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Raising grandchildren an extra burden for many
AP Business WriterThe joy of grandparenting comes at a price for Dave and Nora Dacus, like many others who step up when a child's parents can't or won't. From changing diapers to footing the tuition bills for Catholic school, the Dacuses have been on duty for 6-year-...Tags: Population, Mount Vernon, Family, Illnesses, Roman Catholic
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Ron Paul's no-count convention roll-call
The Swampby Mark Silva BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Leave it to the Alaskans. On the night that their governor was nominated for the vice presdiency of the United States, they cast several votes for Ron Paul in the nomination of a president.......Tags: Virginia, Alaska, Oregon, Texas, Republican National Conventions
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Black bear busts secret marijuana farm
South Florida Sun-SentinelInvestigators say a large black bear raided a clandestine marijuana growing operation so often that it chased the grower away. Deputies found food containers ripped apart and strewn everywhere, cans with bear teeth marks, claw marks and bear prints...Tags: Addiction
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Wheaton College won't drink to that
Chicago Tribune reporterFor more than a decade, Brigham Young University has stood atop the teetotaler's totem poll, consistently ranked the most sober institution of higher learning in the country. But now, with a new collegiate year under way, a small Christian college due...Tags: Ohio State University, Michigan, Academic Progress, Health and Safety at School, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Vick's pit bulls had me at 'arf'
Not long ago, you and I watched the feds raid Michael Vick's estate in rural Surry, packing off scores of fighting pit bulls and bagging dog carcasses dug up in back. I, for one, didn't want to see what happened next. To the dogs, that is. I couldn't...Tags: Animals, Michael Vick, National Football League, Georgia
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Sundance Rehab Center Offers Pampering With Recovery
Chicago TribuneIn recent years, the posh mountain retreat of Sundance has welcomed a constellation of stars — including Lindsay Lohan, Kirsten Dunst and Eva Mendes — for reasons that have nothing to do with its famous film festival. They're here for...Tags: Kirsten Dunst, Armed Forces, Addiction, Defense, Lindsay Lohan
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Officials weigh mine charges
Federal mining officials have asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the death of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. The Mine Safety and Health Administration has been investigating two...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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Man tossed from mechanical bull sues NY restaurant
A man has filed a lawsuit saying he was injured when he was thrown off a mechanical bull in a Western-themed New York City restaurant. Aaron Schnore's lawsuit accuses the midtown Manhattan restaurant of negligence for "allowing and promoting an...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Rockefeller Center, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Trials
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Toronto's fest gives power to the people
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWHAT'S THE surest sign that a movie is going to tank at the box office? It's not that it stars Vin Diesel. Or is a remake of a Japanese TV show involving speed and racing. Or has anything at all to do with the Iraq war. No, the best current indicator of...Tags: Vin Diesel, Transsiberian, Tennessee Williams, Frank Langella, Hamlet 2
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: AT HOME
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff told a federal judge yesterday that his lifestyle of trading expensive gifts for political favors crossed the line, even by Washington standards, but said he was "not a bad man" and pleaded for leniency. Abram-off, the...Tags: Crimes, Bars, Florida, Radio Industry, Trials
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Parkland officials shoot down four-day workweek
Forum Publishing GroupSome cities in Florida have voted in favor of a four-day workweek, but Parkland officials do not think the idea suits the city. The issue came up for discussion at a recent budget workshop. City finance and administrative services director Barbara...Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Rivers, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), North Miami, Mark Weissman
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Au revoir, short week
Of The Associated PressIt's being called the coup de grace for France's decade-long experiment with a 35-hour workweek -- a policy that inspired envy and ridicule in Europe and the U.S., and even some copycats. But the short workweek proved difficult to implement and was...Tags: Employees, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Unemployment, Vacations, Nicolas Sarkozy
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