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A letter in a tackle box sparks romance
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She left the letter in his tackle box.
It was after midnight, and she snuck from her house into the garage, found his tackle box and opened it. She was afraid of being caught and when the flashlight dropped, their dog Jake barked and she thought of running home.
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On Independence Day, Liberty's crown reopens
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7.4.2009 : 9:02 am
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NEW YORK -- The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride.
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Obituaries in the news
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7.3.2009 : 7:18 am
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Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, died Thursday. He was 91.
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Amputees, crusty man, boy become chance friends
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7.3.2009 : 5:01 am
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- This story is about what happened on one remarkable day in St. Petersburg — Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, to be exact. It's about a chance encounter between a couple of Dickensian characters, a crusty one-legged man who lives in the city, and a sad-eyed little boy from Orlando.
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Thursday at the North Carolina General Assembly
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7.2.2009 : 5:00 pm
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— Legislative panel adds chance for local vote ahead of involuntary land annexation
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Immigrant high school student endures detainment
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7.2.2009 : 3:06 pm
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TRENTON, N.J. -- He was born on the Fourth of July, an irony he would only appreciate later, during the dark period of his life, when liberty and freedom became far more than mere words in his high school history book.
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Hawaii's cheapest cruise sails into sunset
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7.2.2009 : 5:33 am
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ABOARD THE MELISSA ANN -- Crewmembers hooted and applauded as the last boat in Honolulu's failed city ferry service sailed into another gorgeous Hawaii sunset to end one of the seas' best bargains for tourists and commuters.
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Walgreens walk-in clinics to test diabetes care
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7.2.2009 : 3:06 am
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DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Diabetes care is coming to Walgreens.
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Police: Bomb kills 2 officers in NW Pakistan
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7.1.2009 : 11:08 pm
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Police say a roadside bomb has exploded near a vehicle carrying police in northwest Pakistan, killing at least two officers and wounding five others.
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Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
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7.1.2009 : 8:51 pm
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KABUL -- Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters early Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan.
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Feds could seize Calif. parks if closed by budget
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7.1.2009 : 6:01 pm
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California officials said Wednesday they are trying to avert the federal government's threat to seize six parks that could be closed to help reduce the state's ballooning budget deficit.
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Plan for Revolutionary War museum moves to Philly
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7.1.2009 : 4:58 pm
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PHILADELPHIA -- A group that for years has been trying to build a Revolutionary War museum within the boundaries of Valley Forge National Historical Park is moving the multimillion-dollar project to downtown Philadelphia.
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Masses yearn to huddle in Liberty's reopened crown
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7.1.2009 : 4:37 pm
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NEW YORK -- It's crowded. It's hot. You have to climb hundreds of steps to get there. And throngs of people can't wait to visit.
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Mushers sign up for 2010 Iditarod
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6.27.2009 : 10:10 pm
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WASILLA, Alaska -- Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey and past winners Jeff King and Martin Buser have signed up in person for the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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Mushers sign up for 2010 Iditarod
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6.27.2009 : 9:19 pm
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WASILLA, Alaska -- Defending champion Lance Mackey and past winners Jeff King and Martin Buser have signed up in person for the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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3 Mich. arts camp orchestra members had swine flu
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6.27.2009 : 9:09 am
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BLUE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- All three western Michigan arts camp orchestra members whose illnesses grounded a planned European tour tested positive for swine flu.
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Senator sides with oyster farmer over Park Service
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6.26.2009 : 4:49 pm
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WASHINGTON -- A powerful Senate Democrat is backing an oyster farmer over the National Park Service in a northern California controversy that has environmentalists seething.
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Montana finds no chronic wasting disease in 2009
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6.26.2009 : 3:00 pm
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HELENA, Mont. -- Montana wildlife officials tested about 2,000 deer, elk and moose collected during the 2008-2009 hunting season and did not detect chronic wasting disease in any of the animals tested.
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AP FLORIDA VIDEO THURSDAY FINAL RUNDOWN
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6.26.2009 : 12:11 pm
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5, 2009
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SC governor's little lie masks a much bigger one
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6.25.2009 : 6:34 pm
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Six bronze stars punctuate the smooth granite walls of the copper-domed State House. Each marks a scar left by the cannons of invading Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's bombardment of the capital in the final months of the Civil War.
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Unfaithful SC gov says he's focusing on his family
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6.25.2009 : 5:26 pm
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tells reporters staking out his beach home that he's focusing on his family right now.
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Keillor looks back as 'Prairie Home' turns 35
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6.25.2009 : 4:22 pm
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- For the 35th anniversary of his "A Prairie Home Companion," humorist Garrison Keillor will be in "Lake Wobegon" when he reads the news from Lake Wobegon.
