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Law-breaking ape in South Bend makes BuzzFeed list
On Buzz Feed's list of the 30 Happiest Facts of All Time, number 24 is that a ape was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend. We wanted to find out if that's true, and wouldn't you know it -- back in the early 1900's an ape did...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Al Capone
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Sosa, Bonds, Clemens rejected; no one elected to Baseball's Hall
NEW YORK (AP) — Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and former Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball's Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades. Bonds received...
Tags: New York Yankees, Nellie Fox, Mike Piazza, Baseball, Voting
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VIDEO: Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkey
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite on Wednesday, saying he wanted to offer the birds a second chance. "They say life is full of second chances, and this Nov. I couldn't agree more with that...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, Mount Vernon, Politics, Turkey (animal)
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Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle in Britain
LONDON (AP) — Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers have been caught up in their own lengthy, embarrassing and expensive phone-hacking...Tags: BBC, Media Industry, News Corp., Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes
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Schools turn their noses up at 'pink slime'
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's schools districts are turning up their noses at "pink slime," the beef product that caused a public uproar this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the majority of states participating in its National School...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, Science and Technology
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NBC discussing plan to remove Ann Curry as host
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Only a year after becoming Matt Lauer's co-host on NBC's "Today" show, Ann Curry may soon be losing that job. A source with knowledge of the show who spoke on condition of anonymity because the source was not authorized to speak...Tags: Today (tv program), Ann Curry, Matt Lauer, ABC (tv network), NBC (tv network)
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P-word? OK. The V-word? That's trickier
NEW YORK (AP) — Kayt Sukel, an author who writes about neuroscience and sexuality, has given lectures around the country on the issue. And there's one word, she finds, that never fails to get her audiences squeamish. "There's just something about...Tags: Whitney Cummings, Television Industry, Jon Stewart, The CW (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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Michigan Democrats nominate Obama to run for 2nd term
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As President Barack Obama formally kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday in nearby Ohio, thousands of Democrats gathered in union halls, libraries and community centers throughout Michigan to nominate him to run for a...Tags: NAACP, Virginia Commonwealth University, Robert L. Gibbs, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Schools will get to opt out of 'pink slime' beef
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — School districts soon will be able to opt out of a common ammonia-treated ground beef filler critics have dubbed "pink slime."
Amid a growing social media storm over so-called "lean finely textured beef," the Agriculture...Tags: Media Industry, Hamburgers, Foods and Beverages, Jamie Oliver, Explosions
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Repair work may be cause of NYC elevator accident
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's Buildings Department commissioner says maintenance work may have contributed to an elevator accident in which an advertising executive was crushed to death. Robert LiMandri tells The New York Times (http://bit.ly/...Tags: New York City, Manhattan (New York City)
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School: Sandusky denied job after background check
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A year and a half after an investigation began into former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's contact with young boys, he applied for a volunteer coaching job at a college but was denied the job after a...Tags: College Sports, Trials, Prosecution, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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'We are the 99 percent' chosen as year's top quote
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale University librarian says the slogan "We are the 99 percent" by Occupy Wall Street protesters is the year's most notable quote. Fred Shapiro has released his sixth annual list of the most memorable quotations of the...Tags: Yale University, Herman Cain, Charlie Sheen, Warren Buffett, Sex Crimes
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