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Goshen family finds recipe for success
GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — The ladies of the Graber family never intended to publish a cookbook for the public. They certainly never expected to end up on a book tour in New York doing 13 interviews with 13 television stations. But visit Amazon.com and...
Tags: Book, Television Stations, Crime, Law and Justice, Recipes, New York City
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'Accidental' New Zealand millionaire returns to face court
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand woman who fled to China with her Chinese partner after a banking error deposited millions of dollars in their bank account has appeared in a New Zealand court to face multimillion dollar theft charges.... -
Parts of quake-hit New Zealand city to be abandoned
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's prime minister says some 10,000 houses in Christchurch will have to be demolished because of earthquake damage and some parts of the city will have to abandoned altogether. The magnitude 6.3 temblor...Tags: Government, Politics
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New Zealand man auctions home-smashing boulder; proceeds help quake victims
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand homeowner whose house was smashed by a car-sized boulder in an earthquake that devastated the country's second-largest city last month has sold the rock in an online auction for more than 60,000 New...Tags: Auction Service, Homes, American Red Cross, Online Advertising
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Missing pedigreed New Zealand cat turns up ... neutered
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A valuable pedigreed cat that went missing from its New Zealand home turned up two days later a little different — it had been surgically castrated. Owner Michelle Curtis said she was furious when Buddy, her... -
Peter Jackson has surgery for ulcer in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — "Lord of the Rings" director Sir Peter Jackson has undergone surgery for a perforated ulcer in his native New Zealand. Publicist Melissa Booth says Jackson was admitted to Wellington Hospital the night before...Tags: Surgery, Abdominal Pain, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Wellington (New Zealand)
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New Zealand earthquake causes ice to break off glacier
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The earthquake that struck Christchurch has caused some 30 million tons of ice to break off from New Zealand's biggest glacier. Tour guides at the Tasman Glacier in the Southern Alps say the quake caused the ice to...Tags: Landforms, Glaciers, New Zealand Earthquake (2011)
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New Zealand woman weds days after her quake rescue
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — In a bright moment amid the misery of New Zealand's earthquake, a woman rescued from the quake zone has gone forward days later with her planned wedding. Emma Howard was rescued Tuesday after her office block...Tags: Weddings, Human Interest
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Evan Bayh recaps Christchurch earthquake
Former Senator and Governor Evan Byah and his wife were in New Zealand when the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch. Bayh was attending a political conference in Christchurch.
Byah landed in Washington D.C. from New Zealand this afternoon,...Tags: Elections, Evan Bayh, Government, Executive Branch, Indiana
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107 whales die in stranding
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A pod of 107 pilot whales has died after beaching themselves in southern New Zealand, including 48 that were euthanized. The Conservation Department said hikers found the whales stranded Sunday on a remote beach at...Tags: Whale (animal), Ecosystems, Conservation
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Christian movement preparing for End of Days today
Associated PressOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Some shut themselves inside to pray for mercy as they waited for the world's end. Others met for tearful last lunches with their children, and prepared to leave behind homes and pets as they were swept up to heaven. And across...Tags: Religious Texts, Disasters and Accidents, Earthquakes, Science and Technology, Disasters
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