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More use grazing sheep, goats against invasive weeds, vines
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
More homeowners, governments and businesses are using grazing to harness the eating power of animals and control invasive weeds, ...
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Jobless rate seen rising to 9.6 percent
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
Out-of-work with no place to land, the legions of America's unemployed are growing.
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4th arrives amid shift in driving habits
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
The nation heads into the Independence Day holiday weekend amid the longest and steepest decline in driving since the invention ...
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Study could ease concerns over hiring ex-offenders
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
A study funded by the Justice Department concludes that over time accused robbers, burglars and batterers pose no greater risk ...
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Statue of Liberty gets her view back
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
It's a quintessentially American tradition, suspended since Sept. 11, 2001: to climb to the crown of the Statue of Liberty and ...
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Creativity helps keep July 4 celebrations
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
From coast to coast, communities have called off or scaled back festivities. Just as surely, residents, businesses and local ...
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N.Y. lawmakers locked in power struggle
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
Named the most dysfunctional state legislators in the nation, New York lawmakers seem determined to live up to the title.
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New 'American Patriot's Bible' sees USA's 'godly roots'
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
Americans looking to combine love of God with love of country this July 4th can quote the new American Patriot's Bible, which ...
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Men beaten by Philly police cleared in shootings
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
Three men beaten by Philadelphia police on the hunt for a police killer were acquitted Wednesday of all charges stemming from ...
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12 hospitalized in possible E. coli beef outbreak
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
Federal health officials say at least 12 people have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E.coli outbreak in beef ...
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CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year low
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government ...
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Congressman: Gov. Sanford should resign
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett has become the first South Carolina congressman to ask Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, saying people have ...
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Unitarian group elects 1st Latino president
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
The Rev. Peter Morales of Colorado has been elected as the first Latino president of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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Officials: Pet python strangles toddler
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
A 12-foot (3.6-meter) pet 7b1 Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at ...
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Coal train derails near Atlanta, no one hurt
01.07.2009 22:16
usatoday.com
Seventeen cars from a coal train have derailed and tipped over in Georgia.
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