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Winter Comes Early for Tennessee Lodge
LeConte Lodge(SEVIERVILLE, Tenn.) — Employees at the LeConte Lodge in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee dug themselves out of 22 inches of snow that fell Saturday.The tempera...
Nov 02, 2014
Poll: Rep. Gardner’s Lead Widens in Colorado Senate Race
Inset photos: (t) US Congress / (b) US Senate(WASHINGTON) — A new Quinnipiac University poll out Thursday morning is bad news for Colorado Sen. Mark Udall in one of the most closely watched race...
Oct 30, 2014
NY Program Would Encourage Health Care Workers to Travel to West Africa
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As New York City hosts the nation’s sole Ebola patient, city and state officials have announced a program to encourage health care professionals to travel to ...
Oct 30, 2014
Maine Pizzeria Awaits Nod from Police to Deliver Pizza to Ebola Nurse
Creatas/Thinkstock(FORT KENT, Maine) — A nurse fighting Ebola quarantine orders in Maine may get at least one perk: a pizza from Moose Shack on Main Street.Nurse Kaci Hickox told reporters Wedne...
Oct 30, 2014
Jobless Claims Jump to 287K
iStock/Thinkstoc(WASHINGTON) — Jobless claims were higher last week, increasing by 3,000, according to the latest figures released Thursday by the Labor Department.For the week ending Oct. 25, t...
Oct 30, 2014
Man Survives Driving Off Cliff, 17 Hours Trapped Underneath Vehicle
iStock/Thinkstock(BOONE, N.C.) — A man in North Carolina survived 17 hours pinned underneath his vehicle after he fell asleep behind the wheel and drove off a cliff, authorities said.Joseph Wood...
Oct 30, 2014
Man Says He Wrongly Confessed to Murder After Undergoing ‘Exorcism’
iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A man claims he was under a sort of exorcism when he confessed to killing a fellow member of a religious group in Kansas City, Missouri, whose death was ori...
Oct 30, 2014
NASA Completes Initial Assessment of Virginia Launch Site Following Rocket Explosion
Image Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach(WALLOPS, Va.) — NASA said on Wednesday that the Wallops Incident Response Team completed its initial assessment after Orbital Science Corporation’s Antare...
Oct 29, 2014
Five Cases in Ferguson, Mo., In Which Darren Wilson Was ‘Indispensable Witness’ Dismissed
AndreyPopov/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(FERGUSON, Mo.) — Saint Louis County prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced on Wednesday that five felony cases in Ferguson in which Officer Darren Wilson —...
Oct 29, 2014
Obama Uses Hugs, Kisses to Ease Ebola Fears
Pete Souza / The White House(WASHINGTON) — President Obama is trying to lead by example as he works to calm public fears about Ebola in the U.S.Obama has come into contact with more American Ebo...
Oct 29, 2014
