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CNN 2009-08-30

Hello everyone, Im Catherin Callaway at CNN Centre in Atlanta with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. About fifteen hundred people attend Senator Edward Kennedys funeral mass in Boston today and among those attending would be former Presiden

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CNN 2009-11-09

Thanks for being here, and there was a party last night. Oh, yeah, a House party. In Washington, literally, a House party. Democrats, theyve invited the Republicans, but the Republicans didn't really want to party with them last night. The health car

CNN 2009-11-08

Talking about that shooting at Ft. Hood. Then we saw another shooting in an office building yesterday in Orlando. The suspect could be making a court appearance as early as this morning. His name is Jason Rodriguez. He is now looking at first degree

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AP 2010-03-08

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