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		<title>Iowa mail carrier allegedly found drunk in 95-year-old woman&#8217;s house eating leftover noodles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Police: Mail carrier found drunk, eating noodles

MARION, Iowa — Police in Marion and postal authorities are investigating the case of a mail carrier who was allegedly found drunk inside a residence while on the job. Police said the postal worker, 46, was charged with public intoxication Nov. 3 after she was found sitting on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival-like atmosphere leads up to official Barack Obama holiday in poor Alabama county</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Alabama county celebrates official Obama holiday
MARION, Ala. — The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: &#8220;Closed for the Obama Holiday.&#8221;
The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation&#8217;s first black president, Barack Obama. It&#8217;s one of Alabama&#8217;s poorest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ill. grandmother says she helped hide missing grandson in crawl space to keep him safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ill. — A southern Illinois grandmother said Monday that she hid her 6-year-old grandson and his mother in a crawl space in her home for two years during a custody dispute with the boy&#8217;s father to keep the youngster safe.

Diane Dobbs, 51, spoke to &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; from Marion, Ill. She&#8217;s out on bond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Members of feuding families jailed after riot in Ala. town; Gangs also said to be involved</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ala. — Two feuding families and their friends lined opposite sides of a small-town Alabama street and hurled rocks, tools and pieces of wood at each other, striking the police chief with a crowbar, in a riot rooted in a disagreement that began years ago with schoolchildren.

Members of the Sawyer and Moore families were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feuding family members jailed after riot that shook Ala. town; Gangs also said to be involved</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ala. — Members of two feuding families were in jail Tuesday after years of quarreling erupted into a small-town riot in which 150 screaming people hurled rocks and tools — and even struck the police chief.

Five men named either Moore or Sawyer and several juveniles were arrested on assault charges after Monday&#8217;s violence, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feuding Ala. families cause riot of about 150 with some people throwing jack irons, tire irons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ala. — Two Alabama families that had been fighting for years turned their feud into a full-scale riot Monday outside a small-town city hall, with up to 150 screaming people hurling tire irons and wielding baseball bats. Eight people were arrested, and at least four were hurt, Trooper John Reese said. Two were taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families&#8217; quarrel over shot-out window escalates to &#8216;full-scale riot&#8217; in Ala. town of 3,300</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Feuding families cause riot in Alabama with about 300 people throwing jack irons, tire irons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ala. — Four people have been arrested and one is at-large following a feud between two families that spilled into a riot involving about 300 people at Marion&#8217;s municipal complex. Mayor Tony Long said the fighting between the Moore and Sawyer families began at about 8:30 a.m. Monday just off the county courthouse square.

Perry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road trip on a budget: Camping and long drives with kids for 3,000 miles cross-country</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Mass. — With one set of grandparents on the West Coast and one on the East, my kids have seen the USA from the window of an airplane plenty of times.

This summer, we tried a lower-budget approach to our annual pilgrimage from Idaho to Massachusetts. We crossed the continent on our minivan, sleeping in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ill. — Once the nation&#8217;s most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.

Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects.
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		<title>Cleaning and repairs to begin in July at Ohio tomb of Warren Harding, 29th US president</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARION, Ohio — The Ohio tomb of Warren Harding, America&#8217;s 29th president, will undergo a couple of months of restoration work beginning July 6.

The Ohio Historical Society says a contractor will clean and repair the marble burial site in Marion, Harding&#8217;s hometown about 40 miles north of Columbus. Officials also say landscaping will be improved [...]]]></description>
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