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Young Couple on Meth Die in Nebraska Snowstorm

PAPILLION, Neb. – Methamphetamine (search) may have impaired the judgment and ability of a young couple to feel the cold weather when they became lost in a snowstorm and died of hypothermia, authorities said Friday. Michael Wamsley and Janelle Hornickel, both 20, had enough methamphetamine in their systems to create …

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Kmart's Same-Store Sales Decline Slows

NEW YORK – Kmart Holding Corp. (KMRT) Monday said sales at stores open at least a year fell 4.6 percent in the November-December period — an improvement from declines earlier in the year. The company said it expects net income for the two months, which encompass the key holiday selling …

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Microchip Saves Rare Cambodian Turtle

HANOI, Vietnam – They’re calling him “the lucky royal turtle” — a rare and endangered reptile that was saved from a likely fate in a Chinese soup pot by keen-eyed wildlife officers and a microchip. Poachers snatched the animal, a species called “Royal Turtle (search)” in Cambodia (search) because its …

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