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Massive storm disrupts holiday travel
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Massive storm disrupts holiday travel
A slow-moving storm spreading snow, sleet and rain across the nation's midsection glazes roads and disrupts flights, making last-minute holiday travel treacherous but promising a white Christmas for some.
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Post office standoff suspect angry at feds
A man accused of taking three people hostage in a Virginia post office told them he was angry at the federal government because his son had died in Afghanistan and his truck was about to repossessed.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday took a sterner stance toward the upcoming resentencing of a former civil rights lawyer convicted in a terrorism case, saying it has "serious doubts" whether her sentence of just over two years in prison was reasonable.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates proposes a major overhaul of the way the Pentagon and State Department do nation-building with the aim of stabilizing strife-ridden countries.
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In Bethlehem, holiday cheer edges out gloom
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world descend on the traditional birthplace of Jesus for the most upbeat Christmas celebrations this Palestinian town has seen in years.
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Santa gives $100 to Goodwill shoppers
Christmas came three days early at a Goodwill store in Maine's largest city after an anonymous man dressed in a Santa suit handed out envelopes containing $100 each.
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Loophole frees mentally ill youth offenders
Recent slaying cases highlight the complexities of a 1997 law meant to keep mentally ill juveniles from being held in detention centers where they can't get proper treatment.
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