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Boxer ‘Macho’ Camacho Dies in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hector “Macho” Camacho was a brash fighter with a mean jab and an aggressive style, launching himself furiously against…
Daily Archive: November 25, 2012
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Thanksgiving Steals Sales From Black Friday
Thanksgiving shopping took a noticeable bite out of Black Friday’s start to the holiday season, as the latest survey found retail sales in stores fell…
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2 Shot at Fla. Walmart Over Parking Space
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities believe a disagreement over a parking space led to two people being shot and wounded outside a Walmart in Tallahassee,…
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Mass. Natural Gas Explosion Damaged 42 Buildings
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building…
On Screen
‘Dallas’ Star Larry Hagman Dies in Texas
J.R. Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband and bottomless well of corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the charmingly loathsome…
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Civil Rights Leader Lawrence Guyot Dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage…
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A Diamond in the Rough
Her grandmother is a retired educator, her great aunt has toured the world as a model, and her great-uncle is a nationally known motivational speaker,…
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Texas to Revamp Testing System to Help the Disadvantaged
The new education commissioner of the Texas school system’s over 1,200 districts is on record with plans of doing away with a statewide ratings formula…
Little Known Black History Fact: Native American Roots
Although many African-Americans claim to have Native American roots through ancestry, historians have found that less than 10 percent of blacks have Native American ancestry.…
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Obama Buys Books to Promote Independent Shops
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama made a quick trip to a Virginia bookstore for some Christmas shopping. The president took his daughters, Sasha…
