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Housemaid's body kept at morgue for two months
Nov 11 2008, Maya

Alemintu Girma Hailu, 19-year-old Ethiopian woman, who came to work as a Domestic worker for a family in UAE, fell ill after a few days of her arrival due to heat stroke.

She spent two months in the hospital in coma before she died on October 9...

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Police: Proof is in the pudding in Pa. burglaries
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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Pa. museum may allow DNA test of Lincoln's blood
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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Rihanna returns to red carpet in New York
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Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Bernanke likely to give less dour take on economy
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Recession forces new focus in e-commerce marketing
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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Hudson River to be site of Macy's July 4 fireworks
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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Mass. police get burned as 4,000 teens flood beach
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City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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Former Navy official gets 3 years for child porn
AP, San Diego
A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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Owner of club for rich says she opposed $375M loan
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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Dan Barber named top chef in US at food `Oscars'
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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Woman gets house arrest for false hijacking report
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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Double hand transplant taking place in Pittsburgh
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The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israeli PM wants 'triple track' approach to peace
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McCanns to Winfrey: Madeleine is still alive
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2 teens deny planning to shoot up Calif. school
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Man allegedly squeezed Army contractor for payoff
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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Voters to select new Detroit mayor on Tuesday
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Court puts limits on liability in toxic spill
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NYT union workers approve 5 percent pay cut
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Pentagon auditor cites heavy fraud by contractor
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Arkansas animal cruelty bill signed into law
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Arkansas Farm Bureau backs animal cruelty bill
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This undated photo provided by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shows Lisa Altobelli’s orange tabby Norman. A New York City prosecutor says Altobelli’s former boyfriend, baseball player-turned-actor Joseph Petcka, brutally...

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