Man accused of selling daughter for cash, beer

Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.

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Franken on top in recount, but lawsuit looms

The Minnesota state Canvassing Board certified results showing Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's contested Senate race on Monday.

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Banned words list offers offenders no 'bailout'

A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing" revelation about his "carbon footprint" probably would make the nation's word-watchers physically ill.

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'Grinch' tickets Santa as he delivers toys

Santa Claus has added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket while delivering gifts to children.

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3-year-old Hitler can't get name on cake

The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, whose request for a birthday cake with the child's full name on it was rejected by a New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance.

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In Mideast, Arabs hail shoe-hurling journalist

Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.

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Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy protection

Media conglomerate Tribune Co., smothered by $13 billion in debt and weak prospects for generating cash through advertising has sought bankruptcy protection.

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Obama pledges not to smoke in White House

Barack Obama says you won't catch him lighting up a cigarette in the smoke-free White House.

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O.J. Simpson sentenced to long prison term

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Proposed fee on smelly cows, hogs angers farmers

For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if a federal proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law.

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Conviction on lesser charges in MySpace case

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Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet

A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn - hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart.

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Cops: Man uses sandwich to assault girlfriend

A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday.

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Prank NY Times: 'All the news we hope to print'

Commuters nationwide found out during Wednesday's morning rush hour that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended in fake publication of the New York Times.

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Hard choices and challenges follow triumph

Barack Obama pledged to end the war in Iraq and defeat al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan. He ran on a platform to change the country and its politics. Now he must begin to spell out how.

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Obama's near-flawless run from start to finish

The story of Mr. Obama's journey to the pinnacle of American politics is the story of a campaign that was, even in the view of many rivals, almost flawless.

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Obama is routing McCain in student election

Barack Obama is swamping John McCain in a national mock election among students from kindergarten through college age. The students have been successful in calling the winners in at least the past three elections: Bill Clinton in 1996, and George Bush in 2000 and 2004.

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Army stops Iraq GI from bringing puppy home

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a U.S. soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind.

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CutoutDissection.com is teen's new name

A 19-year-old Asheville teenager said she legally changed her name to CutoutDissection.com to protest animal dissections in schools.

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TV anchor who resembles Palin gets 'hate mail'

A television news anchor in Maine who looks a lot like Sarah Palin says she's been getting "hate mail and nasty phone calls."

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Cat survives being walled in for 7 weeks

A four-year-old cat in Germany called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday.

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Pakistan: NATO airstrike killed 11 troops

Pakistan's army on Wednesday accused the U.S.-led coalition of killing 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops in an airstrike along the volatile Afghan border.

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