Photo Credit: ajagendorf25 | Creative Commons License By MIKE BRODY
MyFox National
Florida 5th-grader Damon Weaver has been covering Barack Obama’s historic run to the White House for KEC-TV and hoped to get press credentials for the inauguration.
But with the crush of media from all around the world vying for credentials, his multiple requests were denied. [...]

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12/31/2008 –
Amid the jubilation and celebration of New Year’s Eve, another feeling is present for many as a decidedly rocky 2008 comes to a close: relief.
Randolph King, 63, of York, England, tried to forget his retirement fund losses as he sat on a hill overlooking Sydney Harbor, awaiting the city’s annual New Year’s fireworks [...]

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Times Square ball (Photo credit: Between a Rock | Creative Commons License)
By LILY FU
MyFoxNational
The ball dropped in New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve will be a little more green this year.
According to the New York Times, the glowing ball has been doubled in size to 12 feet in diameter and will feature [...]

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By Allyson Wilson, Fox 5 Reporter
The best approach to tax planning is to start early in the year, but it’s never too late - even as the April tax filing deadline approaches - for some last-minute tax savings tips.
Experts say a few smart moves can pay off big but you have to act before the [...]

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By MIKE BRODY
MyFox National
2008 had its share of strange and unusual stories. Weird news covered the world of science, the animal kingdom and technology. Some were real, and some turned out to be hoaxes.
Here’s a look at the Top 10 as compiled by “Time magazine.
No. 10 - Man auctions his life on eBay.
After being left [...]

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Charles Barkley has been arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving.
Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler says an officer with a task force that targets drunken drivers saw the former NBA star run a stop sign around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in Scottsdale.
Shuhandler says Barkley declined to submit to a breath test [...]

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By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Democratic House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh is calling on Tennessee Republican leaders to renounce a former state GOP leader over a music parody of President-elect Barack Obama
Chip Saltsman, who managed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign, is seeking the Republican National Committee [...]

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By The Associated Press
CHICAGO — The robber’s threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub.
An FBI affidavit says the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read “Be Quick Be [...]

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In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 picture, Mychal Bell, one of the Jena Six, appears at a news conference after leaving LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena, La. Bell, 18, was arrested Christmas Eve and booked on a shoplifting charge, police said Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. He was freed on $1,300 bond following his arrest at [...]

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By Michael Walton, Myvoicedc Contributor
Happy Holidays myvoicedc.com! As we all prepare for this exciting holiday season lets give our children the gift of a healthier home for 2009. My good friends at Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and I have some tools to share with you, that can help you prepare and build [...]

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