Included in the project was the work done by 16 elementary teachers and their classrooms as they provided home drawn pictures and letters to each of the members receiving a care package. The project proved to be a great success through the work of many giving individuals and businesses.
"Mr. Petit's High School Geography--High School"
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Power outages widespread in Texas after Dolly
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AP - Business at reopened restaurants was humming, grocery store parking lots were packed and residents of south Texas were venturing out on the newly dry roads again as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly moved well away from the Rio Grande Valley.
Racial issue raised in Atlantic City prosecution
(AP). AP - As one notorious Atlantic City corruption case nears its end, another is heating up.
Allies of Phoenix mayor fight recall effort
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AP - It's a political oddity: a TV commercial extolling the public safety record of a sitting mayor, except the spot isn't soliciting votes and the politician's name isn't scheduled to appear on the November ballot.
OSHA to give report on blast at Ga. sugar refinery
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AP - Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor said there may be "significant" penalties proposed when federal workplace safety regulators released their findings after investigating a dust explosion that killed 13 workers at a company sugar refinery.
Beating at N.Y. bar strains US-Serbia relations
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AP - It started as a bar fight in a college town in upstate New York. Police say a hulking basketball player from Serbia beat a fellow college student to a bloody pulp and fled to his home country, setting off a diplomatic crisis.
Gaps in aging levees leave D.C. landmarks exposed
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AP - Strolling beside the Reflecting Pool with the Lincoln Memorial in the distance, it's easy to overlook a gentle rise in the landscape a few yards to the north.
3 shot at Phoenix college; suspect arrested
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AP - A long-standing dispute between two men turned violent when a former student shot three people in a computer lab at a community college, injuring one of them critically, authorities said. The suspected gunman was arrested nearby.
911 calls released in case of missing Orlando girl
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AP - The grandmother of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl told an emergency dispatcher that a car driven by the girl's mother smelled like there had been a dead body inside, according to recordings of 911 calls released Thursday.
Ex-mayor who lied about Army record to face judge
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AP - Robert Levy's record in the Vietnam War was impressive: two Army tours and several honors, including a Bronze Star. It just wasn't as impressive as he claimed.
Teen gets jail for coaxing toddlers to smoke pot
(AP). AP - A teenager shown on a video coaxing his 2- and 4-year-old nephews into smoking marijuana was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison.
Prosecutor: Escaped convict, wife, daughter slain
(AP). AP - A convicted spammer fatally shot his wife and young daughter in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday while being sought after escaping prison last weekend, authorities said.
Va. executes killer who challenged injections
(AP). AP - A killer who argued Virginia's procedures for lethal injection were unconstitutional was executed Thursday after a federal appeals court upheld the primary method of capital punishment in the nation's second-busiest death chamber.
Charges dismissed against Marine in Iraq shootings
(AP). AP - Charges have been dismissed against a Camp Pendleton Marine sniper accused in the shooting deaths of two Syrians in Iraq, Marine Corps officials said Thursday.
Cries led to baby's rescue in flattened NH home
(AP). AP - A state official said Friday that a baby's cries led to his rescue after a possible tornado demolished his grandparents' lakeside home.
Lawmakers: NJ legislator focus of child porn probe
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AP - Authorities are investigating whether a veteran state lawmaker possessed child pornography on his office computer, two assemblymen who share an office with him said Thursday.
Miss. River oil spill idles ships near New Orleans
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AP - Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels stacked up Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between a barge and tanker spilled more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil into the nation's busy shipping waterway.
Feds say Utah mine operator courted danger
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AP - The operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins, federal regulators said Thursday.
Ark. man accused in 4 boat deaths pleads guilty
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AP - One of two men accused of killing four people aboard a fishing charter last year pleaded guilty Thursday in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty.
Grizzly bear attacks woman in Alaska near lodge
(AP). AP - A 21-year-old woman working at a lodge for the summer was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards outside a building.
Report: Hate crimes hit 5-year high in LA County
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AP - Hate crimes in Los Angeles County soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to a report released Thursday.
