Burglars steal safe from liquor store
      Shortly after 4 a.m. this morning, Sheriff Deputies responded to building alarm at 6951 Hwy 42 North. Deputies arrived within two minutes and discovered the front door had been pried open. Initial investigation revealed that suspects took a free-standing safe from beneath a counter and carried it...
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World's oldest profession changed by technology
By HILLARY RHODES Associated Press Writer
      It may be the world's oldest profession, but prostitution is using some 21st-century tricks. The prostitution scandal involving New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer lays bare some of the inner workings of modern-day sex work: text messaging to clock in the client, electronic fund transfers, a Web site fea...
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EPA May Tighten Smog Rules
By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer
      WASHINGTON (AP) - States and local officials across the country awaited word Wednesday on whether they will have to further cut air pollution to protect millions of people, especially the very young and the elderly, from respiratory illnesses.
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Legislative Aide Quits Over Phone Fakery
      AUSTIN (AP) - A veteran legislative aide to a Texas state senator has resigned over allegations that he impersonated a state representative and a newspaper reporter in politically motivated schemes. Todd Gallaher, who worked for state Sen.
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Texan becomes 2nd woman soldier since WWII to earn Silver Star
      CAMP SALERNO, Afghanistan (AP) - A 19-yearold Army medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan to receive the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor. Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown of Lake Jackson, Texas, is only the second female soldier since World War II to ...
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