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Miami prepares for December arrival of Disney Wonder
Mickey Mouse is taking his show on the road again, well the water actually as Disney Cruise Line prepares to begin sailing out of PortMiami for the first time ever in December.
The Disney Wonder is repositioning from the West Coast after spending a...Tags: Port Canaveral, Sailing, Cruises, Travel, Disney Cruise Line
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Police say missing Newport News man could be headed to Danville
Police are searching for a missing man, who could be headed to Danville. Officers say Kelsey Wharton lives in an adult home in Newport News. They say he takes medication for mental conditions and likely doesn't have that medicine with him. Officers...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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SWAT standoff in Georgia uncovers dismembered body
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative answered the door and whispered: "He's got a rifle. He's going to kill y'all."...
Tags: Chad, Crime, Law and Justice, Butterfly Ballots, Shootings, Murder
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Trial in Phylicia Barnes case set to start
Michael Maurice Johnson is scheduled to stand trial starting Tuesday in the death of North Carolina teenager Phylicia Barnes, with court proceedings that could include prosecutors playing a sex video and defense attorneys revealing details from an...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System, Phylicia Barnes, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Yellow dot' program spotlights medical needs at accident scenes
Q: At the Pennsylvania Farm Show the other week, while picking up my complimentary state map, I also grabbed a flier about the PA Yellow Dot Program. Seems like a decent idea, but I've never seen a yellow dot on a car. Is this a new program? What's your...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, People's Bank, Tom Corbett, Disasters and Accidents, Allentown
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Fighting teenage prostitution in America's fantasy land
Some of the people who fascinate me most are those who stop everything they are doing, midlife, to follow a calling. The CEO who wants to teach kindergarten. The former Marine who becomes a social worker. Here in Central Florida, I'm seeing a new...
Tags: First Baptist Church of Orlando, Social Issues, Campus Crusade for Christ, Orange Blossom Trail, Prostitution
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Teen prostitute from Springield feared for her life while 'turning tricks'
mmoloney@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- According to national statistics, within 72 hours of being on the street, an underage runaway is solicited for sex. That is what happened to one 19-year-old girl who feared for her life while working in Springfield as a prostitute....Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes
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Canine's job is to help find the good guys
raychel.harvey-jones@herald-mail.comA local man has donated a 17-week-old female bloodhound to The Washington County Sheriff’s Office. “Bess” will be trained to track missing children. “I have always loved dogs and especially bloodhounds,” said John Reece,...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, Animals
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An historical novel set in Ohio
"The Last Runaway" by Tracy Chevalier, Dutton, 320 pages, $26.95. Honor Bright, an English Quaker, agrees to accompany her sister, Grace, to Ohio. Grace is getting married to Adam Cox, but she dies on the trip. Honor continues on. She is a skilled...Tags: Slavery, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Literature
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Quaker principles meet romance cliches in The Last Runaway
Among historical novelists, the Anglo-American writer Tracy Chevalier has carved out a nifty niche for herself. She culls the centuries for settings in which to drop initially shy but ultimately strong-willed young heroines caught up in social, romantic...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Authors
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The cliff is here
In Tom Clancy’s novel “The Hunt for Red October,” the American and Russian submarines are charging toward each other trying to avoid a runaway torpedo. The American captain says that in a game of chicken, the hard part is knowing when to...Tags: Tom Clancy, Fiscal Cliff, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Government Health Care
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Search continues for man reported missing around Conowingo Dam
Divers and rescue personnel searched in the waters around Conowingo Dam Wednesday night for a 56-year-old Havre de Grace man who was reported missing and may have jumped from the dam, Maryland State Police said. As of Thursday afternoon, however, there...Tags: Harford County, Energy Resources, Havre de Grace, Suicide, Natural Resource Industry
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