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- The spirit of this season: Be thankful, spend less
- NEW YORK — Sometime in the 1980s, when he was living on the street, the kid who later became the seminal rapper KRS-One stopped at the Bowery Mission for a sandwich. He doesn't recall what kind, only that it was served with respect. On…
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USA Today- 10 Turkey-tastic Reasons for UNLV Fans to Give Thanks
- Approximately 600 years ago, Pocahontas and Sacajawea sat down with Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln for a delicious turkey dinner, and Thanksgiving was born. Each year, on a Thursday (Sacajawea’s favorite day) millions of Americans…
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- Firefighters make progress against Calif. wildfire
- Firefighters say they are making good progress against a wind-driven wildfire burning in Southern California. Orange County Fire Authority spokeswoman Lynnette Round says firefighters are beginning to get a line around the blaze, which…
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- Ellen Gray: New documentary shows Beatles' early days
- THE BEATLES ON RECORD. 10 tonight, History Channel. MY FATHER said they'd never last. But more than four decades after he called me into the living room to see some British guys perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show," here they are on his…
- Philadelphia Daily News
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- Southern Calif. wildfire spreads amid strong winds
- A wind-driven wildfire broke out in the hills of Southern California Tuesday night as late season Santa Ana winds blasted down burning slopes toward homes. Gusts of wind are sending flames racing across the brush in Anaheim Hills in Orange…
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- Silverdome's luster fades in fire sale
- A judge has cleared the way for the Pontiac Silverdome to be sold to a Canadian company for $583,000. enlarge The Associated Press A crowd of 62,000 watches the Detroit Lions defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first game in the Silverdome…
- Maine Sunday Telegram
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- Bethel House plans 'home-plus' centers
- B ethel House , a Wichita-based health care company, is preparing to break ground on the east and west sides for Bethel House Adult Care Homes . "It offers such an unbelievable alternative to traditional nursing home placement," says…
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- Pontiac Silverdome sold at auction for $583,000
- The Pontiac, Mich., Silverdome, built three decades ago for $56 million, is being virtually given away -- sold at auction for a paltry $583,000. That comes out to $7.25 a seat, a fire sale that's reduced the once-proud arena to another sad…
- New Orleans Times-Picayune
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New Orleans Times-Picayune- Denver Dispatch
- AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, Colo., Aug. 25, 2008 -- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi started off the Democratic National convention press briefings this morning with a promise of unparalleled openness and a willingness…
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- A 'Dog' movie for the entire family
- Brace yourself folks, Christmas is around the corner. I know because this Sunday, Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the first of the slew of the holiday TV movies we can expect this season. And Hallmark is not subtle about it. The title kinda…
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