Journey of an American President (Straight Furrow)
Barack Obama saw his future home for the first time a quarter-century ago. He was a year out of Columbia, working in Harlem as a community organiser, when he rode to Washington with a scrum of college undergraduates protesting proposed cuts in student aid.
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Madison County Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Interstate Travel to Have Sex With Minors (WAAY-TV Huntsville)
BIRMINGHAM, AL - John Lawson Simons, 35, of Huntsville, Alabama, plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Huntsville to twenty-two counts of charges involving the sexual exploitation of children. Those charges
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Huntsville man pleads guilty to child exploitation charges (The Huntsville Times)
U.S. Attorney Alice Martin said Martin said John Lawson Simons faces up to 65 years or more in federal prison on all charges. All counts carry a fine of up to $250,000.
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'Lost Girls:' Sex, fairytales and the graphic novel (Student Life)
Graphic novelist Alan Moore may be most famous for "V for Vendetta" and "Watchmen" but neither offers the sex appeal of his racy graphic novel, "Lost Girls."
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Why She's N o .5? (AskMen)
Anne Hathaway's brilliant work in 2008’s Rachel Getting Married could mean we’ll be seeing her onstage on Oscar night this year. She also scored commercial success with her role alongside Kate Hudson in Bride Wars , and though this production seems to be her last release for this year, she'll be taking on some interesting roles in 2010, including that of the White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in …
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Best-sellers (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
HARDBACK FICTION 1. PLUM SPOOKY, by Janet Evanovich. A bounty hunter seeks an evil genius and his sidekick, who are hiding in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. 2. THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer. Aliens have taken control of the minds and bodies of most humans, but one woman won't surrender.
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The PTA, America's first parent- teacher organization (Columbia Star)
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) began in 1895 in the midst of the Chautauqua and kindergarten movements. Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Hearst (mother of William Randolph Hearst) originated the idea of a National Congress of Mothers (NCM) to address the needs of children in the late 19th century.
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Skeletal remains could belong to Alice Donovan (WCBD-TV Charleston)
Sources close to the Alice Donovan case tell News 2 sister station WBTW-News13, a series of letters and photographs from one of the men convicted of killing Alice Donovan of Galivants Ferry, led search crews to skeletal remains in Horry County.
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Hunt continues for remains in area Alice Donovan killer led searchers (Florence Morning News)
One of the two men sentenced to death for his role in the November 2002 Alice Donovan kidnapping, murder sent a map to a Wilmington missing person search group. The map led search crews to a human skull and arm bone.
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Do Huge NFL Players Help Teams Win? (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
When the Arizona Cardinals meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday's Super Bowl, every starting offensive lineman will be a member of the 300-pound club.
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