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Tom McHale

Death toll from Cambodia stampede rises to 345 - CNN.com - 0 views

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    (CNN) -- The death toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival has risen to 345, the country's official news agency said Tuesday. In addition to the deaths, another 391 people were injured at the annual Water Festival in the capital city of Phnom Penh on Monday, the AKP news agency said.
Tom McHale

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    TEXAS -- The newspaper adviser at Big Spring High School resigned May 28 after the principal pulled the last issue of the paper, which included an editorial advocating the legalization of marijuana. Steven Saldivar, superintendent of the Big Spring Independent School District, said the editorial conflicted with the district's policy of discouraging illegal drug use. Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, said that courts have ruled that the First Amendment protects political speech even in schools. "A political opinion urging a change in the law is absolutely the highest and most protected First Amendment speech," he said
Tom McHale

SPLC - News Flashes - 0 views

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    PENNSYLVANIA -- The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Pennsylvania ordered on Friday that the conflicting rulings in two student online speech cases be vacated and heard by the full court in June. This order nullifies the previous decisions, which were each made by panels of three judges each, and will replace them with decisions made by the entire panel of 3rd Circuit judges, after a hearing on June 3. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) represented the students in both cases, which were both ruled on Feb. 4. In the case Layshock v. Hermitage School District, a three-judge panel ruled in favor of high school student Justin Layshock on his First Amendment claim
Chris C

Clinton Twp. Police: teen punches man at football game | NJ.com - 0 views

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    According to police, a 49-year-old Bethlehem Township man saw a 15-year-old Clinton Township boy sitting on his car around 8:50 p.m. Police he said he told them that when he asked the boy to get off his car, the boy cursed and spit at him, and then punched him in the face and ran away.
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    CLINTON TWP. - Police said they haven't yet filed any charges after an apparent fight at the North Hunterdon-Voorhees football game Friday night.
Tom McHale

Texas Poet Twists Newsprint Into Verse | PBS NewsHour | Sept. 14, 2010 | PBS - 0 views

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    How author develops poetry out of the news. Possible writing exercise?
Chris C

Flemington Holiday Parade will have 3,500 people, 55 floats | NJ.com - 0 views

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    FLEMINGTON - On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30
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    On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30.
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    FLEMINGTON - On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30.
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    FLEMINGTON - On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30. Students from Hunterdon Central High School and Polytech will decorate the parade route with 2,000 red and white balloons earlier on parade day.
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    FLEMINGTON - On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30.
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    On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30.
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    FLEMINGTON - On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30.
Chris C

Feds open criminal investigation into WikiLeaks disclosures - CNN.com - 0 views

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    (CNN) -- Secrets-busting website WikiLeaks, which began publishing a giant trove of confidential U.S. government papers on Sunday, didn't expect the papers to reveal as much espionage as they apparently do, a spokesman said Monday
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    CNN) -- The United States' top diplomat condemned Monday the secret-busting website WikiLeaks' release of hundreds of thousands of documents that detail with unusual frankness the nation's diplomatic interactions with other countries.
Alyssa W

N.J. shoppers make the most of fleeting Black Friday deals | NJ.com - 0 views

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    Chris Stanton has been shopping on Black Fridays for two decades, but he's no longer in the game to win discounted toys and electronics for his family.
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    Hundreds of consumers flooded shopping centers throughout the Garden State today morning in hopes of scoring the best deal on flat screen TVs, toys, and, in some cases, a little something for themselves.
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    Black Friday Deal cause many people to shop
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    Chris Stanton has been shopping on Black Fridays for two decades, but he's no longer in the game to win discounted toys and electronics for his family.
Andre B

Car owner drags South Brunswick man from vehicle | NJ.com - 0 views

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    SOUTH BRUNSWICK - A South Brunswick man, who was dragged out of a car he was attempting to burglarize, was arrested Tuesday, police said today.
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    The car owner was was visiting a friend on Deerberry Lane. When he returned to his car at 11:15 p.m., he found Katko inside, according to police. The owner questioned Katko, then pulled him out of the vehicle and dragged him to his friend's house where they called police.
Joe Z

Ocean Gate residents plan candlelight vigil for police officer killed by drunken driver - 0 views

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    OCEAN GATE - A candlelight vigil is scheduled tonight for Ocean Gate police officer Jason Marles, who was killed early Thanksgiving morning when a drunken driver crashed into his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway.
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    A candlelight vigil is scheduled tonight for Ocean Gate police officer Jason Marles, who was killed early Thanksgiving morning when a drunken driver crashed into his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway.
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    OCEAN GATE - A candlelight vigil is scheduled tonight for Ocean Gate police officer Jason Marles, who was killed early Thanksgiving morning when a drunken driver crashed into his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway.
Jacquelyn G

Man falls to death during game at Chicago's Soldier Field - 0 views

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    Police in Chicago, Illinois, are investigating the death of a man who fell from the upper level of Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, to the ground outside the stadium, police said.
Collin U

Leslie Nielsen, star of 'Airplane!' and 'Naked Gun,' dead at 84 - 0 views

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    (CNN) -- Leslie Nielsen, whose longtime career as a square-jawed dramatic actor took a sudden turn into comedy with gut-busting spoofs like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," has died at age 84, his family said Sunday.
Andre B

Man falls to death during game at Chicago's Soldier Field - CNN.com - 0 views

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    The incident happened around 5 p.m. Sunday while the Bears were playing the Philadelphia Eagles, said Veejay Zala of the Chicago Police Department. The 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 5:27 p.m.
Travis S

Leslie Nielsen of 'Naked Gun' fame dies - 0 views

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    Leslie Nielsen, who went from drama to inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in "Airplane!" and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in "The Naked Gun" comedies, has died. He was 84.
Andre B

Jury convicts DeLay in money laundering trial - Politics - More politics - msnbc.com - 0 views

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    Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts against DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He faces up to life in prison on the money laundering charge.
Andre B

5 dead in Mexico military cargo plane crash - World news - Americas - msnbc.com - 0 views

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    A Mexican air force cargo plane crashed at Monterrey International Airport on Wednesday, killing five military personnel, Mexico's national security agency said.
Dan S

Cholera-hit Haiti seeks nurses, doctors - Health - Infectious diseases - msnbc.com - 0 views

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    Cholera spreads through Haiti as they are in need of nurses and doctors.
Ryan Rincon

Andy Pettitte tells Yankees he's unsure if he'll return in 2011 | NJ.com - 0 views

  • Andy Pettitte reached out to Brian Cashman Wednesday, telling the Yankees GM that when it comes to returning next season, he remains undecided.
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    Andy Pettitte reached out to Brian Cashman Wednesday, telling the Yankees GM that when it comes to returning next season, he remains undecided.
Amber M

DREAM Act in danger after Senate Dems pull it from consideration - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Senate Democrats conceded Thursday they don't have the votes to pass the DREAM Act, a bill that would have offered a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children.
Meredith C

New York Giant Travis Beckum, along with farmer and calf, appear at Jersey City school ... - 0 views

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    A dairy farmer, a calf and a New York Giant walk into a Jersey City public school. No, this isn't the start of a bad joke. It was the scene this morning at School 25 in Jersey City where students have improved their eating habits and daily exercise so much they were treated to an assembly with special guests -- New Jersey farmer Richard Byma, his calf, Rainbow, and New York Giant tight-end Travis Beckum.
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