Posted: Saturday, December 20, 2014 7:00 pm | Updated: 9:15 am, Sun Dec 21, 2014. GOP to back ‘The Interview’ if it gets to theaters Associated Press | WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP is calling on supporters to buy a…
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Chicago mayor’s teenage son mugged near home
Posted: Saturday, December 20, 2014 6:33 pm | Updated: 9:15 am, Sun Dec 21, 2014. Chicago mayor’s teenage son mugged near home Associated Press | CHICAGO (AP) — A spokeswoman for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the mayor’s 17-year-old son…
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Kurds push into Sinjar; Iraqis battle for airport
Warren, Sarah Finger Sarah Finger Warren, or Honey as she was known to her family and friends, died in her one hundredth year on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Westminster-Canterbury after a brief illness. Sarah, the first child and only…
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Gold awards presented to Mount Airy TDA and Surry County partnership
Mount Airy’s Tourism Development Authority and the Surry County Tourism Partnership of Surry County have each struck gold at an annual award ceremony for the The Destination Marketing Association of North Carolina (DMANC). According to TDA Director of Tourism and…
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As Asheville looks to regulate Airbnbs, B&Bs keep watch – Asheville Citizen
Scott Arthur sits in the parlor of the Rankin House Inn, where the city’s first indoor Catholic services were held. Arthur has been posting listings for the traditional bed-and-breakfast on Airbnb, an online service that allows people to rent out…
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NC officially bans gas for euthanizing shelter animals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina’s ban on the use of gas to euthanize animals becomes official early next year, although it appears most shelters have given up the practice, officials say. Patricia Norris, director of animal welfare in the…
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Israel arrests more from Jewish extremist group
Warren, Sarah Finger Sarah Finger Warren, or Honey as she was known to her family and friends, died in her one hundredth year on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Westminster-Canterbury after a brief illness. Sarah, the first child and only…
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Obama says US can influence new generation in Cuba
Rachel La Corte Obama says US can influence new generation in Cuba Protesters hold a U.S. flag during a protest in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. More than 200 protesters rallied in opposition to…
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Myrtle Beach basketball tournament revives economy – WBTW
MYRTLE BEACH, SC- High school girls basketball teams from across the nation gathered at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center Friday to participate in the Crescom Bank Holiday Invitational. Next week, top boys teams will take the court to compete in the Beach Ball…
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Enchanted Airlie Gardens offers ‘a magical place’ to visit in Wilmington
With a warm cookie in one hand and a cup of hot cocoa in the other, an evening stroll through Enchanted Airlie aims to lift holiday spirits. Once the property of 19th-century financier Pembroke Jones and his wife Sarah, historic…
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