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Balloon boy parents get jail time, tough probation
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The parents who carried out the balloon boy hoax were sentenced to jail Wednesday and given strict probation conditions that forbid them from earning any money from the spectacle for four years.
Plane overshoots Jamaica runway; more than 40 hurt
2 hrs 31 mins ago
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An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway in heavy rain, bouncing across the tarmac and injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the Caribbean Sea, officials and witnesses said.
November new home sales sink 11 percent
1 hr 27 mins ago
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Sales of new homes plunged unexpectedly last month to the lowest level since April, a sign the housing market recovery will be rocky and heavily dependent on the generosity of Uncle Sam.
Jubilant Senate Dems ready to pass health care
1 hr 46 mins ago
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Exultant Senate Democrats prepared to deliver a Christmas Eve win to President Barack Obama with passage of landmark health care legislation that would extend coverage to 30 million Americans.
Major winter storm taking aim at West, Midwest
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A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to much of the nation's midsection, though countless holiday travelers faced slick roads and scattered flight delays and cancellations Wednesday that only looked to get worse.
Northeast train problems strand holiday travelers
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An electrical problem outside New York City put train service at a standstill up and down the East Coast for three hours Wednesday, leaving commuters and holiday travelers stopped in their tracks or scrambling for alternatives.
US dad hopes to regain custody of son in Brazil
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An American father anxiously awaited word Wednesday from a Brazilian family who has been ordered to give him custody of his 9-year-old son as law enforcement authorities stood by to intercept any attempts to sneak the boy out of the country.
BlackBerry users beset by second outage in a week
2 hrs 16 mins ago
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The second outage of BlackBerry service in less than a week frustrated people who depend on the messaging device and comes at a bad time for its maker, which faces increasing competition in the market it helped pioneer.