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Friday March 20

Rhode Island strip club to host job fair
Man loses tooth as bowlers brawl over etiquette

Woman accused of church theft blames Satan
Driving lesson on runway, pilot averts crash
Man, 71, fends off young robber with ice scraper
Cops arrest man passed out in car at drive-through
Mass. officer finds crack inside sack of dog food
Legally blind Mo. man saves woman from attacker
Police: Conn. teacher made boy eat from garbage
Two shot as fans fight among themselves
Wisconsin's new slogan faces some pushback  

Obameter Score: 19-6-3-3-43-439

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Monday March 16

Bernanke says recession could end in 2009
Wall Street opens higher, building on 4-day rally
Postcard arrives in Ohio 47 years late
Six hurt at U.S. "Next Top Model" audition
Hard times lead 21 couples to share wedding
Wash. man caught in HOV lane with unbuckled dummy
Man unwisely tries to rob Tae Kwon Do studio
Police: Woman drugs boss's coffee so he'll 'chill'
Vt. hunter busted for bolting antlers on dead doe 

Obameter Score: 18-7-2-3-41-442 (NO CHANGE)

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Friday March 13

Michael Jackson's 50 London concerts sell out
10 drink windshield wiper fluid at Ark. day care

Woman buys used couch and finds cat living inside
Canadian prisoners used nail clippers to escape
Italians unearth "vampire" in Venice plague grave
12-year-old boy accused of helping to rob bar
Golf-Stenson’s Swedish strip show overshadows Woods 

Obameter Score: 18-7-2-3-41-442

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Wednesday March 11

Obama says he accepts 'imperfect' spending bill
Police: Man driving with 3 tires charged with DUI
Cops: Man with ice cream in pants offers owner $69
Museum finds "secret" message in Lincoln's watch
Colonel Sanders still smiling after 24-year dip
Washing machine liberated women most?
Man says he moved pot plants to keep burglars away
S.C. man escapes from burning tanning bed
SC pastor charged with setting fire at his church
Police seize 1,200 pounds of pot in spinach cans
Pet store expects fish shipment, but gets corpse
Children of Older Men Suffer Lower IQ 

Obameter Score: 17-7-2-3-40-444

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Monday March 9

Obama to overturn Bush policy on stem cells
Warren Buffett says economy fell off a cliff
Republicans See Their Party as Leaderless
Pa. liquor board wants clerks to be bubbly, polite

Cafeteria regular leaves wealth to Calif. school
Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M
Georgia inmate arrested trying to get back in jail
Boy wins rights to tropical island in lottery

Iowa department for elderly to skip DOA label
Hasta la vista, baby
Kangaroo intruder terrorizes
Aussie sleeping family
Clinton, Lavrov push wrong reset button on ties
Man caught entering Spain with cocaine leg cast
Fake alcohol turns drinkers to homebrew
Mich. woman marks her 108th or 111th birthday
Octopus gets inside lunchbox at Boston aquarium
Gator accused of starting fire at abandoned school
Bus driver charged with egging on snowball attack 
SMU Cardinal*

Obameter Score: 16-7-2-2-38-446

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Wednesday March 4

Senate race is now an online game
No iPhones, iPods at Bill Gate's house
Feds unveil plan to help 9 million stay in homes
U.S. private sector cuts 697,000 jobs in February
Cricket ref: Pakistan police fled during ambush
Wal-Mart customer in Mass. finds teeth in wallet
Florida woman calls 911 3 times over McNuggets
Eagle busts through trucker's windshield in Nevada
Cops: Driver adjusts mirrors and roughs up McGruff
Ore. arsonist targets 1990s green Ford Escorts
Leave God a message at his Dutch answering service
Maths too hard? Pay French homework website to do it
University offers first Beatles degree
Wis. student accused of urinating in drink
I'm no polygamist says Kenya's Kibaki
Wash. cat saves elderly owner from smoky fire
Distracted kindergarteners turn to gambling
Man robs gas station, then tells clerk he's sorry
Woman charged for assault with knife and pizza* 

Obameter Score: 16-7-2-2-31-453

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Monday March 2

Obama kicks up White House entertaining
White House, GOP avoid direct confrontation
Clinton calls for action to forge Mideast peace
Dow industrials fall below 7,000; lowest since '97
$#$%##! LA County tries for cuss-free week
Colorado withdraws ticket issued to good Samaritan
Man allegedly steals ambulance that came to crash
Cashier is flashpoint in capitalism debate
Car thief caught trapped in target vehicle
Beer and bathtubs are U.S. stimulus ideas
Man accused of putting camera in women's bathroom
Ryanair says to charge toilet fee - or maybe not
Chinese man bids but won't pay for looted bronzes
Lewiston-Altura school officials criticized for plans to use building in industrial zone as classrooms*
Goodview finalizing lake-outlet plan*
Doctors’ dilemma: Treat pain, risk addiction* 