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AP FLORIDA VIDEO THURSDAY PRELIMINARY RUNDOWN UPDATE
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6.25.2009 : 3:36 pm
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5, 2009
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AP FLORIDA VIDEO THURSDAY PRELIMINARY RUNDOWN
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6.25.2009 : 2:30 pm
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5, 2009
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AP FLORIDA VIDEO THURSDAY PLANNER UPDATE
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6.25.2009 : 2:19 pm
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5, 2009
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Swiss aerial tram company touts naked attractions
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6.25.2009 : 1:06 pm
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UNTERWASSER, Switzerland -- An aerial tramway company in eastern Switzerland is advertising its Alpine rides with a new scenic attraction: there's a chance you might see a naked hiker.
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Grand Canyon fraught with peril for unprepared
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6.24.2009 : 8:07 pm
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Arizona -- Frank Poole worked out at a gym and hiked around his Mississippi home carrying a weighted pack for months in preparation for his trip to the Grand Canyon.
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Chicago charity distributes bikes in Zambia
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6.24.2009 : 1:59 pm
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CHONGWE, Zambia -- A U.S. charity started distributing bicycles in Zambia on Wednesday in a program designed to make it easier for thousands of children in the southern African country to get to school.
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Interior Secretary optimistic about Flight 93 land
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6.23.2009 : 8:29 pm
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SOMERSET, Pa. -- The government has made "substantial progress" in negotiating with the seven landowners whose property is needed so the Flight 93 National Memorial can be built by the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.
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Parks aim to reduce visitor emissions, their own
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6.23.2009 : 5:10 am
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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. -- Karen Lasch and her family recently pulled over their car near a glacier-fed creek in Mount Rainier National Park, piling out for a glimpse of the snowcapped peak in the distance.
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One final fish for his father
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6.21.2009 : 12:22 am
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For two hours, he stared at his father and wondered what had happened to the man he thought would live forever.
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Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus
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6.19.2009 : 6:40 pm
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PHILADELPHIA -- Coming soon to a campus near you — the Google tricycle.
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Marin County to crack down on nude sunbathers
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6.19.2009 : 2:34 pm
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MUIR BEACH, Calif. -- Officials are trying to curb lewd conduct at a longtime nude beach north of San Francisco after hearing complaints from a group of local residents.
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Nude hiking buffs ready to shed as solstice nears
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6.19.2009 : 11:58 am
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Every year on the first day of summer, a few outdoor enthusiasts nationwide expose virtually all of themselves to insects, scrapes and thorns for the pleasure of bonding with nature au naturel.
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Number of kills in Canadian seal hunt drops
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6.18.2009 : 10:19 pm
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TORONTO -- The global recession, plummeting pelt prices and the prospect of a European ban on seal products dramatically lowered the number of seals killed in this year's hunt, Canadian officials said Thursday.
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Ohio mayor breaks up fight, calls teen 'fatso'
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6.18.2009 : 1:32 pm
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TOLEDO, Ohio -- Online video shows an Ohio mayor biking through a city park stepped into a fight to break it up, yelling at the teens and calling one a "fatso."
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Rights groups want probe into Sri Lanka war abuses
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6.18.2009 : 7:09 am
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Human rights groups called Thursday for an international investigation into wartime abuses in Sri Lanka, saying the government lacks the political will to investigate the incidents on its own.
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Helicopter pilot died of exposure, crash injuries
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6.16.2009 : 7:33 pm
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- A New Mexico state police helicopter pilot died of hypothermia complicated by injuries he received in a crash during a mountain rescue mission, the state medical examiner's office said Tuesday.
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Plane lands on 5th hole of Michigan golf course
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6.16.2009 : 2:37 pm
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PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A small airplane with two people aboard has made a safe emergency landing on a fairway at a golf course in southeastern Michigan.
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Groups: US moved too fast on gray wolf de-listing
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6.15.2009 : 6:11 pm
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Environmental groups are suing the federal government over its decision to remove gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region from the endangered species list.
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After weight surgery, Idaho women swim, bike, run
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6.15.2009 : 12:31 pm
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Five years after gastric bypass surgery helped them lose hundreds of pounds, two northern Idaho women are gearing up for Ironman Coeur d'Alene, a swim, bike and run endurance test covering a total of 140 miles this Sunday.
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Grand Canyon fraught with peril for unprepared
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6.15.2009 : 12:20 pm
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- Frank Poole worked out at a gym and hiked around his Mississippi home carrying a weighted pack for months in preparation for his trip to the Grand Canyon.
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