Mount Rainier reopening after ranger shooting
Mount Rainier National Park in Washington reopened to the public on a Saturday for the first time since a New Year’s Day killing of a park ranger. A spokeswoman said they are here to take back the mountain, as volunteers joined the somber ceremony.
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Argentine President Cleared of Cancer After Thyroid Surgery
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez announced she does not have cancer after doctors removed her thyroid and tested the tissue. Spokesman Alfredo Scocimarro said tests found no cancerous cells, but the loss of thyroid requires lifelong hormone replacement therapy.
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Nigeria church attack deepens sectarian crisis in northeast
Boko Haram militants assaulted a church in Maiduguri and attacks across Adamawa state left at least 15 dead, amid pledges to terrify Christians and a looming gubernatorial vote. Police reported eight dead at a church, three at a beauty salon, as Christians vow self defense.
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Unemployment trend shapes Obama re election odds
The AP reports that unemployment trends over the two years before an election influence incumbent chances more than the current rate. Since 1956, incumbents win if unemployment falls and lose if it rises, with Reagan and Nixon cited as precedents. Obama’s path looks favorable as unemployment drops from 9.8% in 2010 to 8.5% in 2011.
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Man charged with murder in two Georgia hospital shootings
A 59 year old Tennessee man James Benson fatally shot his wife Mary Benson and her mother Charlotte Johnson in the Hutcheson Medical Center waiting area in Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. Benson turned himself in and was charged with two counts of felony murder. The hospital added security guards after the incident.
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Associated Press
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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Rossville
Charlotte Johnson
Benson
Walker County
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