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Seven Words and Pronunciations That Americans Just Can’t Agree On
Everyone in this country can get behind a good "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant. For everything else, we've got our own regional dialects.
A statistician at North Carolina State University analyzed survey data on the different words and pronunciations different parts of this country use to describe the same exact thing. Here are the seven biggest ones we disagree on . . .
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Building Collapses in Philadelphia, Trapping and Injuring Multiple People
On Wednesday morning, a four-story building in Philadelphia collapsed unexpectedly, trapping some people under the rubble and injuring others.
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Enjoy the 9th Annual Pancake Breakfast June 1 in Richland to Help the Children!
Tomorrow I'll have special guests from Richland City and Andy Miller and Leo Bowman from Benton County in the studio to talk about the 9th Annual Benefit Pancake Breakfast at Jefferson Park on the corner of George Washington Way and Symons (across from the Uptown). The event begins at 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Top 5 Skills Recruiters Look For in a Candidate
If you’re looking for a job, you’ve probably got your résumé online and you may even be attending career fairs. Whether you have a little or a lot of experience in your industry, there are certain working skills that all recruiters—no matter what job they’re trying to fill—are looking for in a candidate.
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Did You Hear About the Hooters Waitress Who Sued Employer Over Yoda Doll? [PHOTO]
Apparently this occurred in 2002, but I saw it on Facebook this week, and just had to share.
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2004 America’s Most Wanted Tells Amanda Berry Story [VIDEO]
OK, this is really hard to grasp, but this video shows a girl with the same last name as the kidnapper...yes, it's his daughter! We don't know if this scum bag is involved with his kids at all or was a good dad to her, but we'll have to watch as this develops very closely
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Manhunt Over: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Captured
A massive manhunt that spanned several Boston communities has come to an end with Boston police announcing that 19-year-old Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, has been captured.
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Boston Marathon Bombers: One Suspect Captured; One Dead [UPDATED]
The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been captured. Dzokhar Tsarnaev was taken into police custody Friday night -- five days after the bombing that left three dead and left more than 100 injured, police said. The 19-year-old was apprehended after a manhunt that began Thursday night with the fatal shooting of an MIT officer and extended into the evening hours on Friday.
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Officials Say 12 Bodies Recovered at Texas Fertilizer Blast Site
The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the site of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, officials said on Friday.
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Photo Shows 8-Year-Old Boston Victim With ‘No More Hurting People’ Sign
A heart-wrenching photo of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday, shows the boy holding a hand-drawn sign that says, "No more hurting people. Peace."
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Twin Explosions at Boston Marathon Finish Line [UPDATED]
9 p.m. (EST): The final press conference of the day with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and various other officials just concluded. The FBI is now leading investigations of the events. Davis confirmed that three people were killed in today's blasts.
CNN is reporting that one of the victims killed was an 8-year-old boy. The Wall Street Journal had reported that as many as five other unexploded devices were found around Boston, but investigators now doubt that they were actually bombs.