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Alleged victim made up kidnap tale, police say
It could have been a television movie: A kidnapping and daring escape from gun-toting thugs. The problem, Johnstown police said, is that the story isn’t true.

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Palin: ‘Haven’t made up my mind’ on 2012 run
WOODBURY, N.Y. — In a poised and lively appearance before business executives in Woodbury on Thursday, Sarah Palin remained coy about whether she will run for president next year.

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Clinton: Pipeline decision not made
OMAHA (AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a letter this week that no decision has been made on a proposed $7 billion pipeline to carry Canadian oil to Gulf Coast refineries.

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Arrest made over funds
NEW BERN — A home health worker who resides in Davis is charged with embezzling $383,860.20 from her elderly patient, according to a news report.

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Purification Of Protein Made By Breast Cancer Gene
A key step in understanding the origins of familial breast cancer has been made by two teams of scientists at the University of California, Davis. The researchers have purified, for the first time, the protein produced by the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and used it to study the oncogene’s role in DNA repair. The results were published onlin in the journals Nature, and Nature …

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Protein Made By Breast Cancer Gene Purified
A key step in understanding the origins of familial breast cancer has been made by two teams of scientists at the University of California, Davis.

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Clinton says progress being made in Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that the Afghan government and its international backers are “making progress” in stabilizing Afghanistan.

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Appointments to city entities made
During his State of the City Address on Tuesday, Mayor Gary Niebur also announced his annual appointments for the new fiscal year (2010-11) – city officials, aldermanic committees, boards and commissions.

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Vice President Joe Biden: ‘Made in America is not a bad thing’
FREDERICK – Vice President Joe Biden used the success of a southwest Weld County company Friday to show the United States is coming out of the recession, thanks in part to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Biden was joined by U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and Gov. Bill Ritter to showcase UQM Technologies, which received a $45.1 million U.S. Department of …

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