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Sandy leaves death, damp, darkness in wake
NEW YORK (AP) — As superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation’s largest city unusually vacant and dark. New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart …
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Fort Meade, Md. — Air Force Lt. Col. Charles J. Wallace II graduated from the Naval War College, College of Naval Warfare in Newport, R.I. Qualified students earned a master of arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. The college is the oldest war college …
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McGovern, who lost ’72 presidential bid, dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to …
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Student gets white coat
HARROGATE Tenn. — Russell Staggs of Batesville recently received his white coat during a White Coat Ceremony at Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tenn., according to a news release. Staggs is a first-year osteopathic medical student at LMU-DCOM. The White Coat …
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Specter died fighting for moderation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Arlen Specter, a pugnacious and prominent former moderate in the U.S. Senate who developed the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, lost a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at a time …
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Gary Collins, actor and TV host, dies at age 74
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Gary Collins, an actor, television show host and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, died Saturday, authorities said. He was 74. Collins, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, died of natural causes just before 1 a.m. Saturday after he …
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Jerry Lee Lewis bandmate, teen shot dead in Memphis
MEMPHIS (AP) — B.B. Cunningham Jr., 70, a member of Jerry Lee Lewis’ band who scored a multi-million selling single, “Let It All Hang Out,” in 1967 with The Hombres, was shot to death along with a teenager about 2 a.m. Sunday in Memphis, police …
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Medicare Open Enrollment starts Monday
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Rick Crawford reminds senior citizens in his district that Medicare Open Enrollment will run from Oct. 15-Dec. 7. “Open Enrollment is an important time for seniors to make sure they have the Medicare plan that best suits their needs. Navigating any …
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Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, dies at 77
DETROIT (AP) — Alex Karras was a man of many roles. Fearsome NFL defensive lineman. Lovable TV dad. Hilarious big-screen cowboy. And in the end, a dementia victim who blamed the NFL for his illness along with thousands of former players in lawsuits accusing the …
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Gatewood elected president of World War II association
RICHMOND, Va. — The 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team Association, World War II, held its annual reunion in Richmond, Va., in September. The Honor Flight Network provided two buses and took the reunion attendees to Washington, D.C., on the first day of the reunion. Each …
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Aggressive Romney spars with Obama in 1st presidential debate
DENVER (AP) — In a showdown at close quarters, an aggressive Mitt Romney sparred with President Barack Obama in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. “The status quo is not …
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Analysis: Romney’s debate cheers GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Challenger Mitt Romney used Wednesday’s debate to put President Barack Obama on the defensive on health care, jobs and other issues. The president’s reluctance to fire back harshly gave new hope to Republican partisans. Romney managed to highlight his top campaign themes …
