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U.S. helicopter raid frees two aid workers from Somali pirates
World NowU.S. Navy Seals in dramatic hostage rescue in Somalia: In a dramatic overnight rescue, U.S. military helicopters with Navy Seals swooped into Somalia and safely rescued two Western aid workers.... -
Why do people get kidnapped in Somalia?
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Angelo Dundee's son discusses life, death of Muhammad Ali's trainer
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October Storm Hits Connecticut
Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...Tags: Holidays, Transportation Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Poisoning, Litchfield (Litchfield, Connecticut)
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Several families displaced following Park Jefferson fire
SOUTH BEND — Darren McNair awoke this morning to a telephone call from a cousin telling him his Park Jefferson apartment building was on fire.
McNair, 22, and a friend, Lindsey Johnson, 18, quickly fled the building with just the clothes on their...Tags: Fires, Charity, Services and Shopping, Fires, Human Mishaps
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Battle of the Badges' blood drive touted a success
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterAlonso Holguin waited to do more than give back to the community Wednesday. He was among a throng of people who waited to donate blood. “Just to help out people in need,” said the 17-year-old Imperial resident. “I might be helping...Tags: Charity, The Happiest News!, American Red Cross, The Happiest News!, Human Interest
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Blood drives for the week beginning Jan. 9
Monday, Jan. 9- American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131 Conrad Court, Hagerstown, noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9-Maugansville Ruritan, 18007 Maugansville Ave., Maugansville, 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 — American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131...Tags: Charity, Schools, Schools, American Red Cross, Elementary Schools
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Red Cross In Desperate Need of Blood
American Red CrossBefore, during and immediately after the holiday season, the American Red Cross experiences a significant decline in donor turnout at local blood drives and donor centers. This reduction in collections has put several blood types at critical or...Tags: Human Body, Blood Transfusion, Emergency Health Procedures, Blood, Health
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USDA says it will close 259 offices to save $150M
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, labs and other facilities as part of an effort to save $150 million per year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday. While the closures...Tags: Agriculture, Health and Safety at Work, Agricultural Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry
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Ex-soldier from Laurel charged with trying to join terrorist group in Somalia
Craig Benedict Baxam was surfing the Internet from his Army base in South Korea last summer when he came across an Islamic religious website.
The soldier from Laurel had never been particularly religious. But with his deployment and his time in the...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Rod J. Rosenstein, Al-Qaeda, Islam, Career and Workplace
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USDA announces $308 million in aid to states
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The nation's top agriculture official is expected to announce Wednesday more than $300 million in emergency assistance to 33 states and Puerto Rico to help them recover from an unusually intense year for natural disasters across...Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bodies of Water, Floods, Arable Farming, Bodies of Water
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UPDATED: American Red Cross faces big fine for blood safety violations
ReporterThe American Red Cross is facing a big fine for violating blood safety rules. Some of those problems happened here in Roanoke. This month the Food and Drug Administration slapped the Red Cross with a $9.6 million dollar fine according to a letter...Tags: Charity, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Health Organizations, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Punishment
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