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After 27 years, man hacks off hair for charity

By doris | Published: August 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com STROUD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man who has been growing his hair for 27 years had it hacked off for a good cause Thursday morning. He’s donating his ponytail to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for people battling cancer. Dan McGuinness of Long Pond squirmed as scissors snipped [...]

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Rembrandt work stolen from California hotel

By doris | Published: August 15, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — A drawing by Rembrandt, valued at $250,000, was stolen from a hotel in Southern California in what sheriff’s investigators said was a well-planned heist.Story: Mobile scanner brings x-rays to old paintings The pen-and-ink drawing, believed to be called “The Judgment,” was nabbed Saturday night while a [...]

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Jerry Lewis no longer MDA’s national chairman

By doris | Published: August 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TUCSON, Ariz. — The Muscular Dystrophy Association says comedian Jerry Lewis is no longer serving as the organization’s national chairman. The 85-year-old Lewis has been the MDA’s national chairman since the early 1950s. He announced in May that he was retiring as host of the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon [...]

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Police Bust Lemonade Stands Nationwide

By doris | Published: July 22, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com July should be prime lemonade stand season, but it’s been a rough summer for the industry. Police busted three Georgia girls for selling glasses of icy lemonade outside their house last Friday. The trio was trying to raise money for tickets to a local waterpark, but they committed one infraction: operating a [...]

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Feeling nostalgic: 12 TV theme songs you loved

By doris | Published: July 21, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated in a court filing that he does not want to pay wife Maria Shriver spousal support or attorney fees as the couple ends their 25-year marriage. The dispute may have little impact on the divorce, since the former Hollywood couple is expected to reach [...]

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Billy the Kid photograph fetches $2.3 million at auction

By doris | Published: June 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 130-year-old photo, billed as the only authenticated picture of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, sold for $2.3 million at a Denver auction Saturday night. The Kid reportedly paid 25 cents to have the photo taken in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The Old West Show & Auction had estimated [...]

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Congress hashes over GM bailout

By doris | Published: June 22, 2011

Full Story at cleveland.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of a House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of making politically motivated decisions in picking the winners and losers in the General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies. Subcommittee chairman Jim Jordan, a Republican from the Urbana area, said the intervention in GM’s bankruptcy established [...]

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Father’s Day: Presents Sure to Wow Dad PHOTO: The Gorilla Torch

By doris | Published: June 18, 2011

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com With Father’s Day right around the corner, maybe you’re scrambling for some great gift ideas for dad. Ties and golf clubs are nice, but maybe this year dad deserves a seriously “cool tool.”

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OPEC deadlocked on oil production hike

By doris | Published: June 8, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Oil prices breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday after OPEC said it could not reach an agreement about raising crude production. U.S. crude jumped $1.65, or 1.7%, to settle at $100.74 a barrel. Oil prices were trading down about $1 just before the OPEC announcement. The price of [...]

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An act of kindness could be worth $10,000

By doris | Published: June 2, 2011

Full Story at Overhead.Bin.msnbc.msn.com Sometimes bad things happen to good travelers. On a hike during a medical mission in Vietnam, Dr. Gary Feldman stepped aside to relieve himself when the cliff he was standing on gave way. Feldman broke both legs in the fall. He then endured a 14-hour ambulance ride, an airlift and surgery [...]

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‘Walmart of Weed’ to open in Arizona, promote growing your own

By doris | Published: June 1, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com (CNN) — It’s called the “Walmart of Weed.” This newest big-box store is devoted to selling marijuana-growing equipment. Its biggest outlet yet is to open Wednesday in Phoenix, where Arizona voters approved medical cannabis last fall. The weGrow Store will be the first outside California, where medical weed has long been legalized. [...]

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Easy vegetables to grow

By doris | Published: May 27, 2011

Full Story at MNN.com Planting a garden doesn’t have to be a huge undertaking. But the fear of failure keeps many a gardener-wannabe from spending time and energy on planting backyard crops. Knowing the easy vegetables to grow for your region — in addition to when and where to plant them — is the best [...]

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Chrysler repays $7.6B in government loans

By doris | Published: May 24, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DETROIT – With a few computer keystrokes in an office at its headquarters, Chrysler Group LLC sent $7.6 billion to the U.S. and Canadian governments on Tuesday, paying off most of the bailout money that saved the company from financial disaster just two years ago. The repayment — expected for weeks [...]

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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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Big Oil’s $4 billion tax break in doubt

By doris | Published: April 26, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama repeated his call Tuesday for an end to $4 billion in oil industry tax breaks as gas prices approach $4 a gallon and after a top lawmaker indicated a possible shift in Republican policy. In a letter to congressional leaders, the president said the oil [...]

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Tax the rich! OK, but then what, Mr. President?

By doris | Published: April 12, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — For years, President Obama has been clear about his preferred tax policy: Tax the rich more and protect households that make less than $250,000 from higher taxes. It’s not clear what he’ll say about taxes on Wednesday when he lays out his ideas for how to tackle [...]

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SUVs for Gulf cleanup? States run up questionable bills with BP recovery money

By doris | Published: April 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW ORLEANS — Tasers. Brand-new SUVs. A top-of-the-line iPad. A fully loaded laptop. In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets and other gear — much of which had little [...]

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GOP appears poised to take on entitlements

By doris | Published: March 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.comLEAVE SOCIAL SECURITY ALONE. THEY HAVE BORROWED ENOUGH AND NEVER PAID IT BACK. SOME PEOPLE CAN HARDLY LIVE NOW. THEY PLANNED ON THIS FOR RETIREMENT. CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — If there’s any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the [...]

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2011 was a record year for the world’s billionaires

By doris | Published: March 9, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com This 25th year of tracking global wealth was one to remember. The 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records: total number of listees (1,210) and combined wealth ($4.5 trillion). This horde surpasses the gross domestic product of Germany, one of only six nations to have fewer billionaires this year. BRICs led the [...]

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Rising wholesale prices spur inflation concerns

By doris | Published: February 16, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Steady improvement in the economy may soon come at a price — faster inflation. Shoes, clothes, tires, plastics and other products all cost more at the wholesale level last month, putting pressure on businesses to pass the increases along to their customers. The hikes also give ammunition to critics [...]

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