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Scam savvy
Special to Newsday'They said, 'Don't worry.' They took me in a limo to their office. They said, 'Sign here, sign there,' and I did." And that's how Priscila Nano, a 66-year-old divorcee, came to lose the house in Great Neck that she'd lived in and loved for 29 years....Tags: People, Steve Levy, Death and Dying, Indiana, Police
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No Knock On Knocked Up?
It used to be that a teen or young woman who was pregnant and unmarried would leave town to live with relatives in another part of the country where no one knew her name. Or slip away to some other refuge. Or be the bride in a shotgun wedding...Tags: People, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Demographics, Sarah Palin, Frank III Harris
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Republican platform hostile to illegal immigrants
The 2008 Republican platform, in language hostile to illegal immigrants, says the makeup of Congress should be set by counting only those legally residing in the United States in the next census. The Census Bureau does not ask questions about legal...Tags: Demographics, Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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NYC's infant mortality rate drops
The Health Department says New York City's infant mortality rate has reached the lowest level ever recorded. The 2007 rate also marks the largest single-year drop since 2001. The agency says there were 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2007,...Tags: People, Demographics, Infants
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Keno logs personal best in Dutch long-distance triathlon
Brian Keno, motivated by his wife and two daughters along the course, was the top American finisher in his age group Sunday at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Almere, Holland. Keno, 45, of Fort Lauderdale was fifth overall for Team...Tags: Labor Day, Triathlon, Demographics, Duathlon, Bodies of Water
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Russian nationalist advocates Eurasian alliance against the U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWriter, political activist and father figure for contemporary Russian nationalism, Aleksandr Dugin is the founder of Russia's International Eurasian Movement and a popular theorist among Russia's hard-line elite. He envisions a strategic bloc comprising...Tags: Standards, Armed Conflicts, Building Material, Dmitry Medvedev, Government
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Could Palin handle 9/11 attacks? Depends who you ask
michael.frazier@newsday.comWhen ex-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's experience as a mayor and governor gave her the experience to handle a disaster such as the 2001 terror attacks, the comment didn't surprise the Port Authority...Tags: Barack Obama, Disasters, Sarah Palin, Alaska, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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The Morning Call Sports Calendar
COMING EVENTS:
CLUB AT MORGAN HILL G.C. PATRIOT GOLF DAYS AUG. 29 - SEPT. 1 -- Club at Morgan will match $1/player that participates … benefits spouses and dependents of service members killed or disabled … event supports a nationwide effort Patriot...Tags: Moravian College, People, National Basketball Association, Football, Teen-agers
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Dems, don't take the bait
Sarah Palin is an electoral rabbit. If Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrats and various liberal interest groups are smart, they won't give chase.
Tonight, the Alaska governor will ascend the stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul to...Tags: Sarah Palin, Alaska, New York Times, Elections, Iowa
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Brookies Battle Back
Courant Staff WriterThis an occasional series about fish species of Connecticut — from the ever- popular striped bass to the lesser-known river herring. Some fish we like to eat; some we don't. Some are flourishing; some are not. But all are affected by vexing...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Global Change, Water Pollution, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Huge population spike cometh
Steven A. Camarota is director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington. This is from The Washington Post.When the Census Bureau released its new population projections last month, most of the media focused on the country's changing racial composition. But this was almost certainly not the most important finding. The projections show that the U.S....Tags: Demographics, Immigration, Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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Alaska a world apart from lower 48
Just to put the résumé of John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin into local terms: When Barack Obama was sworn in as the junior U.S. senator from Illinois in January 2005, Palin was mayor of Wasilla, an Alaska town of about 8,500, roughly the...Tags: Barack Obama, Oak Brook, Sarah Palin, Alaska, John McCain
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