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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters on Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.
May 23, 2008
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By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer
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National
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors should open a criminal investigation into the deaths of nine people in a Utah mine collapse last year, a leading House Democrat said Thursday.
May 23, 2008
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By JESSE J. HOLLAND
AP Labor Writer
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Washington
CONCORD, N.H. - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
May 23, 2008
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By NORMA LOVE
Associated Press Writer
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National
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Megen Smith drove in three runs and ended a furious College of Charleston rally in the final inning to earn the save as Georgia Southern advanced 6-5 in game eight of the 2008 Southern Conference Softball Championship at the Patriots Point Athletics Complex.
May 23, 2008
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Southern Conference AMR
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Georgia Southern
Excelsior EMC's 70th Annual Meeting of Members is set for today, at the Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Building on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.
May 23, 2008
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Special to the Herald
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Local
Studio Statesboro Vodcast - Thursday May 8, 2008
May 23, 2008
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Local
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - About 12 seconds was all it took for two bailiffs to gun down a man who shot at them in a courthouse lobby, and authorities said the swift response helped prevent anyone else from being seriously hurt.
May 23, 2008
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By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Associated Press Writer
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National
Prep Sports Blitz for Thursday, May 8.
May 23, 2008
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VINCE JOHNSON
vjohnson@statesboroherald.com
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Prep Sports Blitz
BANGKOK, Thailand - It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland.
May 23, 2008
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By MICHAEL CASEY
AP Environmental Writer
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Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's acting federal police chief was shot dead Thursday outside his home - a brazen attack that comes as drug traffickers increasingly lash back at a nationwide crackdown on organized crime.
May 23, 2008
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By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
DEAR ABBY: A man I know is engaged to a woman 20 years younger. I think she's a gold digger, and here's why: She waved his credit card around after he gave it to her saying, "Look what I've got!" (He was not present.)
May 23, 2008
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By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
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Coffee Break
TUPELO, Miss. - An apparent tornado spawned by storms sweeping across the Southeast damaged a shopping mall and downed power lines in northeast Mississippi on Thursday, and severe weather warnings were in effect for northwest Alabama.
May 23, 2008
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The Associated Press
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National
BOULDER, Wyo. - There isn't anything metropolitan about this tiny unincorporated town in southwest Wyoming, where a few single-family homes and a volunteer fire station stand against a skyline of snowcapped mountains.
May 23, 2008
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By BOB MOEN
Associated Press Writer
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National
MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio - In a quiet gas-lit farmhouse, two girls in bonnets and long blue dresses wind tape around expired bottles of Newman's Own salad dressing, and wipe dust off dented cans of vegetables and crumpled boxes of Butterfinger candy bars.
May 23, 2008
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By MEGHAN BARR
Associated Press Writer
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National
YANGON, Myanmar - Relief supplies from the United Nations began arriving in Myanmar Thursday, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access by the country's isolationist regime five days after a devastating cyclone.
May 23, 2008
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The Associated Press
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Associated Press
