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Markell gets an early start at reception with Obama (The News Journal)
PHILADELPHIA -- Jack Markell, Delaware's governor-elect, got a head start Monday night as the nation's governors convened in Philadelphia for a meeting this morning with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
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A gift of class - exercise, that is (Dallas Morning News)
For a gift that keeps giving long after the holidays, try a certificate to a class that can jump-start a healthier lifestyle in the new year. If you can afford it, buy a certificate for yourself, too, and become healthier together. Here are some of our faves.
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South Africa: 'I Hope That You Can Forgive Me' (AllAfrica.com)
Cape Town mother Ellen Pakkies asked a group that gathered to mark the start of the 16 Days of Activism For No Violence Against Women and Children Campaign for forgiveness for murdering her tik addict son more than a year ago.
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Family to run CIM to aid son's cause (The Sacramento Bee)
Nate and Jodi Ortiz plan to run Sunday in honor of their son Nikolas, 5, who has epilepsy. Nikolas Ortiz was 2 when his parents remember him first uttering the phrase that has become a rallying cry for the cause they hold close to their hearts. "Run, run, run!" When Mom, Dad or another family member went for a run or entered a race, Nikolas would encourage them with those words. ...
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Crosby hitting his stride (Observer-Reporter)
This article has been read 3 times. PITTSBURGH - Sid the Kid looked like a pee-wee player goofing off with his buddies on a frozen pond. Sidney Crosby dangled the puck on his stick and skated this way and that, with two or three teammates frantically trying to take it from their captain.
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A new doctrine of 'soft power' (Baltimore Sun)
Presenting national security team, Obama vows increased diplomacy President-elect Barack Obama introduced yesterday his national security team, made up of centrist Washington insiders, and promised an overhaul of foreign policy to give added emphasis to diplomacy and bring a "new dawn of American leadership."
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Barlow hints at Robbie reunion (BBC News)
Take That frontman Gary Barlow says he reckons the band will reunite with original member Robbie Williams some time in the future as the boys rebuild their relationship.
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Slow start dooms Squires (Wabash Plain Dealer)
MIER - Not many words can describe the start the Oak Hill offense got off to on Saturday night against Manchester. However, numbers probably can. At the midway point of the first quarter, the host Golden Eagles were in position to score 160 points.
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Bryan Habana interview (Guardian Unlimited)
When Bryan Habana was 11 years old his father took him on a road trip that changed his life. Bernie Habana, a strict disciplinarian, would never normally have allowed his children to miss school, but this was a special occasion. This was rugby. It was May 1995, apartheid had ended, and the World Cup had come to South Africa. Father and son embarked on a 2,800km round trip from their home ...
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Shipping industry urges Govt action on piracy (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
The attempted hijacking of a cruise ship off the coast of Yemen has alarmed leaders of the international cruise industry.
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