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Wal-Mart to Pull Greeters From Store Lobbies - Bloomberg

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:47 AM EST (Bloomberg.com)
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Wal-Mart is "moving greeters into its stores from the lobbies, ending a long tradition of having customers see employees as soon as they enter the building."

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'He's taken the security issue totally away from the Republicans' - Obama campaign sees possibility of winning over GOP's military voters

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:27 AM EST (TheHill.com)
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the Obama campaign is making no secret that it sees a possibility to win over military voters—long thought to be a GOP stronghold—an important constituency in key battleground states such as Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina. Obama’s wins — from the …

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Former Pastor/College Prof. Sentenced to 6 Months for Repeatedly Molesting Child

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:42 AM EST (ABC Local Affiliates)
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January 27, 2012 (NAPERVILLE, Ill.) (WLS) -- A former pastor and college professor was sentenced late today to six months in jail, probation and counseling for repeatedly molesting a girl from Naperville.

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Man Accused of Raping Special Needs Teen

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:29 AM EST (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)
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MOON LAKE — A 46-year-old roofer is accused of taking a special needs teenager into a shed and sexually assaulting her.

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Inmate Comes Home From Jail to Find Burglar

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:25 AM EST (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)
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HOLIDAY — At first, on Wednesday, she helped herself to some craft supplies. And a knife. A purse. One hundred CDs.

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Missing Mother & Child Believed to Be With Registered Sex Offender

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:14 AM EST (wftv)
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County investigators are looking for a mother and child who are believed to be with a registered sex offender. The child’s grandmother called deputies last Saturday when the mother and her one-year-old did not come home.

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The God-Given Loophole: How Religion Is Infiltrating America's Public Schools

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:01 AM EST (Reuters)
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the annual “See You at the Pole” prayer event...happens at schools nationwide on the same day. On the understanding that the event is student-initiated and student-led, it is deemed to be constitutional.

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Forget the illegal prescription drugs, dealers go for "high-grade California weed"

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:49 AM EST (Local News from Star-Banner)
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Florida’s efforts to reduce illegal prescription drug deals are paying off and pushing dealers to an old school product, according to the Gainesville Alachua County Drug Task Force. Task force members from the Gainesville Police Department and Alachua County Sheriff&rsqu …

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Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism After He Died

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:32 AM EST (Gawker)
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Ann Romney's Welsh-born father (who Mitt mentioned in last night's debate to shore up his pro-immigrant bona fides) was an engineer, inventor, and resolute atheist who disdained all organized religion and raised his children accordingly.

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International Rapist Gets 61 Years to Life

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:30 AM EST (ABC Local Affiliates)
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LOS ANGELES -- An international serial rapist has been sentenced to 61 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting three women in Orange County and San Diego County.

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