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This Time President Obama Literally in Gun Toters' Sights

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.31.2012

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The gun-toting men and the police sergeant were taking target practice on the president's likeness at an undisclosed desert locale. This is Arizona.

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Michael McLaughlin

Family-Planning Zookeepers Outsmart Giraffe That Wouldn't Take Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.15.2011

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Vivian, a nubile giraffe in the Peoria Zoo in Illinois, is back on the pill after shunning the contraceptive-laced food that she was served for about ...

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Peoria Man Wakes Up With Gunshot Wound

PJStar.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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PEORIA --Tracy Durham remembers hearing the pop. But the gunshot wound the Peoria man discovered after a neighbor asked about his limp? That was a sur...

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Stacy Peterson Search Comes Up Empty: Only Animal Bones Found

Posted 05.25.2011

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After days of searching an overgrown field in central Illinois for the body of Stacy Peterson, anthropologists have only discovered animal bones. La...

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Tip Leads Cops To Peoria To Search For Stacy Peterson's Body

Posted 05.25.2011

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Following up on a "credible lead," police spent the day Saturday digging at a farm near Peoria, Illinois, looking for the remains of the missing Stacy...

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Joe Biden Makes Tasteless 'Deliverance' Reference At Peoria Talk

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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People don't come to see Joe "Freakin'" Biden for his eloquent delivery. The people want gaffes. And while he didn't slip along the lines of "This is...

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Joe Biden To Speak In Peoria At Anti-Violence Event

Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice President Joe Biden will be in suburban Peoria Wednesday to deliver the keynote speech at a fundraiser for an anti-violence group. The Chicago ...

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Caterpillar Says That Health Care Reform Will Cost Them $100M

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PEORIA, Ill. — Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar says the new health care reform law will create a $100 million drag on its first-quarter earnin...

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Obama and Calderon Both Insult Americans

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ernest Istook

By publicly bashing an American law during a joint appearance with the President of Mexico, Barack Obama poured gasoline on an already-raging fire and missed a golden chance to be statesmanlike.

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Noor Faleh Almaleki Dies: Iraqi Woman In US Dead After Father Runs Her Over For Being Too "Westernized"

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX — A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday a...

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