Obameter Score: 16-6-2-1-27-458

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Wednesday February 25

Schwarzenegger to play himself in Stallone film
Biden: Stimulus to 'drop-kick' US out of recession
Richter, O'Brien to reunite on `Tonight Show'
9 dead in Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam
Helicopter stops play in cricket match
Notorious Greek prisoner escapes by helicopter-again
Police: Man stabs son for wearing hat in church

Topless cafe in Maine gives neighbors the jitters
Try at passing old $1,000 bill foils safe-robbers
Booze bust in Brunei nets 1,382 beer cans on boat
Aussie car thief caught trapped in target vehicle

Mom, baby OK after suspects crash through ceiling
Gummy Bears + meth + booze = felony charge*
Man faces felony DUI for pot, inhalant use before June crash*

Grade changes planned for North Side elementary schools*
 

Obameter Score: 15-4-2-1-21-467

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Wednesday February 11

Mayor: Obama should apologize for Vegas trips quip
Octuplets' mom: No one can care for 14 kids alone
Wall St CEOs to defend use of bailout to Congress
Twisters kill 8 people in Oklahoma, others injured
Stimulus: How to Know If It's Working
Egypt's top archaeologist unveils ancient mummy
Police: Drugs sold at apartment a month before overdose death*
Judge: $295K award for prisoner's mattress all wet
Goats suspected of causing barn fire in Wyoming
Chavez says ridiculous opposition good for your health
Exotic animals trapped in net of drug trade
Drug-dealing milkman spared jail
Fists fly as police chase the dragon
Blast away bad luck with fireworks ritual
Mayor has police escort him to the restroom
100-plus animals rescued from 2-bedroom apartment
Man accidentally shoots himself at hospital cafe
13th juror prompts mistrial in Texas murder trial
Detective: Woman dies after months on floor

Obameter Score: 7-1-1-1-21-479

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Monday February 9

Obama Campaigns Outside Washington to Win Insiders on Stimulus
McCain: Democrats no more bipartisan than GOP
US Treasury to prop up housing under revamped bank bailout
Australian wildfire ferocity linked to climate change: experts
Octuplets' grandmother criticizes daughter
30 mummies found in newly discovered tomb in Egypt
UK milkman delivered cannabis with bottles of milk
Escaped prisoner turns up in Mich. judge's trunk
Cracking the case of the poison processed peanuts
Debacle spells victory, defeat for Ark. 6th-grader
Sri Lankan watches TV 72 hours to set world record
British R coming — but beware of road work ahead
Fla. man issued 50 traffic citations in 1 day
60-year-old gives birth to twins?
65,000 gallons of oil sludge spills near Chicago
Pilot describes birds hitting plane over Hudson
Drink it up: Fountain project to wet your whistle with water awareness*

Obameter Score: 7-1-1-1-18-482

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Wednesday February 4

Obama economic plan now tops $900 billion
Mayor wants to hear concerns about Winona’s rental cap*
Broadway barricade: Winona man OK after three-hour standoff*
Cops: Man puts 911 dispatcher on hold to buy drugs
Officials nab traveler with pigeons in his pants
Man wearing sleeping bag as cape attempts robbery
Students fail to engineer car-dangling prank
Indian man jailed for taking 50 cents 24 years ago
Obama caps executive pay tied to bailout money
Cheney warns of new attacks
Rain-battered Australian state on snake alert
Mom, dad, son accused of trying to stab officers

Winona airport must lengthen runway to meet new FAA regulation*
London crawling: Snow shuts down British capital
US seamen are being trained to fend off pirates
Bloody cockfighting raid in NC nets 73 arrests
Man in wheelchair allegedly steals purse, spits
Fire station burns after cooking mishap
Carjack suspect nabbed in Mich. auto repair class

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Monday February 2

Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open
Study: New $18M jail would fix space crunch
First steps completed in Interstate Bridge relocation
Ousted Illinois governor's next fight is in court
Gametime in the NFL: Super Bowl or Recession Bowl?
"Taken" captures weekend box office lead
Melting glacier shows heat under Alaska volcano
NJ dad who named kids after Nazis decries removal
N.J. disc jockey to part with Jenny's number
Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain
Gluttony and strippers reign at Philly Wing Bowl
Police arrest man driving boom lift at 3 a.m.
Cruelty-to-elephants circus case heads to trial

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Friday January 30

Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden
Police: NY boy dressed as girl to cheat on exam
Man accused of drunken horse riding in snowstorm
Man busted twice within hours on marijuana charges
eBay: Cars, boats and, just maybe, Miss.'s jet
Swiss police google farmers, find marijuana field

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