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Good Service: City Raises Nearly $17,000 For Laid-off Diner Workers

AP | Posted 12.22.2011

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ABERDEEN, Wash. -- A regular customer at a Washington state diner that closed, leaving a dozen employees out of work, has led a fundraiser that collec...

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Hunting Down My 'Auld Country' Scottish Roots

Peter Mandel | Posted 12.06.2011

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Peter Mandel

One bird calls and calls. Then stops. It's silent when we get to a granite cottage. Ivy covers its walls and row after row of potted flowers guard its door. Marigolds. Just what my grandparents grew.

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Interview: Stellan Skarsgard as a Gentle Man

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Yes, Stellan Skarsgard says, he's in the midst of filming David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the biggest export Sweden has pr...

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Constance McMillen Prom Lawsuit Heard By Court: Lesbian Teen Wants School Dance For All

AP | SHELIA BYRD | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABERDEEN, Miss. — Mississippi officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge Monday th...

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Man Used PENIS To Assault Female Police Officer

Posted 05.25.2011

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Marium Varinauskas, 28, was fined $900 on Monday for attempting to assault a female police officer with his penis. The Lithuanian man had been argui...

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Prison Doubles Up As Sustainable Living Center

Earth 911 | Posted 05.25.2011

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A prison in Aberdeen, Wash. looks a little different than the bleak landscape, dirty walls and lifeless structure that are standard throughout the U.S...

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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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