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2008: Year in Review (The Woodlands Villager)
Editor’s note: The following is a month-by-month recap of some of the top newsmaking events of 2008.
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Re-trial for 1989 murder begins again (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Did Mohammed Monie, now 41, prompt a teenage boy to kill a 26-year-old Daly City man for his prized Monte Carlo car parts? Or, did confessed killer Jesse Rodriguez shoot Bobby Perruquet unprovoked because the 14-year-old felt that was what his friend “Mo” wanted him to do?
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Swans felled by mistaken identity, poachers (Skagit Valley Herald)
FIR ISLAND — Six protected swans, four trumpeter and two tundra, have been killed on Fir Island over the past seven weeks — possibly the most killed in recent years. At least one…
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Recalls alert (The Salt Lake Tribune)
The following products and vehicles were recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Unless otherwise indicated, discontinue use of the products immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund.
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CONTACT THE HERALD (Everett Herald)
The Klahaya District of the Boy Scouts of America is offering a New Cub Scout Pinewood Derby for boys who joined the organization this fall. It's planned for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Speedway Chevrolet, 16957 W. Main St., Monroe.
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Reward posted in NBT Bank robbery (WKTV Utica)
MIDDLEVILLE, N.Y. (WKTV) - The NBT Bank on North Main Street was robbed at approximately 10:45 a.m. Monday. The robber is still on the loose and your help is requested in the investigation. The parent company is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the robber's arrest.
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Consumer memos: Office Depot announces local store closings (The Kansas City Star)
Office Depot will close its Belton and Overland Park stores within the next three months as part of a previously announced plan to close 112 underperforming locations. According to the company Web site, Office Depot has eight other area stores. The stores to be closed have about 20 employees who will be offered opportunities at the other area stores or severance packages.
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Wizard in world of search (PhysOrg)
If Microsoft has to climb over or through Yahoo to get to Google in the Internet search business, there are few people better positioned than Qi Lu to lead the way. Named this month as president of Microsoft's Online Services Group, Lu brings with him practically the entire history of Yahoo's search efforts.
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Auto failure could cost 582,000 jobs: report (CTV Toronto)
The fallout for Canada's economy if the Detroit Three automakers were to fail would be catastrophic, resulting in nearly 600,000 jobs lost, a new report claims.
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