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Threat to electrify dog cage with girl inside just ‘horseplay’

By doris | Published: January 22, 2012

Full Story at USNews.nsmbc.msn.com A man accused of punishing his 12-year-old daughter by binding her hands and feet with duct tape and sticking her in a dog cage, then threatening to electrify the crate, was just engaging in “some horseplay” that “got out of control,” his lawyer says. Here’s what happened, according to a report [...]

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Mom forces teen to wear sign: ‘I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don’t follow the law’

By doris | Published: January 12, 2012

Full Story at thegrio.com FORT WAYNE, INDIANA – A frustrated mom has given her wayward teenage son the ultimate punishment: public humiliation. The 14-year-old was forced to stand on a busy street for two hours with a massive sign hanging around his neck, which read, “I lie, I steal, I sell drugs, I don’t follow [...]

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Tanker en route to cut-off Alaska city hits ice

By doris | Published: January 7, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.mwn.com ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Russian tanker carrying fuel for an iced-in Alaska city that without a delivery could run out of crucial supplies before winter’s end encountered ice early Friday in the eastern Bering Sea. The ice was not a surprise. The 370-foot tanker Renda will have to go through more [...]

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American girl, just 12, builds 27 homes in Haiti

By doris | Published: December 26, 2011

Full Story at TheDailyNightlymsnbc.msn.com LEOGANE, Haiti – If there really is something called “helper’s high” – that feel-good sensation that comes from extending a helping hand to others – Rachel Wheeler is soaring. The 12-year-old Florida resident has done more to aid others than many grown-ups do in a lifetime. Three years ago, when she [...]

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‘Santa’ full of anticipation heading into busy Christmas Eve activities

By doris | Published: December 23, 2011

Full Story at canada.com The anticipation of Christmas Eve is almost as great for Santa as it is for the children he delivers presents to. With the night looming, he is just finishing up squeezing in a few more kids at Woodgrove Centre to make sure every good child in Nanaimo gets what he or [...]

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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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Mail call: Sending love to troops abroad

By doris | Published: December 11, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com For military personnel far from home for the holidays . . . few sounds are more welcome than the words MAIL CALL. And dedicated volunteers here on the home front are working hard to make sure that none our troops anywhere in the world is disappointed. Our Cover Story is reported [...]

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Mass. AG sues five major banks over foreclosures

By doris | Published: December 1, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Massachusetts’ top law enforcement official has sued five top U.S. banks, charging they foreclosed illegally on homes in the state and used deceptive loan servicing practices, including robo-signing. Attorney General Martha Coakley filed suit against Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and GMAC. “The single most important thing [...]

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Report: 1 in 5 U.S. children at risk of hunger

By doris | Published: November 23, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Students gathered as the chef sliced tomatoes with a plastic knife in a Brooklyn public school cafeteria. Their eyes followed as she held up a slender green cylinder before the crowd of parents and kids in plastic aprons and hairnets. “What’s that?” kids shouted. “It’s a scallion. [...]

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Snow in Northeast could cut power to millions

By doris | Published: October 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — It’s a recipe for mass power outages: up to 15 inches of snow forecast in parts of the Northeast on Saturday — much of it landing on trees that have yet to shed their leaves in fall. “We’re expecting this very heavy and wet snow, and a lot [...]

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Boy Found Safe In Tree After Disappearing Again

By doris | Published: October 27, 2011

Full Story at WMUR.com HAMPSTEAD, N.H. — A 9-year-old boy who went missing from his home twice in one week is out of police headquarters but apparently isn’t going home. Devin Frenette was taken from the Hampstead Police Department in an unmarked cruiser about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday but was not taken to his home. Police [...]

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Loretta Lynn out of hospital, recovering at home

By doris | Published: October 24, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — In the government’s latest attempt to address the ailing housing market, President Obama will announce changes to a federal program Monday that will make it easier for struggling homeowners to refinance to today’s near-record low rates. Under the new program, homeowners who owe more on their homes [...]

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Dodge the draft and cut home heating costs

By doris | Published: September 20, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com (MONEY Magazine) — You don’t have to invest thousands in high-tech insulation or a super-efficient furnace to cut home heating costs. Just sealing drafts could lower your bills 3% to 18%, according to Danny Parker, a research scientist who works with the Department of Energy. In the high-heating-cost Northeast, that translates [...]

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Vet: Honor WWII survivors while we still live

By doris | Published: September 3, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Marine who fought in the Battle of Okinawa urged Americans on Friday to honor those who served in World War II now, while veterans from that conflict are still alive. E. Bruce Heilman, speaking at a ceremony marking the 66th year since the end of the [...]

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4 Students Taken To Wrong School

By doris | Published: August 30, 2011

Full Story at wgal.com SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Four students in the Susquehanna Township School District found themselves at the wrong school on Monday. Becky Brown said it all started when her 8-year-old daughter and three other students weren’t picked up at their bus stop. Another driver came to get them, but that driver took [...]

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Gadhafi family reportedly flees to Algeria

By doris | Published: August 29, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com TRIPOLI, Libya — Members of Moammar Gadhafi’s family have entered Algeria, Algeria’s state news agency said Monday, but the whereabouts of the ousted Libyan leader were unknown. Libyan rebels claimed to have killed one of his sons. The report by APS news agency cited Algeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry as saying Gadhafi’s wife [...]

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Winds spread over eastern North Carolina as Irene nears landfall

By doris | Published: August 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (CNN) — Hurricane Irene had coastal North Carolina and metropolitan New York in its sights late Friday, staying on an unusual track that could bring deadly storm surge, heavy rainfall and misery to millions. With winds near 100 mph, Irene churned toward an anticipated 7 a.m. [...]

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First ladies go to Betty Ford funeral; service starts

By doris | Published: July 12, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PALM DESERT, Calif. — First ladies, past and present, and others who called the White House home remembered Betty Ford on Tuesday, not just for her decades-long work against substance abuse but for contributing to a political era when friendship among lawmakers helped them govern. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter called [...]

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Not the brightest bulb

By doris | Published: June 25, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com Everywhere you look, people are telling you how to go green: Walk. Recycle. Compost. Turn off the water. Turn off the lights. But it looks like there’s one place in America that didn’t get the memo. The firehouse in Livermore, California has a light that’s been on for 110 years. (Yes, [...]

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Is Dad a (wannabe) grill guru? Get him these gadgets for Father’s Day

By doris | Published: June 19, 2011

Full Story at bites.today.cn. Is there a dad in your life who’s a grill master (or thinks he is)? This Father’s Day, get him some cool tools he’ll love using. Kenny Callaghan, executive chef and partner at Blue Smoke restaurant in New York City, shares his picks for some fun grill gadgets that are sure [...]

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