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NEW YORK - Wall Street stormed back after its worst week ever and staged the biggest single-day stock rally since the Great Depression on Monday, catapulting the Dow Jones industrials to a 936-point gain and finally offering relief from eight consecutive days of stock market carnage.
October 28, 2008
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By TIM PARADIS
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National
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October 28, 2008
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Local
(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.)
October 28, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Crime Report
AKRON, Ohio - By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook and keys in the neatly kept house.
October 27, 2008
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By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
Associated Press 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.)
October 27, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Crime Report
BAGHDAD - Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad.
October 27, 2008
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By ROBERT H. REID
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive ''dictionary of the American language.''
October 27, 2008
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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
Associated Press Writer
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National
BAGHDAD - While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming.
October 27, 2008
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By KIM GAMEL
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Associated Press
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer Canadian voters to the right in Tuesday's election and bolster his hold on power.
October 27, 2008
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By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
CWMGRACH, Wales - Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels.
October 27, 2008
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By MEERA SELVA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - So how will it end?
October 27, 2008
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By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
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National
Southeast Bulloch High School athletic director Katherine Bradley told the school's booster club at the first meeting of the school year that she was looking forward to the upcoming football season for the games – and the band.
October 27, 2008
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By ROGER ALLEN
Herald Correspondent
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Local
NEW YORK - A watched clock never moves - unless it's the National Debt Clock.
October 27, 2008
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By MARCUS FRANKLIN
Associated Press Writer
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National
GALVESTON, Texas - A month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, ''Watch for cows next 20 miles,'' a reminder that few fences remain to hem in livestock. Blue tarps cover 11,000 roofs for 100 miles from Houston to the Louisiana line.
October 27, 2008
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press Writer
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National
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown.
October 27, 2008
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The Associated Press
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National
