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A drink for every woman in Chicago
For RedEyeSummertime in Chicago means the bars will be as packed as ever with young singles looking to mingle and tingle. The women of this city are as distinct as the neighborhoods that produce them, and it's important for every guy to know his environment....Tags: Wrigleyville, Explosions, Allergies
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Bombs, bowls and bass: Fishing and studying at Wilderness State Park
A hazy heat lay over the flats. Water blurred into sky at the horizon, and dunes to the south faded into the lake. In shallow water, fish played spawning tag in the shallows. If you wanted to, you could drop a fly or a spinner in front of their faces and...
Tags: U.S. Army, Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Natural Resource Industry, Colleges and Universities
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'The Bishop' mail bomber gets 37 years in prison
The improvised pipe bombs were packed with gunpowder and mailed to investment firm executives with threatening notes like "BANG!! YOU'RE DEAD." Prosecutors say it was the culmination of a two-year "campaign of terror" sparked by greed and hatred. John...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bipolar Disorder, Finance, Justice System, Judges
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Renewable Energy, Justice and Rights, Executive Branch, Government
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'Bishop' bomber sentenced to 37 years in prison
Tribune reporterAn Iowa machinist known as "The Bishop" for mailing a slew of threatening letters and explosive devices to investment firm executives across the country was sentenced today to 37 years in federal prison. John Tomkins had no reaction when U.S. District...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Explosions
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Bank official's boyfriend held in $565,500 robbery
It seem like the perfect crime: Masked men snatch an assistant bank manager in her garage, strap a bomb to her and force the woman to rob her own East Los Angeles bank of $565,500. But now authorities allege that one of three men charged with last fall'...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bank of America Corp., Theft, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Explosions
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Emergency responders train for events like Moore
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSedgwick County Emergency Operations director Randy Duncan says events like the Moore tornado are why emergency operations centers exist. It’s also something they train for over and over again. “The first thing they’re trying to...Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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Man calls in bomb threats to Delray Beach sober house, say police
A 28-year-old former resident of a Delray Beach sober house phoned in profanity-laced bomb threats in which he claimed the facility would become the "next Boston," police said. Michael Sontag, of Yonkers, N.Y., was arrested by Palm Beach County Sheriff'...
Tags: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Explosions, Delray Beach, Bombings
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Bank manager's boyfriend faked bomb vest, indictment says
The boyfriend of an assistant bank manager arranged for her to strap on a fakeĀ bomb so she would appear to be a hostage -- setting the stage for him to rob $565,000 from an East Los Angeles bank last year, according to a federal indictment unsealed...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Explosions, Prosecution
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Men indicted in connection with bizarre kidnapping, bank robbery
Several men -- including a friend of a bank manager who was kidnapped and strapped with explosives as part of a bizarre bank robbery in East L.A. last fall -- have been indicted in connection with the crimes, several law enforcement sources said. Ray...
Tags: Kidnapping, Theft, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Explosions, Bank Robbery
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Explosion uncovers Lansford meth lab
]An explosion and flash fire in a house in the 100 block of E. Patterson Street in Lansford Sunday night led authorities to a suspected methamphetamine-making operation. The occupants of the home initially told police someone threw a Molotov cocktail...
Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Explosions, Prosecution, Drug Trafficking
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Nouri Maliki, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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