- Salvage crews hoisted a battle-scarred US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River and onto a barge late Saturday, three days after the pilot of the crippled aircraft made what he told investigators was a split-second decision to attempt a water landing to avoid a possible "catastrophic" crash in a populated neighborhood.
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Watching the perpetual rain soak your drab, decaying garden is enough to induce a serious case of the winter blues and blahs.
Watching the perpetual rain soak your drab, decaying garden is enough to induce a serious case of the winter blues and blahs.
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Now it’s their morale that gets a big boost
For Marines at far-flung bases in the western Iraqi desert, the appearance of the 295th Quartermaster Company – and the promise of hot showers and fresh laundry the soldiers brought – must have been as welcome as a care package from home.
For Marines at far-flung bases in the western Iraqi desert, the appearance of the 295th Quartermaster Company – and the promise of hot showers and fresh laundry the soldiers brought – must have been as welcome as a care package from home.
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No one's laughing at Cardinals now
• NFC: Philadelphia at Arizona, Sunday, noon, Ch. 13
• AFC: Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Ch, 7
Ken Harvey remembers posing for a picture at the Pro Bowl in the mid-1990s with Tim McDonald and Jay Novacek.
• NFC: Philadelphia at Arizona, Sunday, noon, Ch. 13
• AFC: Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Sunday, 3:30 p.m., Ch, 7
Ken Harvey remembers posing for a picture at the Pro Bowl in the mid-1990s with Tim McDonald and Jay Novacek.
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Circuit City unplugs
Circuit City will likely become the first major post-holiday casualty of the retail slump, agreeing Friday to close all 567 stores and begin selling off its assets as early as today.
Circuit City will likely become the first major post-holiday casualty of the retail slump, agreeing Friday to close all 567 stores and begin selling off its assets as early as today.
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A light touch
Watching the perpetual rain soak your drab, decaying garden is enough to induce a serious case of the winter blues and blahs.
Watching the perpetual rain soak your drab, decaying garden is enough to induce a serious case of the winter blues and blahs.
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No Emmy love, but ‘Big Love’ looks good
HOLLYWOOD – One of life’s great mysteries, along with why childbirth has to hurt so much and what exactly is in a plain bagel to make it so fattening, is how HBO’s “Big Love” can be entering its third season without an Emmy to its name.
HOLLYWOOD – One of life’s great mysteries, along with why childbirth has to hurt so much and what exactly is in a plain bagel to make it so fattening, is how HBO’s “Big Love” can be entering its third season without an Emmy to its name.
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