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FestivALL director Larry Groce suffered a minor heart attack this past Wednesday but is already back to work.
He was feeling well enough after having four stents installed that he was back at his other job with Public Radio's Mountain Stage on Monday.
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LONG BEACH -- Police and paramedics responded to a shooting that left two people injured in North Long Beach Wednesday night.
The call came in as a possible triple shooting at about 7 p.m., authorities said.
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A 71-year-old man who was beaten to death outside a motel in Needles has been identified by coroner's officials as Henry Hubert Martin.
San Bernardino County coroner's officials said the Needles man was found in the 700 block of West Broadway Street after sheriff's deputies received a report of the attack Wednesday night.
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Alarms were sounding all over the region this week. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady missed consecutive practices, reportedly because of an injury to his left shoulder. Brady was said to be in discomfort. In New England, this is like hearing that the Kennedy legacy has come under renewed attack.
On Wednesday, the Pats said Brady's absence was for non-injury related reasons. You never know what to believe when Bill Belichick is running the show. For several seasons, Belichick regularly listed Brady on the weekly injury report with a mysterious shoulder problem. It never prevented Brady from playing and winning Super Bowls.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Veterans from Pearl Harbor observed the 70th anniversary of the attack Wednesday with a solemn ceremony at the site of the Japanese bombing, as an aging and dwindling group of survivors announced that it would disband at the end of the month.
It was time. Some of the requirements became a burden," William Muehleib, president of the Pearl Harbors Survivors Association, said after the ceremony. He also cited poor health among the group's 2,700 members, adding that most of the survivors have realized there are other things they'd like to do at their age.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry used much of his keynote speech at a Republican fundraiser Wednesday to attack the policies of President Obama, firing up the party faithful who turned out for a glimpse of the GOP presidential front-runner.
Our people reject the idea of a Western European caretaker state," he said to roaring applause, saying that the first thing he would do when he walked into the Oval Office would be to sign an executive order to "wipe out as much of Obamacare as I can," referring to Mr. Obama's health care overhaul.
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BOSTON - Model airplanes are suddenly on the public's radar as potential terrorist weapons.
A 26-year-old man from a Boston suburb was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives.
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PATERSON -- A leading advocate for Arab-Americans who died unexpectedly of a heart attack was remembered Wednesday as an outspoken and sometimes brash champion who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of children and new immigrants.
Hani Y. Awadallah, who led the city-based Arab American Civic Organization, was regarded as an important and unwavering voice of the Arab community in North Jersey. While his aggressive debating style might have come off as mean-spirited to some, those who knew him best said his approach was a reflection of how much he cared for the community.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Hackers launched another online attack Wednesday against a California transit agency that found itself in the middle of a debate about free speech after it turned off cellphone service in its stations to thwart a potential protest.
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A Norwin High school graduate was one of two airmen seriously injured Wednesday in an apparent terrorist attack at a German airport.
Kristoffer Paul Schneider, 25, was injured in the attack that killed two airmen and wounded two others, confirmed his father, Kenneth "Bruce" Schneider of Irwin.