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Sundance continues drinking-water ban

Published January 9, 2009, 2:08 am, Casper Star-Tribune

SUNDANCE -- Sundance residents were still drinking bottled water Wednesday pending more tests and flushing of the town's diesel-contaminated water system.

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Fewer patients force hospital cuts

Published January 9, 2009, 1:52 am, Ventura County Star

Pressed by economic forces and, in some cases, decreased demand for patient services, several Ventura County hospitals are eliminating jobs and flirting with layoffs. About 33 jobs, including about 30 registered nursing positions, are planned to be cut at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard and St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, according to union officials. They said ...

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Salvation Army raises $163,000

Published January 9, 2009, 1:45 am, The Daily Times

SALISBURY -- For the Salisbury Corps of the Salvation Army, "Doing The Most Good" has resulted in raising the most money.

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Tip foils plans to 'shoot up' Brevard school

Published January 9, 2009, 1:42 am, The Hendersonville Times-News

BREVARD, N.C. (AP) - Police in Transylvania County say they have derailed a 15-year-old's plot to shoot up his school, thanks to a tip from a teen in New York.

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Phone-a-thon to help families, kids

Published January 9, 2009, 1:42 am, Battle Creek Enquirer

Jerry Lewis will not be there.

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In the Neighborhood

Published January 9, 2009, 1:40 am, Battle Creek Enquirer

BATTLE CREEK

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Group taking aim at nursing shortage

Published January 9, 2009, 1:38 am, The Scranton Times-Tribune

Five area hospitals, the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce and Luzerne County Community College are about to start alleviating the area’s nursing shortage — 10 nurses at a time.

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Disabled dogs head to New York

Published January 9, 2009, 1:36 am, The Florence Times-Daily

You can sense the adoration in Lee Barnes' voice when he describes some of the 12 Chihuahuas at the Colbert County Animal Control Shelter."One is blind and deaf and jumps at first when you pick her up, but then she just melts in your arms," Barnes said. "Another is crippled and waddles like a little duck, but she's just a sweetheart."

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Cemex will shut down for six months, lay off more than 100

Published January 9, 2009, 1:32 am, Santa Cruz Sentinel

DAVENPORT -- Cemex, the largest cement manufacturer in the nation, plans to pull the plug on the Davenport plant and lay off the bulk of its local work force, about 125 employees, for a minimum of six months beginning March 9, company officials announced Thursday.

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Officials issue lead warning

Published January 9, 2009, 1:27 am, Galveston County Daily News

As contractors and homeowners start working to repair houses, officials warn doctors are likely to start seeing more cases of lead poisoning.

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