A day that began with authorities confirming Lindsay Lohan was being investigated for battery on a female staffer at a rehab facility where Lohan is getting treatment, ended with the worker getting fired after giving an interview about it. (Dec. 21)
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Uprising topples Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu; Richard Reid tries to set off explosives in his shoes on flight from Paris to Miami; French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason; Pop star Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie. (Dec. 22)
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The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team wins their 89th consecutive game breaking the record set by John Wooden’s UCLA teams from 1971-74. (Dec. 21)
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If six days of pounding rain wasn’t enough to dampen holiday spirits, a seventh could prove to be downright dangerous. The AP’s John Mone reports. (Dec. 21)
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Police in Philadelphia have linked a third homicide to a serial strangler Tuesday, hours after offering a $30000 reward for information and pleading with the public not to become vigilantes. (Dec. 21)
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A missing burlesque dancer last seen by her ex-boyfriend told police he had beaten her while she was pregnant with his child more than a month before her disappearance, according to Las Vegas police records. (Dec. 21)
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Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen House seats thanks to the 2010 census, which found the nation’s population growing more slowly than in past decades but still shifting to the South and West.
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Police have taken a woman into custody at WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC after the building was evacuated following reports of an armed woman in the lobby.
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A divided Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with Internet traffic flowing to their customers. (Dec. 21)
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Oregon’s Chip Kelly has been voted AP Coach of the Year after leading the second-ranked Ducks to an undefeated record and a spot in the BCS national championship game in just his second season on the job. (Dec. 21)
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