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The Clarion-Ledger - Sun Nov 22, 2:09 am ET
In 1952, a 13-year-old boy got a phone call that still makes him cry when he talks about it decades later.
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The Fort Dodge Messenger - Sun Nov 22, 12:05 am ET
Friendship Haven will be well-represented among the thousands of veterans traveling to the national World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of the Honor Flight program. Two World War II veterans from the Fort Dodge retirement community have already made the trip. Bob Pearson, a Navy veteran who also served in the Air Force during the Korean War, boarded one of the flights on Oct. 13.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 6:02 am ET
President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed.
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CBS News - Thu Nov 19, 9:32 am ET
U.S., South Korean Presidents Agree to Offer Aid in Exchange for Dismantling of North Korea's Nuclear Program
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Los Angeles Times - Thu Nov 19, 3:14 am ET
A visiting President Obama and his South Korean host agree on an offer to the North. Free trade is also key in Seoul talks. President Obama met today with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, calling for North Korea to take "serious steps" to give up its nuclear weapons and committing himself to reviving a free-trade deal between Seoul and Washington that has stalled in the U.S. Congress.
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Deseret News - Sun Nov 22, 1:05 am ET
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 11:04 am ET
Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.
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Whittier Daily News - 1 hour 40 minutes ago
With Los Angeles County marking 50 years of its Civil Defense program at the same time that the mother of all disaster films - "2012" - plays in theaters, officials are renewing efforts to prepare the public for catastrophes.
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Denver Post - Fri Nov 20, 3:18 am ET
A key U.N. committee is expressing serious concern at widespread reports of torture and other grave human-rights violations in North Korea.
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Fox News - Thu Nov 19, 10:28 pm ET
A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.
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Daily Breeze - 2 hours 50 minutes ago
L.A. Civil Defense program marks 50 years with new drive for preparedness. With Los Angeles County marking 50 years of its Civil Defense program while the mother of all disaster films - "2012" - plays in theaters, officials are renewing efforts to
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Long Beach Press-Telegram - Sun Nov 22, 1:41 am ET
Officials encourage residents for preparedness as disaster movie debuts. With Los Angeles County marking 50 years of its Civil Defense program while the mother of all disaster films - "2012" - plays in theaters, officials are renewing efforts to prepare the public for catastrophes.
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All About Jazz - 13 minutes ago
The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 By Sam Stephenson Available November 24, 2009 Published by Alfred A. Knopf 288 pages $40.00 Hardcover ISBN/EAN: 978-0-307-26709-2 The following is excerpted from the prologue of the book. January 29, 1960...
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette - 24 minutes ago
In 1975, Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain.
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The Daily Reflector - Sun Nov 22, 12:10 am ET
On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.