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Graduates continue positive work in negative community
The 11 graduates have already made a stamp in the cultural community, but now they begin again with new found power. As graduates from a distance learning program they now have and a college degree to aid in their progress. These graduates move to the beat of their own drum, and their graduation ceremony isn't any different. A commencement address by Ashe College Unbound coordinator Adam ...
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Boom first sign of problem on I-5 bridge
The first sign for a truck driver that something was wrong on a bridge on Interstate 5 that collapsed into Washington's Skagit River was the sound of a "boom," a federal investigator said ...
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Jefferson dominant as ever beating Union 3-0 to claim state crown | 4A Boys Soccer
PUYALLUP — The pressure was there, but the Jefferson boys soccer team just played and played, unfazed by expectations. Many expected the Raiders to win the Class 4A state title. Still, they had to deliver. And deliver they did. Senior midfielder Matthew Cruz supplied a goal and an assist as Jefferson rode a wave of big-time talent to a 3-0 demolition of Union of Vancouver in the Class ...
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Ponchatoula police Victim of Thursday night shooting dies
New York's infamous "Hot Dog Hooker" allegedly tried to serve up the full works to one customer, but she didn't know the customer was an undercover detective and is now facing a prostitution case, police ...
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Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit honors courageous African-American pilots
They didn't receive the recognition they deserved back in World War II, but today hundreds gathered to honor the extraordinary story of the Tuskegee ...
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Role Models
It shouldnt come as much of a surprise that an R-rated comedy with the title Role Models features characters who are anything but. What is surprising, however, is what affably good fun the movie is despite its almost ridiculously by-the-numbers high-concept set-up that sounds like ... ...
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Offsides Blog The Pelicans Will Make The Playoffs This Season If...
In my first column aimed at helping the Pelicans take flight, I built a team the New Orleans Saints would be proud of - a fast-paced group focused on ...
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State program offering online courses being scaled back
The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core ...
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Police Unrestrained Patterson woman dies in one-car morning crash
Johnson was transported to Thibodaux Hospital with minor injuries, but Vazquez was pronounced dead on the scene after being thrown forward into the windshield during the crash, police ...
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Hurricane Isaac debris program ending in Plaquemines Parish
After Monday, parish crews will pick up only debris placed on rights-of-way by residents. Construction companies and others will be responsible for removing their own ...
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Flooding kills 1 in San Antonio Texas
Flood levels on the San Antonio River reached a new record at Loop 410, when water rose to 34.2 feet at 10 a.m. Saturday, said the National Weather Service. The previous record was 32.57 feet on October 17, 1998, the agency ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
The Shelbourne
I walked around St Stephen's Green, Europe's largest garden square, to the Shelbourne Hotel, which is managed by Renaissance, a ...
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