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- Wanamaker Elementary Cooks Up Some Thanks
Calling all friends and family is what Wanamaker Elementary was saying for Thanksgiving lunch.
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- Missing Jefferson County Man Found
Perry police officers found 77-year-old Oliver "Richard" Goza 3 miles outside Perry.
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- Missing Person Reward Increased
A donor contributed $40,000 to help find Patricia Kimmi on Friday.
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- Bus With Miley Cyrus Tour In Accident, One Dead
A tour bus crashed in Virginia on I-85 killing one. The bus is reported to be with the Miley Cyrus concert tour. - Justice Prosecutors Drop Manslaughter Charge Against One Blackwater Guard
Federal prosecutors in Washington announced Friday they will dismiss a manslaughter charge against one of the Blackwater contractors charged in a high-profile shooting incident in Baghdad two years ago.
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- Court Hearing For Fort Hood Suspect To Be Held In Hospital
Prosecutors have requested a pretrial confinement hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan in his hospital room on Saturday, Hasan's attorney told CNN Friday.
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- Dorgan Decries 'Unbelievable Waste' Of High-Priced Border Crossings
Spending millions of dollars to revamp remote border crossings in Montana and North Dakota is an "unbelievable waste" of stimulus money, Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota said Friday.
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- Police: 2 Suspects Charged With Murder In Killings; Third Suspect Shot Dead
Authorities have charged two people with murder in the slaying of five people in Arkansas last week, police said Friday.
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- MTA To New Yorkers: There's A Light At The End Of The Tunnel
After reading the back of their MetroCards, New Yorkers might feel a twinge of optimism during their morning commute.
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- Amanda Knox Tortured, Killed Roommate, Prosecutor Says In Closing
Accompanied by two smitten young men vying to impress her, a resentful Amanda Knox toyed with a knife and then plunged it into her roommate's neck, killing her, an Italian prosecutor charged in closing arguments Friday.
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- Former State Dept. Official, Wife To Plead Guilty To Spy Charges
A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, say they intend to plead guilty to federal charges.
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- Wal-Mart Scuffle Prompts Racism Claims
Whether Heather Ellis cut in line or merely switched checkout lanes to join her cousin is in dispute, and the accounts of what happened next vary greatly. The debate has divided this economically struggling town of 11,000 along racial lines.
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- California students Occupy Buildings To Protest Fee Hike
Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike.
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- World Is Small For Mileage Millionaires
It can take years to snag a reservation at El Bulli, a restaurant in Spain that's been called the best in the world, so when Gary Leff got the word that he'd finally gotten in, he whisked his wife across the Atlantic -- just for dinner.
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- Mandela and Machel Voted Children's Champions
Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel have been crowned the "Decade Child Rights Heroes" in a vote cast by children from all over the world.
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- What To Expect In Senate's Saturday Health Care Vote
To debate or not to debate the Senate's health care reform bill; that is the question.
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- Woman Accused In Walmart Incident Takes The Stand
A woman accused of cutting in line in a Walmart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers took the stand Friday and denied all charges in the racially charged case.
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- Tree Delivered To Governor's Mansion
The Christmas Tree Growers Association delivered an early gift to the Governor's Mansion Friday.
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- Bus With Miley Cyrus Tour In Accident, One Dead
A tour bus crashed in Virginia on I-85 killing one. The bus is reported to be with the Miley Cyrus concert tour.
- Democrats Slam GOP As Party Of 'Fear' In Health Care Debate
Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking in the health care debate Friday as top congressional Democrats sought to close party ranks before a key procedural vote this weekend.
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- How An Ex-Con Landed A Job
Gregory Headley got himself a job. That's quite a feat in today's economy, even for the most qualified job hunters. But for an ex-convict, it feels like a miracle.
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- Justice Investigation Finds $200,000 Awarded To ACORN-Affiliated Groups
About $200,000 in Justice Department funds ended up in the coffers of the activist grass-roots community-organizing group ACORN or its affiliated organizations in recent years, the Justice Department watchdog says in a newly released report.
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- Toys R Us To Open At Midnight On Thanksgiving
For some Black Friday shoppers, a 5 a.m. start just isn't early enough, so Toys R Us has upped the ante.
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- Topeka Man Dies From H1N1 Infection
A 75 year-old man from the Topeka metropolitan area has died from infection with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced Friday.
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- Baby Gorillas In Congo Getting A New Playpen: Paradise
The only two baby mountain gorillas in captivity -- orphaned two years ago after their mothers were slain in massacres -- will soon be getting a lush, new playpen, Congo's wildlife authority announced Friday.
