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Vt. governor chased by 4 bears in backyard
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A late-night encounter with four bears trying to snack from backyard birdfeeders gave Vermont's governor a lesson in what not to do in bear country. One of the bears chased Peter Shumlin and nearly caught the governor while...Tags: Government, Politics, Regional Authority, Rentals, Executive Branch
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Wal-Mart pulls formula after Mo. baby's death
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — A Wal-Mart spokeswoman says the company has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy became gravely ill with a suspected infection and died after being taken...Tags: Walmart
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Hezbollah leader affirms support for Assad in Syria
BEIRUT — The leader of the militant group Hezbollah on Saturday aligned his powerful movement squarely behind the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and vowed victory against Syrian rebels, whom he assailed as proxy warriors for the West...Tags: Government, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Religious Conflicts, Michel Suleiman, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Syrian opposition struggles for unity as battle rages
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's opposition resumed talks on Saturday aimed at closing their fractious ranks, as government forces launched a fierce onslaught on a rebel-held border town to try to gain the upper hand in the civil war. A failure of the...Tags: Government, European Union, Rebellions, Politics, Saudi Arabia
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Syria activists look to a grave for evidence against Assad
WASHINGTON — The hunt for proof that Syrian government forces used banned chemical weapons may come down to a rotting corpse exhumed late last month from a makeshift cemetery near Damascus. The grave diggers — a Syrian doctor and several...
Tags: Activism, Beirut (Lebanon), Political Dissent, Government, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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A Pitt legacy commits to Penn State
Nittany LinesTroy Apke, whose father Steve played linebacker for Pitt in the 1980s, committed to Penn State over the weekend. Apke, a 6-1 receiver from Mt. Lebanon, became the fourth player to make an oral commitment to Penn State's 2014 recruiting...... -
Rep. Holden to the Lehigh Valley?
Pennsylvania Ave.As state legislators toil over redesigning the congressional map, one rumor making the rounds is that U.S. Rep. Tim Holden's district could be redrawn to include Easton. Holden, a Democrat and the longest serving Pennsylvania congressman, called it a... -
Two rockets hit Hezbollah-held district in Beirut -residents
ReutersBEIRUT, May 26 (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-controlled district in the southern part of Lebanon's capital on Saturday, residents said, wounding several people. The attack may have been a response to a speech by the militant group's leader...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Bashar Assad
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CORRECTED-Two rockets hit southern Beirut district -residents
Reuters(Corrects day in first paragraph) BEIRUT, May 26 (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-controlled district in the southern part of Lebanon's capital on Sunday, residents said, wounding several people. The attack may have been a response to a speech by...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Bashar Assad
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Rockets hit south Beirut after Hezbollah vows Syria victory
ReutersBEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of southern Beirut on Sunday and wounded several people, residents said, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi'ite militant movement Hezbollah said his group would continue fighting in Syria...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Bashar Assad, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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READER SUBMITTED: Spaces Still Available At Girl Scout Summer Camps
StatewideSpace is still available for all girls in grades one to twelve to have a fun, safe place to explore and learn in the outdoors! Girls don't have to be Girl Scouts to participate in the fun! Summer camp benefits children in many ways, including increased...Tags: Weston (Fairfield, Connecticut), Ethics, Values, Youth Organizations, Oxford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Syrian-linked death toll grows in Lebanon's Tripoli
ReutersTRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The death toll in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli reached 25 on Saturday in the seventh straight day of clashes between factions supporting opposing sides in Syria's two-year civil war, security sources said. Residents...Tags: Bashar Assad, Religion and Belief, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Islam
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Apr 15, 2013
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Dec 5, 2011
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May 25, 2013
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May 26, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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