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20 min ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Man guilty of leaving scene, not killing: lawyer

The driver of the car that struck and killed Reginald Blackbird on Christmas Eve 2010 should be punished for leaving the scene, but not for the death, his defence lawyer says.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Life, Holidays

Wed Jun 19, 2013

The Times-Tribune

Christmas burglaries land Dunmore brothers in state prison

Two Dunmore brothers face six years in prison for breaking into two borough homes over the Christmas holiday last year and stealing thousands of dollars of possessions, crimes a county judge called repugnant and revealed a "hardness of heart."

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Dunmore, PA, Life, Holidays, Lackawanna County, PA

Busted In Acadiana

Bozo booked for burglarizing Dollar Store on Christmas day 2012

On December 25, 2012, the St Martin Parish Sheriff's office received calls in reference to burglaries at the Dollar General Store in Cecilia, and the Timmy Guidry's Store in Arnaudville.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Cecilia, LA, Arnaudville, LA, Natchitoches, LA

The Victoria Advocate

Concrete man: 'Give of yourself with no expectations'

Koenig, 61, has hung Sheetrock for a living for 38 years, but his profession in no way tells the whole story of the man.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Cuero, TX, Hochheim, TX, Yoakum, TX

Portsmouth Today

Killer's weapon was taken from kitchen

WHEN police first arrived at Hill Park Road late on Christmas Eve, PC Benjamin Light was quickly beckoned over by Marc Lindsey.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Your News Now

Prosecution and Defense Rest In Michael Pilato Trial

Attorneys will present their closing arguments Wednesday in the Michael Pilato case.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Houston Press

Governor Perry Signs Bill Allowing Teachers And Students to Say 'Merry Christmas'

Last December, Houston Representative Dwayne Bohac picked up his son from first grade and asked what he'd done in class.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Rick Perry, US Governors, Hanukkah

Independent.ie

TD sent me a Christmas card - then I was sacked, tribunal told

A former secretary for Independent TD Thomas Pringle has told how she was fired from her job two days after receiving a card from him wishing her 'a lovely Christmas'.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Dundalk Today

Town to take shot at Guinness Book of Records with Santa Run

D UNDALK Chamber of Commerce are hoping to get the town's name into the Guinness Book of Record this years when they try their hand at breaking the Guinness World Record for the number of Santa's running at one time.

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Related Topix: World Records, Life, Holidays

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Narooma News

Christmas whale to light up Narooma

THE winning design for the Narooma Chamber of Commerce's Christmas decoration project is a whale draped in Christmas lights.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Guilty verdict returned in Woodinville teacher slaying

Prudence Hockley in a school photo. She was beaten Dec. 24, 2011 and died Christmas Day at Harborview Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Woodinville, WA, Life, Holidays, Education Etc., Ravenna (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA)

Newsday

Life sentence for Christmas stabbing

Marc Lindsey stabbed Edward Vials, 47, in Hill Park Road in Gosport, Hampshire, after his wife Laura had confessed to an affair with Mr Vials.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

St. Petersburg Times

Two men on trial in Pinellas accused of killing woman over Christmas shoes

A Pinellas County jury listened Tuesday to the vivid and horrifying story of how Stacia Berman's body was found - wrapped in a blanket, plastic bags covering her head, floating in St. Petersburg's Lake Maggiore with two alligators swimming nearby.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Life, Holidays, Pinellas County, FL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Detroit Free Press

Kim Komando: Apps to help people with Alzheimer's

QUESTION: My father is seriously struggling with Alzheimer's. I got him a smartphone last Christmas to keep him sharp.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Computers

SFGate

Execution set for Okla. man in 2 stabbing deaths

DeRosa was convicted in the stabbing deaths of 73-year-old Curtis Plummer and 70-year-old Gloria Plummer almost 13 years ago.

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Related Topix: Le Flore County, OK, Life, Holidays

Radio Times

Coronation Street

It's the moment we've been waiting for since Kylie's little indiscretion at Christmas - yes, I'm talking about David finding out that the baby his wife's expecting might be Nick's and not his.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Laughing Squid

Creepy & Meat Parade, Unusual Wrapping Paper Books Feature Clowns, Ventriloquist Dolls & More

Archie McPhee has released two new 12-sheeted books of unusual gift wrapping paper: Creepy and Meat Parade .

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Hamburger

Mirror.co.uk

EastEnders so miserable now I thought Christmas had come early to Walford

The only laughs I can recall in recent years featured Phil Mitchell on crack - and I'm not sure any were supposed to funny AS we approach the halfway point of yet another TV year, it's probably time we checked in with those cheeky chirpy A Cockneys over in Albert Square .

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Chorus

BroadwayWorld.com

Jim Brickman to Bring the Magic of Christmas to Fox Cities Pac, 11/22

Jim Brickman brings the spirit of the season to life once again with The Magic of Christmas.

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Related Topix: New-Age, Jim Brickman, Life, Holidays, Recreational Vehicle, Award, Alabama

Hispanic Business

Perry Signs 'Merry Christmas' Bill

Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing, summer garb-wearing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges - but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as freedom from religion.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Senator Ted Cruz, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Marco Rubio, Republican