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Dog returns home from war, deal with post traumatic stress
2/20/12 2:56 PM
Jofa is a four-legged wet nosed warrior who is now back home after being on the front lines of the war on terror.

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Fifty years later, America honors John Glenn
2/20/12 9:38 AM
John Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight with a series of events Monday to commemorate a half-century since he became the first American to orbit the Earth.
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Parents sentenced to 8 years in prison after denying son cancer treatment
2/17/12 2:54 PM
The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands were sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday following their guilty pleas to denying him medical treatment.
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Amanda Knox lands book deal for memoir
2/16/12 4:29 PM
Amanda Knox will finally reveal details about her imprisonment in Italy in a book to be released in 2013.
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GM earns largest profit ever in 2011
2/16/12 9:04 AM
General Motors earned its largest profit ever in 2011, two years after it nearly collapsed into financial ruin.
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VOTE: Would $5 a gallon gas change your driving habits?
2/15/12 10:29 AM
Gas prices across the country are climbing, causing increased alarm with drivers. If gas prices reach their anticipated $5 a gallon, would it change your driving habits? Take our poll.

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Washington State approves same-sex marriage
2/14/12 8:23 AM
Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a measure that makes Washington state the seventh to legalize same-sex marriage, but opponents almost immediately filed a referendum to challenge the new law, meaning voters likely will have the final say.
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Justice Breyer robbed while on vacation
2/13/12 4:15 PM
Breyer, wife Joanna and guests were confronted by the robber Thursday in the home Breyer owns on the Caribbean island of Nevis.
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Judge says Sandusky can see grandkids
2/13/12 12:36 PM
A judge ruled that former Penn State assistant coach can visit most of his grandchildren.
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Zaching for Cancer goes viral
2/20/12 1:26 PM
Inspired by UMd. basketball manager Zach Lederer and his power gesture, Zaching for Cancer is going viral. Zach was Alex Parker's special guest Sunday night on NewsChannel 8's SportsTalk.
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Whitney Houston remembered at NJ hometown funeral
2/18/12 5:02 PM
Clapping hands and swaying to gospel hymns in the church where Whitney Houston's powerful voice once wowed her congregation, the biggest names in entertainment sang along with the choir to remember the pop superstar at her hometown funeral Saturday.
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Veterans gather to remember Battle of Iwo Jima
2/16/12 6:40 PM
For John Huffhines and Ivan Hammond, a brief, annual stroll near the Marine Corps War Memorial is also an emotional walk down memory lane.
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Michelle Obama, Jill Biden work to ease military spouse job hunt
2/16/12 9:46 AM
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are tackling the issue of military spouse employment, urging states to relax license requirements for military families as they move from base to base.

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Congress reaches deal on payroll tax extension
2/15/12 4:25 PM
Congressional leaders are gauging lawmakers' reactions to a tentative deal extending a 2 percentage-point payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, a pact bargainers reached after House Republicans conceded that the tax cut would not have to be paid for with spending cuts.
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What's your best Valentine's Day memory?
2/14/12 4:17 PM
Everyone has a favorite Valentine's Day memory, and we asked you to share those with us on Facebook on Tuesday. Here are some of your responses.
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Virginia volunteer firefighter dies in West Virginia crash
2/13/12 6:49 PM
A 21-year-old volunteer firefighter from Gore, Va., is dead after the tanker truck his father was driving crashed on a mutual aid call in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.
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JFK intern had 'varied and fun' sex life with president
2/13/12 1:02 PM
Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president. Her decades-old secret about her trysts with John F. Kennedy was still safe then.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis papers released
2/13/12 8:56 AM
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has released some of the personal papers of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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