doris | Published: May 10, 2011

Full Story at FoxNews.com The historic flooding in the South is poised to wreak havoc on the economy at multiple levels, likely putting local farmhands out of work while contributing to the nationwide rise in food prices. As the Mississippi River crests and the flooding spreads to Mississippi and Louisiana, the vital grain crops in [...]

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Memphis eyes crest; New Orleans gets some flood help

By doris | Published: May 9, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The Army Corps of Engineers began opening the Bonnet Carre spillway 28 miles north of New Orleans Monday morning to divert part of the river flow to Lake Pontchartrain. Opening the spillway has no impact on homes or businesses.

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South fears loss of national interest in twister recovery

By doris | Published: May 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com HARVEST, Ala. — The Rev. Michael Katschke is worried, but not about running out of the food, diapers and other supplies he hands out to tornado victims at the Crosswinds United Methodist Church in northern Alabama. Katschke is worried about the rest of the country just moving on. “They’re going to [...]

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Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure

By doris | Published: April 23, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com VIENNA – A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled onto buried treasure — hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious objects that Austrian authorities described Friday as a fairy-tale find. Austria’s department in charge of national antiquities said the trove consists of more than 200 rings, brooches, [...]

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Operator airs plan to control Japan nuclear crisis

By doris | Published: April 17, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com TOKYO – The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant laid out a blueprint Sunday for stopping radiation leaks and stabilizing damaged reactors within the next six to nine months as a first step toward allowing some of the tens of thousands of evacuees to return to the area.

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Japan seeks Russian help to stem nuclear crisis

By doris | Published: April 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TOKYO — Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines as it fights to contain the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said late on Monday.                                                      Japanese engineers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been forced to release [...]

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Japan’s focus on nuke crisis angers tsunami victims

By doris | Published: April 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — As Japan’s prime minister visited tsunami-ravaged coastal areas for the first time Saturday, frustrated evacuees complained that the government has been too focused on the nuclear crisis that followed the massive wave. Nearly every day some new problem at the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant commands officials’ attention [...]

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Experts: U.S. won’t feel health effects from Japan

By doris | Published: March 16, 2011

Full Story at The Chart.Blogs.cnn.com The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, which has suffered numerous fires, explosions and subsequent radiation leaks since Friday’s earthquake, could get worse, and just how much worse is unknown. But health and nuclear safety experts agree that even if radiation levels around the plant reach Chernobyl-like [...]

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Gas pipeline to Jordan set ablaze in Egypt

By doris | Published: February 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A pipeline that sends natural gas to Jordan was set on fire in the Egyptian Sinai town of El Arish on Saturday, and the suspected act of sabotage has forced its temporary closing, officials said. Ghaleb Al Maabreh, head of Jordan’s national electricity company, confirmed the closing. He said [...]

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Falling ice at Super Bowl stadium injures workers

By doris | Published: February 4, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com DALLAS — Hard ice and heavy snow slid off Cowboys Stadium’s domed roof Friday, injuring six workers hired to prepare the venue for the Super Bowl, authorities said. The accident followed a storm that dumped 5 inches of snow on Dallas roads and runways, complicating Super Bowl travel plans. One man [...]

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Fiery package in DC triggers memories of anthrax

By doris | Published: January 8, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — Postal workers who returned to work Saturday said a package that ignited at a government mail facility conjured painful memories of the anthrax attacks that killed two of their colleagues in 2001. The fiery package found Friday, which was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, followed two packages that [...]

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Alert George Carlin — you can’t say them on the bus, either

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com Terry Duncan tells WISN-TV that he considers it un-American to get slapped with a $500 disorderly conduct fine for saying two words. The words in question started with the letters “f” and “s.” After Duncan uttered them last Tuesday, an undercover deputy ordered him off the vehicle and handed him the [...]

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Kennedy cousin lawyer heading to prison over taxes

By doris | Published: December 23, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com HARTFORD, Conn. — An attorney who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in his murder trial was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to pay about $420,000 in income taxes. Michael “Mickey” Sherman, who has appeared frequently on national television shows as a legal analyst, [...]

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How important is a nickel?

By doris | Published: December 11, 2010

Full Story at mnn.com My husband handed me a receipt and a nickel as we were walking out of Target Saturday morning. I had handed him a ChicoBag to use while he made our purchases and I handled another task. For bringing his own bag, he was given a nickel. It made a big impression [...]

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