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Lotto Murder Trial: Victim's Ex Testifies

The ex-girlfriend of Abraham Shakespeare, the Florida lotto winner who prosecutors say was swindled out of his money and killed by Dee Dee Moore, testified at Moore's trial that Moore lied to her about Shakespeare's running off with another woman when he disappeared.

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Morsi Offers Nothing to Defuse Crisis

Egypt opposition calls for more protests against Islamist president's power decrees

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Switched Baby Breastfed By Wrong Mom

A new born baby will have to undergo a year of medical tests for HIV and hepatitis because he was accidentally put in the wrong bassinette by a Minnapolis hospital and then breastfed by the wrong mother.

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Will Small Businesses Suffer From Tax Hike?

An estimated 940,000 Americans will report more than $200,000 in business income on their individual tax returns in 2013 and pay at the top marginal rates, according to the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. They are now at the center of the political storm over the "fiscal cliff" and debate on whether to raise top income tax rates at the end of the year.

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Cancer Survivor Builds Carousel in Race Against Time

Vean Woodbrey, 69, has worn many different hats in his life. He’s worked as a grocery store clerk, an aircraft electrician at Hill Air Force Base, and has volunteered with the Boy Scouts of America and 4-H. Now retired, Woodbrey, who has survived two bouts of cancer, has spent...

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Gingerbread Houses - for Real

It’s the home sweet home of your dreams, and you can build it with a favorite holiday treat. Movoto Realty, a real estate blog, has developed a gingerbread house calculator that allows you to determine the amount of ingredients you would need to build your ideal...

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Stephen Colbert Hints at Senate Run

Is Stephen Colbert seeking Jim DeMint’s Senate seat in South Carolina? You might think so looking at the @ColbertForSC Twitter account, created Thursday, shortly after DeMint announced his intent to resign and take a position at the Heritage Foundation. The Twitter account featured a photo...

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Texas Students Discover Asteroid

Madisonville, Texas, is not big sky country. Mushroom farming is a major crop in the surrounding countryside, 90 miles up Interstate 45 from Houston. At Madisonville High School, a fair number of students are from low-income families and qualify for subsidized lunches. But Madisonville is...

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Thieves Eye Luxury Goods During Holiday Season

Shoppers are not the only ones looking for things to buy during the holiday season; thieves are on the hunt too. Police say people are out to re-sell luxury stolen goods or to enjoy them for personal use. Early Thursday morning in Chicago, police said...

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