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Missing Missoula man died of hypothermia MISSOULA - The daughter of a 77-year-old Missoula man who was reported missing Monday says her father died of hypothermia. Search Results - helenair.com

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Same circus, new clowns Relations between state House Democrats and Republicans collapse in spat over reform bills._So much for the new civility. mcall.com - Breaking News

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Maine treasurer warns of state debts Treasurer Bruce Poliquin says taxpayers' obligation to pay off the unfunded liability in the retirement system will balloon in the years ahead. Portland Press Herald News Stories

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San Mateo police arrest San Leandro man over $25,000... The man is accused of stealing purses and wallets in the East Bay and then using their owners' credit cards to make the fraudulent purchases, according to a San Mateo police statement. Inside Bay Area Most Viewed

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Dick Gregory joins bridge crossing lineup SELMA -- Comedian Dick Gregory, who has mixed humor with civil rights activities throughout his long career, will join other well-known celebrities at this year's Bridge Crossing Jubilee. montgomeryadvertiser.com - Alabama

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Authorities close U.S. 97 after reports of shots fired, armed woman

Category : Oregonian

State police troopers are assisting deputies in resolving the incident.

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Study finds nearly half of state’s African-Americans are obese

Category : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Nearly one out of every two African-Americans in Wisconsin is obese, the highest proportion for this population of any state, according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Mozilla Submits Firefox Home iPhone App. Apple Should Approve It

Category : Technology

Earlier this afternoon, Mozilla submitted what would be its first iPhone application to the App Store. No, it’s not Firefox — well, not exactly.

Mozilla has submitted an app called Firefox Home for approval. While it’s not the native Firefox web browser, it is an app that lets you easily move your Firefox browsing history, bookmarks, and open tabs to the iPhone. You can then either open these within the app or with mobile Safari.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: no way Apple accepts a Firefox app. But actually, I’m pretty sure they will.

Again, this app is not a new web browser, it’s just a tool for moving your data from your desktop to the phone. The browser that is built-in to the app is a WebKit-based one built with the tools Apple includes in the SDK. On its FAQ page, Mozilla says the following about Firefox for the iPhone:

Does this mean Firefox will be available on the iPhone?
No. We do not have plans to ship the Firefox browser for the iPhone. Due to constraints with the OS environment and distribution, we cannot provide users Firefox for the iPhone.

Apple did allow Opera to put its browser on the iPhone to the surprise of some. But there’s some talk that the only reason Apple did that as a way to quiet critics — because they knew the app wasn’t that great. After an initial surge in downloads, you don’t hear too much about it anymore. Mozilla, which is the world second most popular browser (well ahead of Safari), might be a different story. And Mozilla apparently knows it.

This app also isn’t Firefox Sync. Sync is a two way syncing of information between Firefox browsers on different machines. Firefox Home is a one-way push to the iPhone. “We only sync changes since the last update for bookmarks and open tabs. And history is limited to about 2000 items. And there is no auto-sync. The median disk space used by Sync users is about 2-3 MB total for all of their Sync data and Home only has a subset of that.,” Mozilla says.

Mozilla’s Asa Dotzler seems worried that Apple may not approve the app. But as long as it’s not using any undocumented APIs, I can’t see a reason why Apple would reject it — at least not without a lot of outrage, once again. And the app looks good, it should be very useful to users of Firefox.




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Ex-Portland doctor sentenced to 7 years in prison in Australia

Category : Oregonian

Jayant Patel was labeled as “Dr. Death” by Australian media during the long-running medical negligence case.

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Federal food program seeks seniors

Category : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Expansion of a federal food program to help seniors with low incomes has put the Hunger Task Force in the rare position of seeking needy takers for boxes of food.
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Bank reaches deal in Bucyrus sale; local jobs affected

Category : LaCrosse Tribune

RACINE, Wis. — Word of a deal that could save 1,000 jobs across
13 states, including 300 in Wisconsin, broke Wednesday just hours
before President Barack Obama spoke about the economy at a town
hall

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4 bodies found in plane wreck

Category : Helena Independent Record

MOIESE — Authorities found four bodies inside the wreckage of a
small plane Wednesday on a rugged hillside in northwestern Montana,
bringing a tragic end to a 2½-day search for a group of friends w

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Two-vehicle crash kills 4, injures 3 near Dodge City

Category : Wichita Eagle

DODGE CITY — Four people were killed and three people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in western Kansas.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 29-year-old Dustin Hamilton of Ensign ran a stop sign near Dodge City just before 6 p.m. Tuesday and was broadsided by a sport-utility vehicle.

Four people inside the Suburban were killed. The Highway Patrol identified them as 37-year-old Clemente Guerra of Dodge City, who was driving; Genaro Navidad, age and hometown unknown; Hector Rosales, 42, hometown unknown; and
Pedro Barron-Raymundo, 32, of Dodge City.

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BR homicides show increase

Category : The Advocate

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Some skateboarders criticize park design, selection process

Category : Portland Press Herald

Others are frustrated by the spread of inaccurate information. Officials say construction will proceed.
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