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Heartland politicians are sworn into Federal office.

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3 dead in eastern Missouri house fire

Friday, January 02, 2009 at 8:22 AM

Three people are dead after a father rushes back into his burning eastern Missouri home in a failed attempt to save his two children.

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Landowners sue TVA for $165M over coal ash spill

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 4:06 PM

KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) - A group of land owners has sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for $165 million over a burst dike that spilled more than a billion gallons of coal ash sludge.

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Laura Bush, Rice, don't see administration as failure

Monday, December 29, 2008 at 1:49 PM

Speaking to CBS, Condoleeza Rice said "generations pretty soon are going to start to thank this president for what he's done."

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Prosecutors file to release recordings

Monday, December 29, 2008 at 1:22 PM

Fitzgerald says disclosing four calls wouldn't interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation.

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Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama's time

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 8:29 AM

Prosecutors have said Obama is not implicated in the case against Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder. But the corruption scandal has drained precious energy from Obama's preparations to take over the White House.

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Obama aide had multiple talks with Governor, aides

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 4:05 PM

An internal review prepared for Barack Obama found his incoming chief of staff had multiple conversations with the Illinois governor's office, but said the talks did not involve any deal concerning whom the governor would appoint to replace Obama in the Senate.

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Obama's choice of evangelical paster draws ire of gay rights

Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 9:37 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay rights advocates are asking President-elect Barack Obama to reconsider his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.

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Adam Walsh case transformed missing kid searches

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 9:33 AM

The case led to advances in police searches for missing youngsters and a notable shift in the view parents and children have of the world.

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Firefighter, woman arrested in 1992 killing

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 4:49 AM

Sixteen years after Dan Coleman was killed, his wife and a suburban St. Louis firefighter face charges related to the crime.

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Across Mideast, Arabs hail shoe-hurling journalist

Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:45 AM

Iraqis took to the streets to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush, as Arabs across the Middle East hailed the man as a hero.

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Simpson co-defendant Stewart moved to Nev. prison

Friday, December 12, 2008 at 4:43 PM

The two will spend the first three weeks on intake evaluations before they are assigned to a facility to serve their sentences.

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Four face charges

Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Four arrested in drug raid.

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Cougars spotted in Edina---just kidding!

By Eden DerbyWednesday, December 10, 2008 at 6:13 PM

Don't believe everything you see in an email.

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Joe the Plumber throws McCain under the bus

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:31 AM

America's most famous plumber said McCain's reasons for supporting the government's $700 billion bank rescue plan left him appalled, and nearly caused him to leave McCain behind on the campaign trail.

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