A 219-year-old document that stemmed from alcohol tariffs to pay off Revolutionary War debts -- and signed by Alexander Hamilton -- became the proper [...more]
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Biden: Flood victims say damage akin to Katrina
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Georgia's flooding may pale to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, but the impact of the state's torrential rains on individual Georgians i [...more]
Left for dead at 8, a rape victim raises her voice
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For nearly 20 years Jennifer Schuett has held onto every memory of the night she was abducted from her bedroom, raped and left for dead.
Alcohol may protect the brain during an accident
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Alcohol, a drug that is a major cause of accidents, may actually protect the brain from a life-threatening injury when an accident does occur, accord [...more]
Pilot accused of stalking ex with low flyovers
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A California man was arrested on suspicion of stalking after he allegedly used his airplane to violate a restraining order by buzzing a neighborhood, [...more]
Ex-Manson follower Susan Atkins dies
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Former Manson family member Susan Atkins has died, a spokeswoman for California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Friday.
For Mackenzie Phillips, drugs dimmed career
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Actress Mackenzie Phillips has said that she believes she had a "genetic predisposition" to the life of sex, drugs and rock and roll that have come t [...more]
Obama says Iran is breaking the rules
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Iran's newly unveiled uranium enrichment facility "is inconsistent with a peaceful (nuclear) program," President Obama said today. "Iran is breaking [...more]
Texas terror suspect sought 'violent jihad'
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A terror suspect accused of plotting to bomb a Dallas skyscraper drew scrutiny because of his violent posts on an extremist chat site, court papers i [...more]
Small wins in struggling Mississippi county
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The odds are against Brenda T. Buck, and she knows it. So she counts on what she calls the Sandwich Philosophy: "Take it one bite at a time." Buck is [...more]