Category Archives: Leaving

U.S. official: More than two dozen U.S. deaths in Afghan copter crash

By doris | Published: August 6, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — More than two dozen American troops are believed to have died in a deadly Chinook helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan overnight, a U.S. military official told CNN on Saturday. Among those killed were a mix of special forces from different services, the official said. If the numbers are [...]

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Casey Anthony to be released from jail next week

By doris | Published: July 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Orlando (CNN) — Casey Anthony only has to stay in jail six more days to fulfill the sentence a judge gave her Thursday on convictions for lying to authorities. Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail — one year for each of her four convictions of lying to [...]

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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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NASA may try Monday for shuttle launch

By doris | Published: April 29, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NASA hopes to try again Monday for one of the highest-profile space shuttle launches, after delaying the mission Friday due to a problem with a heater in one of Endeavour’s auxiliary power units. The countdown was called off even as the shuttle’s six-man crew was heading for Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff [...]

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Katie Couric to make CBS departure official this week

By doris | Published: April 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — CBS’ high-profile — and very expensive — attempt to juice up its “Evening News” telecast is expected to come to an official end this week. A well-placed source told EW that Katie Couric, 54, will confirm that she’s decided to leave the telecast to pursue other opportunities. Her contract [...]

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Sudden Wealth: Man Wins Lottery. Twice. On The Same Day.

By doris | Published: April 1, 2011

Full Story atgoodnewsblog.com  The chance of winning the lottery is often said to be a tad bit smaller than the chance of being hit by lightning. Lightning is said never to strike twice at the same place. So consider the odds of someone winning the lotter. Twice. On the same day. From the same lottery. [...]

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American college students a no-show in Acapulco

By doris | Published: March 29, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Acapulco, Mexico (CNN) — For the past 18 years, folk musician Raymundo Oregon has been playing his accordion in one of Mexico’s favorite destinations for international tourists: the beach resort of Acapulco. The 56-year-old knows the seasons and the tourists. He’s seen the good times and the bad, and this is [...]

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Union approval low, but more still side with labor over gov’t

By doris | Published: February 18, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Carrie Dann writes:With tens of thousands of public sector workers jamming the halls of the Wisconsin statehouse – and similar labor battles brewing in Ohio and Michigan – Republican governors and Americans around the country are contemplating the state of the unions. The fracas in Madison has emphasized the divide between [...]

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America’s newest Medal of Honor recipient is leaving the Army

By doris | Published: February 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the nation’s the only living Medal of Honor recipient for the current wars, is leaving the U.S. Army and will focus on his education, a spokesman said. Giunta will leave in mid-June of this year. He and his wife are planning to move to [...]

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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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Oldest elephant in N. America dies at 71

By doris | Published: January 19, 2011

Full Story at news.blogs.cnn.com Taj, an Asian elephant who could hold a paintbrush to create art on canvas, has died at age 71, her keepers announced. “As the oldest elephant in North America, we mourn the loss of this gentle soul who touched millions, but we also celebrate an extraordinary life,” Six Flags Discovery Kingdom [...]

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Jailed Mississippi sisters freed for kidney donation

By doris | Published: January 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After 16 years behind bars in Mississippi, two sisters were released Friday on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other. Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sentences of Gladys Scott, 36, and Jamie Scott, 38, who were serving life sentences for armed robbery. Gladys agreed to donate [...]

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Mother gives hours-old baby girl to California firefighters

By doris | Published: December 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Thank God for that law to help the children. I think all states should have that law, maybe we would not have babies in trash cans. (CNN) — A 27-year-old mother surrendered her baby girl to firefighters in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, authorities said Saturday. She told firefighters at Fire [...]

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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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Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. declining

By doris | Published: September 2, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent as the sour economy dried up jobs and increased enforcement made it harder to sneak across the border with Mexico, a new study finds. Much of [...]

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Thousands evacuating as Hurricane Earl approaches

By doris | Published: September 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com RALEIGH, N.C. — Thousands of people were told to start evacuating a North Carolina island Wednesday morning as Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast. The 800 or so year-round residents of Ocracoke Island were told they do not have to go, but Emergency Services Director Lindsey Mooney said officials [...]

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Ariz. prison escapees believed to be in Yellowstone area

By doris | Published: August 9, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The search for two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and their accomplice has turned to the vast Yellowstone National Park area after one of the inmates was linked to a double homicide in New Mexico. The U.S. Marshals Service said Sunday information developed within the past two days [...]

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Bear gets stuck in car, goes on brief ride

By doris | Published: July 31, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — If you think you’ve heard it all, follow this tale of a hungry black bear who went for a ride, literally. Douglas County, Colorado, Sheriff’s deputies early Friday got a call about a honking car and a commotion inside. Perhaps it was teenagers or a thief, they thought as [...]

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2-year-old reported missing from Arizona campground

By doris | Published: July 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Authorities in Rimrock, Arizona, were searching Monday for a 2-year-old boy who went missing over the weekend while camping with a family that was preparing to adopt him, a spokesman for the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said. Syler Newton was last seen shortly after midnight Saturday, sleeping in a [...]

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Utah moves to fire 2 over immigrants data list

By doris | Published: July 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Utah Department of Workforce Services has moved to fire two employees believed to have created and distributed a list containing personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants, officials said Tuesday. The agency terminated a temporary worker and issued an “intent to terminate employment” notice to the other, spokesman [...]

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