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World War II Vet Celebrates 100th Birthday

A woman who decoded enemy messages in World War II and rode out Hurricane Katrina celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family
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GULFPORT, Miss. (NBC News) — A Mississippi veteran celebrated her 100th birthday Wednesday. Louis Hogan and family gathered at the armed forces retirement home in Gulfport for the birthday bash. Hogan is one of 11 children who grew up on a family farm in Tennessee during the great depression. She later worked as a decoder for naval intelligence during world…
Crime, National News

Security video may show missing 11-year-old

Neighbor's video appears to show Gannon Stauch getting into what is believed to be his stepmother's truck on the day he disappeared.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (NBC News) — A crime lab was parked outside the Colorado Springs, Colorado home of Gannon Stauch Wednesday, the day after the surfacing of new surveillance video that appears to show the missing 11-year-old getting into a truck on January 27, the last day he was seen. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said that video is…
National News, Politics

Iowa’s Fallout Continues

Two days after their Democratic caucus, Iowa results still aren't complete.
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(NBC News) — Nearly two days after Iowa’s caucus, the full results still haven’t been released. The Democratic presidential candidates have already moved on to New Hampshire, and its primary next Tuesday. “I assume one of these years the vote count will be completed,” Senator Bernie Sanders told supporters there. The disaster in Des Moines is being blamed on a…
Crime, National News

Terrifying Attack: Woman set on fire

North Carolina man charged with attempted murder after dousing woman with a flammable liquid and setting her on fire as she sat in her car during what police believe was a random attack.
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KINSTON, N.C. (NBC News) — A man is facing charges including attempted murder and malicious maiming after setting a woman on fire as she sat in her car on a Kinston, North Carolina street. Venice Taylor, 41, of Jacksonville, was arrested shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, hours after the attack on 24-year-old Khloe McNeal. Investigators say Taylor also attempted to burn…
Entertainment

“Indebted” Arrives On NBC

Fran Drescher makes a triumphant return tonight in the new comedy "Indebted."
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Sitcom queen Fran Drescher returns to primetime tonight in “Indebted.” Drescher and Steven Weber play aging parents forced to move in with their adult son and his family after losing their fortune. “It’s baby boomers meets millennials, but who’s the parents is often blurred,” Drescher says. “Indebted” premieres tonight at 9:30 Eastern, right after “Will & Grace”. More: http://bit.ly/399rxXS
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Prosecutors: Couple hid daughter’s body in attic after 2017 death

Court documents allege skeletal remains Phoenix firefighters found in a home after a call of smoke last week belonged to a child who had died more than two years ago.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (NBC News) — The skeletal remains firefighters found in a Phoenix, Arizona home after a call of smoke last week belonged to a child who had died more than two years ago, court documents show. The Phoenix Police Department said 56-year-old Rafael Loera and 50-year-old Maribel Loera were arrested after the remains were found at the home. According to…
National News

Two dead, four injured in Okalahoma hit and run

Investigators say Oklahoma father drove into high school cross country team one day after his own son was killed in a car crash, killing two and seriously injuring four.
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OKLAHOMA (NBC News) — An Oklahoma man is facing several charges, including manslaughter, after striking a group of high school students with his truck Monday afternoon, then fleeing the scene. Two students were killed and four others were injured in the hit-and-run directly in front of Moore High School shortly after school was dismissed. Driver Max Townsend, 57, was taken…

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