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Elkhart Project: Overwhelmed shelter is forced to euthanize 600 animals in one month. Full story
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‘Recession gave me a new opportunity’
Msnbc.com readers find surprising, uplifting turns in tough times. Full story
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Health bill revives abortion groups
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‘Recession gave me a new opportunity’
Dozens of msnbc.com readers say they found surprising turns in their lives because of the recession. Despite losing jobs and homes, readers say they're grateful to rediscover a simpler life.
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Report: ‘Cathouse’ star stabbed, slashed, shot
A preliminary autopsy report for a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse" shows that she was shot, stabbed and slashed multiple times.
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S. Africa's baboon gangs get more aggressive
Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.
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New charges in Somali terror case
Federal prosecutors have announced charges against eight more people as part of a long-running investigation of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia
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Palin's book tour hits N.C.'s Fort Bragg
Hundreds greeted former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a campaign-like gathering at an Army base.
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Blacks hit hard by economy’s punch
Joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old black men has reached Great Depression proportions — 34.5 percent in October, more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population.
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Kennedy dispute reveals a Catholic divide
A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics.
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Chef Paula Deen hit in face by charity ham
The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her.
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Proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
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