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PARIS - Police detained a suspected pedophile in New Jersey Thursday, just two days after Interpol made a rare appeal for public help in the international manhunt to catch him, the police agency said.
May 23, 2008
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By JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
DEAR ABBY: I have been reading your column most of my adult life, but I don't ever remember seeing any letters from people who are just afraid of life.
May 22, 2008
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By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
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Coffee Break
KUFR QASSEM, Israel - The highway leading to this Arab town in central Israel was lined with blue-and-white Israeli flags Wednesday to mark the country's 60th Independence Day. But no banners fluttered in Kufr Qassem itself.
May 22, 2008
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By DIAA HADID and IAN DEITCH
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
John Ciardi, an American poet, critic and translator who died in 1986, said, "A boy is a hurry on its way to doing nothing."
May 22, 2008
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By PHILLIP ALDER
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Coffee Break
ATLANTA - People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies.
May 22, 2008
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By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
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National
(Note: All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement incident reports and arrest records, which are public records and available for review at any and all local law enforcement agencies. Not every arrest leads to a conviction. Guilt or innocence is determined by the court system.)
May 22, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Crime Report
The Fourth Annual Saddle Up St. Jude Bulloch County trail ride will be held Saturday and Sunday at Clark Farms near Portal.
May 22, 2008
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Special to the Herald
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Local
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are debating legislation to give national security officials full control over whether to move research of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock.
May 22, 2008
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By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Wednesday May 7, 2008
May 22, 2008
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MATTHEW BANKHEAD/Producer
mbankhead@statesboroherald.com
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Local
CRAWFORD, Texas - So you didn't get your invitation to Jenna Bush's wedding this weekend? No worries.
May 22, 2008
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By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
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National
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon readied people and equipment for an aid mission to cyclone-stricken Myanmar, but the top U.S. diplomat in the Asian nation said its military junta was ''paranoid'' about accepting American help.
May 22, 2008
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By PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - Consumer borrowing rose in March at the fastest pace in four months, more than double the increase of the previous month.
May 22, 2008
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - The worst of the credit crisis may have passed, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday, while acknowledging that rising gas prices will blunt the effect of 130 million economic stimulus checks. He ruled out a second stimulus package for now.
May 22, 2008
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By JEANNINE AVERSA and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writers
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Washington
Claxton pitcher Matthew Rogers is in the same boat with the rest of the Tigers. They're in the Top 10 in the state (Class A), and they've never played a postseason game.
May 22, 2008
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From staff reports
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Sports
YANGON, Myanmar - Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that the toll from the cyclone and its aftermath may reach 100,000.
May 22, 2008
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The Associated Press
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Associated Press
