Tax credits may heat up home sales

Federal tax credits to spur home sales will live on, and Omaha-area home building and real estate officials say the decision to extend and expand the popular program should quickly boost the local housing market.
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Money woes cited in Florida shooting

The suspect was fired from the firm where he opened fire, killing one.
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Woman hit, killed on Calif. highway fetching boxes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A 36-year-old woman has died after she was struck several times while retrieving boxes on a Sacramento freeway.
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Spat over 'terrorists' halts Conn. 9/11 memorial

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."
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Police: Inmate had threatened deputy with knife

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Authorities in Wisconsin say an inmate somehow armed himself with a knife and threatened a sheriff's deputy before the officer shot and wounded him.
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