AP – Friends say the mother of the little boy at the center of the Colorado balloon case is devoted — even subservient — to her inventor husband and her kids, so why would she allegedly tell sheriff’s deputies that the whole thing was a hoax?

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CHICAGO – Be President Barack Obama’s neighbor for a cool $1.85 million. 
The 17-room, 6,000 square foot (557 sq metres) brick house for sale adjacent to Obama’s Chicago home needs work to update the kitchen and bathrooms, but there is no need to worry about break-ins, the seller says. 
“It’s definitely got phenomenal security. A whole team [...]

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AP – Children played in a bounce house Sunday at a fundraiser for the family of a slain 7-year-old girl, while the adults watching carefully nearby vowed to find the girl’s killer and raise money so her mother doesn’t have to go back to work immediately.

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Thatched roofs of the Park Royal Hotel

The name Cozumel means “land of the swallows” but it should mean “land of the laid back vibe.”  The tiny island is just 30 miles wide and 10 miles long but it’s filled with a quiet beauty that encourages you to linger.
I was invited on a Cozumel media trip [...]

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AP – Somer Thompson’s face, with chubby cheeks and thick brown bangs, still smiled from missing person posters plastered on nearly every utility pole along the mile-long route from her elementary school to her home.

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