Getting Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. ready for football on Sunday took a small army of people with shovels, moving mounds of snow. The workers get $8 an hour for clearing the seats. (Dec. 23)
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Just days before Christmas, families visited their homes immersed in at least three feet of mud and surveyed the damages. The AP’s John Mone reports from Highland, California. (Dec. 23)
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Clay Mullins and his family are still suffering the loss of his brother, Rex, who died in the Upper Big Branch explosion in April. (Dec. 23)
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Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor although he spent much of the last two years living in Washington while working for President Barack Obama, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Thursday. (Dec. 23)
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Construction workers unearthed a cellar full of 800-year-old Chinese coins in Shaanxi Province, Chinese state media reported on Thursday. (Dec. 23)
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Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor and four other Buckeyes were suspended by the NCAA for the first five games of next season for selling championship rings, jerseys and awards, and receiving improper benefits from a tattoo parlor. (Dec. 23)
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Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is leaving the US Senate after a long career there. He says the body is now largely concerned with self-preservation, with senators not willing to take tough votes that could be politically risky. (Dec. 23)
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Texas pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress created a website to list the businesses that he believes ‘nicely’ wish customers a ‘Merry Christmas’ or are ‘naughty’ for promoting ‘happy holidays’. (Dec. 23)
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Police in Miami are looking for a car that went out of control, veering off a street onto a sidewalk, hitting a stroller where a 2-year-old was riding. The child is expected to be fine. (Dec. 23)
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An Ohio man was killed driving to the funeral for his 3 grandchildren who died in a fire. Authorities say Marc Royce’s wife, who was not the children’s grandmother, also died in the crash south of Columbus. (Dec. 23)
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