Magpies and bears mourn North Korea’s "Dear Leader" (Reuters)
Reuters – The passing of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il has been marked by plunging temperatures, mourning bears and now, according to North Korean state media, by flocks of magpies.
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NORAD’s Santa tracking set to launch on Christmas Eve (Reuters)
Reuters – With Santa’s departure from the North Pole imminent, preparations to track his global trek were underway on Friday at an aerospace command center in Colorado.
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Newborn is found dead on porch
Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby who was found dead and wrapped in a blanket on a porch in North Philadelphia on Saturday morning.
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Authorities: Maryland woman found dead inside her home was stabbed, had blunt force trauma
WASHINGTON — Authorities say a Maryland woman found dead inside her home was stabbed and suffered blunt force trauma. The state medical examiner’s office announced the manner of death Friday for Jane McQuain, who was found slain in the bedroom of her Germantown home on Wednesday night. Her estranged husband, Curtis Maurice Lopez, was arrested in North Carolina on Thursday and charged in McQuain …
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Italy unlaces North Korea attempt to smuggle tap shoes (Reuters)
Reuters – Italy foiled an attempt by North Korea to import tap-dancing shoes in breach of a U.N. ban on the sale of luxury goods to Pyongyang, according to a U.N. report on the enforcement of sanctions against the North.
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New wildlife law spares beloved Pete the Moose (Reuters)
Reuters – Pete, a popular, semi-tame moose who lives on a Vermont elk-hunting farm, was spared a death sentence but will need to find a new home under state wildlife regulations signed into law on Tuesday
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Who’s Who in the John Edwards Scandal (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Once considered a Democratic front runner for the White House, John Edwards, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina, now is facing criminal indictments for allegedly violating campaign finance laws . According to reports, the Justice Department has been examining one million dollars in donations that came from two different contributors. These funds reportedly were used to cover up Edwards’ extramarital affair.
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ND team exposed to raccoon pulled from tournament (AP)
AP – A raccoon has ended a North Dakota team’s bid for a fourth consecutive regional championship in high school wrestling.
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Brisk trade for eels and snails in North Korea (Reuters)
Reuters – Not everyone in reclusive North Korea is finding life tough. Take the mud snail and eel farmers — they are doing a brisk trade.
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Brisk trade for eels and snails in North Korea
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Train carrying gifts for North Korea heir derailed – report (Reuters)
Reuters – A train packed with birthday gifts for North Korea’s leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un derailed this month in a possible act of sabotage, a Seoul-based radio station which broadcasts across the border reported on Monday.
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Train carrying gifts for North Korea heir derailed – report
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