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Last-minute rehearsals, and the final touches are taking place before tonight's tree lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Center. This year, the Norway spruce soars nearly 9 storeys and it is the centerpi

NPR 2011-11-01

The UN's cultural agency is supporting the Palestinians' bid for full membership despite strong Israeli and US objections. As a result, Washington's cutting off funding to UNESCO. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. We were to have made a $

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When a man in Macon, Ga. , came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands. A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told hi

What Will Be the Headline

When a man in Macon, Ga. , came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands. A reporter saw the incident, congratulated the man and told him the headline the following day would read, Local

CNN 2010-05-07

Is this person a suspect, a person of interest? No, not in any way. He would be totally innocent. This is one of the first videos that we obtained. We thought it warranted an interview. He is taking his shirt off. That was a very warm day. But this h

AP 2011-11-07

1. A third former employee says she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Herman Cain. She worked for the Republican presidential candidate in 1990s. 2. The White House says the US has a

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Right now, they are just talking procedure, but President Barack Obama says the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is a promising step forward. Senior Israeli and Palestinian negociators are on their way to Washington for the first direct ta

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Shooting Victims Named; Obama Travels to Connecticut

NEW YORK U.S. President Barack Obama travels on Sunday to Newtown, Connecticut, in an effort to comfort a shattered town reeling from a school shooting that left 20 young children and six adults dead. A White House statement released Saturday said Ob

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CAPITAL punishment has been meted out in Connecticut since colonial times, when convicted witches were sentenced to death. In recent years it has been used sparingly . Of the 4,686 murders committed between 1973 and 2007, only 66 led to convictions o

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By Kane Farabaugh Hartford, Connecticut 13 October 2006 watch Lieberman Lamont report The war in Iraq is the main issue in a key Senate race in the northeastern state of Connecticut. Incumbent Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman is now running as an

Three million without power after early U.S. snow

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- About 3 million people are without power on Sunday after the U.S. Northeast was struck by an unusually early snow which began to fall a day before, and at least three people have died of reasons related to the snow. El

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I remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like children, under the sun was there to shine. That time we used to be happy. Well, I th

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Flu vaccination is proving itself among Connecticuts tots. 接种流感疫苗证明自己在康涅狄格州的小孩。 In 2010 a state law went into effect that requires toddlers aged 6 months to 59 months to get flu shots if they attend child care.