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- Right-Wing Activists Attack India TV Station
A band of right-wing activists ransacked an Indian television station in the country's financial hub of Mumbai in an assault their party said was an act of retaliation against the channel's "bias" against their veteran leader.
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- Abraham Lincoln's Note To Schoolboy Sells For $60,000
Less than a month before the start of the Civil War, a newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln took time from his frantic schedule to write to a child in Illinois whose classmates didn't believe he'd met the president.
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- Shawnee Co. Expands H1N1 Target Groups
Adults aged 25 to 64 with underlying health conditions will now be able to get the H1N1 vaccine in Shawnee County.
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- Naturalization Ceremony Swears in & Welcomes New Citizens
Forty-four people became American citizens in a naturalization ceremony downtown Friday morning.
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- False Alarms Prompt Space Station Scare
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms that indicated a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday.
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- Oprah Confirms End of Show
Oprah Winfrey told viewers Friday that she plans to end her long-running show in 2011.
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- Library Journal Awards TSCPL 4-Stars
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library has been recognized as a high-performing library in a time of need. Libraries across the nation are playing a key role in their communities in this current economic crisis, and your library is no exception.
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- Supreme Court Affirms Murderer's Hard 50, Reverses Additional Sentence
In an opinion filed by the Kansas Supreme Court Friday, the Court affirmed Benjamin Appleby's capital murder conviction, but reversed a related attempted rape conviction.
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- Kansas Employment Makes Modest Gains In October
Highlighted points of the October 2009 Kansas Department of Labor Report. The October 2009 unemployment rate was 6.4%, down from 6.8% in September.
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- Stocks Extend 2-day Slide
Stocks opened lower on Friday, extending a two-day retreat, as investors expressed wariness following Dell's disappointing earnings.
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- Governor Proclaims "Thank A Farmer" Day
As a prelude to the holiday season, Governor Mark Parkinson (D-Kansas) signed a proclamation declaring November 20 "Thank a Farmer" day in Kansas.
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- Students Arrested After 32% Tuition Hike Sparks Protests
Authorities arrested dozens of angry students at the University of California, Davis, campus late Thursday after they refused to vacate the school's administration building in protest of a 32-percent tuition hike.
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- Oprah Ending Talk Show In 2011
Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she will end her talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
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- World Is Small For Mileage Millionaires
For those lucky or busy enough to receive airline statements with lots of zeros on their reward balance, it's a world of first-class upgrades, airport lounge attendants who know their names and access to luxury unimaginable for most air travelers.
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- Georgia Mascot Uga VII Dies At Age 4
Uga VII, the University of Georgia mascot whose deeply furrowed face was a fixture at the school for more than a year, died early Thursday, the university said. He was 4 years old.
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- Family Offers Reward For Missing Woman
A community continues its search for a missing friend and loved one, Patricia Kimmi disappeared from her Atchison County home nearly two weeks ago.
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- TPD Chief Expects Internal Review To Finish By Year's End
Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller says an internal investigation into an off-duty shooting that injured two men should be complete by the end of the year.
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- Full House Tells Commission Keep Electing Treasurer
Shawnee Co. Commissioners held a public hearing Thursday on a resolution to appoint rather than elect the county treasurer.
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- Gingerbread Homes For The Holidays
Topeka Performing Arts Center has gingerbread homes on display. Friday morning at 9:00 you can view the beautiful gingerbread creations on display on the lower level at TPAC.
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- Home For The Holidays Preview
CASA is holding its 22nd annual "Homes for the Holidays" fund raising event this weekend.
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- Metal Fabricator To Buy Former Payless Distribution Center
PTMW plans to expand in the former Payless Distribution Center building.
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- CD Tradepost Helps the Christmas Bureau
The Topeka-grown music, video and game store is teaming up with United Way's Christmas Bureau. Here's how they're helping the holiday effort! - Thankful for these "Hot Job" Openings
Like good turkey gravy, our best stuff has settled to the bottom. Check the latest job openings at Goodyear and Westar Energy. - Senators Team Up for Senior Nutrition Programs
Pat Roberts, Iowa's Tom Harkin are urging the USDA to restore bonus commodity eligibility. This could be a big help to programs like "Meals on Wheels." - Demand High For Flu Protection
Both Stormont-Vail and Shawnee Co. Health Agency see high demand for flu vaccination.
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- False Alarms Prompt Space Station Scare
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- Missing Person Reward Increased
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- Oprah Ending Talk Show In 2011
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