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"Intentional" explosion kills husband, two sons of missing woman
Monday, February 6, 2012 6:15:47 AM CST
(Reuters) - An "intentional" house explosion on Sunday near Tacoma, Washington killed the husband and two sons of a Utah woman missing since December 2009, fire department officials said.
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Eyeing greener acres, new farmers reap growing U.S. aid
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:07:44 AM CST
HALLSVILLE, Missouri (Reuters) - Dan Pugh wishes he had a bigger tractor and his wife Laura worries about their chickens in the winter weather. But as new farmers putting down roots in rural Missouri, the Pughs are counting on more rewards than regrets in trading their city lives for the country.
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Goldman's Blankfein campaigns for gay marriage
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:08:10 AM CST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, one of Wall Street's most powerful figures, has become the first major business leader to join a national media campaign in support of same-sex marriage.
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Powerful Pennsylvania lawmaker found guilty of corruption
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:15:58 AM CST
HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - State Representative H. William DeWeese, one of Pennsylvania's longest-serving and most influential lawmakers, was found guilty on Monday of theft and criminal conspiracy stemming from his use of state employees to campaign for him for free.
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Four Illinois men killed in fiery wrong-way crash
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:02:28 AM CST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four Chicago-area men were killed Monday in a fiery crash when a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 smashed into another car.
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Police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day
Sunday, February 5, 2012 6:35:24 PM CST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. police officers cleared tents from an "Occupy" protest site in downtown Washington on Sunday, but demonstrators said even without the camp they would continue to fight for economic equality and other issues.
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Chrysler's "Halftime" ad: a roadmap for America?
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:07:15 AM CST
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Is what is good for Chrysler good for America?
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U.S. targets food stamp fraud as election looms
Monday, February 6, 2012 5:08:10 AM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stung by election-year criticism of a program used by one in seven Americans, administrators of U.S. food stamp benefits are intensifying efforts to combat fraud and protect the $75.3 billion plan from the budget axe.
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Man pardoned by Barbour charged with DUI weeks before
Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:21:11 PM CST
STARKVILLE, Miss (Reuters) - Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour was not aware that a man who received a pardon in January had been charged with driving while intoxicated for a fourth time just weeks before Barbour granted the pardon, his spokeswoman said on Sunday.
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Small Super Bowl protest for anti-union law
Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:13:18 PM CST
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A small group of about 50 activists marched to Lucas Oil Stadium where the Super Bowl will be played later on Sunday to peacefully protest Indiana's new anti-union "right-to-work" law.