Paper Trail Leads to Alleged Grinches
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COLUMBUS, Miss. - It wasn't tough for police to thwart two would-be Grinches - they just followed the telltale trail of wrapping paper.  Two unidentified boys, ages 14 and 12, were charged with burglary after they were accused of stealing Christmas presents from a family home, police said.
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By Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Dec. 8--Parents might want to pick up the phone instead of e-mailing  Susie's teacher about that late homework.   A nationwide surge in holiday junk e-mail means many legitimate messages  to Kentucky schools are getting held up in cyberspace.
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Santa Claus&#39;s sleigh is in the air at Yuletide, usually a nasty nip also, and the third component of high theatrics was again on show in the King George VI Chase here yesterday.
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Â· New sketch based on holidaymaker's sightingsÂ· Family call for worldwide effort to trace suspect
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GREENSBURG, Pa. - A case of funny money has ended happily for a woman who had been charged with passing a bogus $200 bill with President Bush's picture on it.  Prosecutors in Pennsylania's Westmoreland County dropped all charges Friday against Deborah L.
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Tycho:  I understand he's posting these around his neighborhood, now, and I mean real Gabe, not the jpeg Gabe like you might see sur le web. If you did find it, I wouldn't bring it back to him. The most likely scenario is that he will assume that you're the one who stole it, and your "reward" will be a savage karate style maneuver delivered to your "sack of toys."
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In an effort to curb fraud, many stores require photo ID or other personal information. By Wendy Tanaka. PHILADELPHIA -- With the holiday presents mostly opened, a trip to the merchandise return counter can&#39;t be far behind.
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ST. HELENS, Ore. - So far as she knows, Pufferbelly Toys owner Stephanie Cox hasn't been passing any state secrets to sinister foreign governments, or violating obscure clauses in the Patriot Act.  So she was taken aback by a mysterious phone call from the U.S.
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One of the stops on this year's popular White House tour of holiday decorations is the collection of Christmas cards from previous presidents and first ladies. But noticeably missing is the card from 1963.
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Counterfeiters who make $10 bills on printers could find the cops on their trail if tracking techniques pan out.
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Come Dec. 1, many Floridians may find an unwelcome piece of mail interspersed between bills, holiday catalogs and greeting cards: a non-renewal or cancellation letter from their insurers.
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Massachusetts also interested as "pretexters" may have been based there.
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By Heather Civil, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Feb. 8--Touch-screen voting machines, once touted as a way to cut back on the stacks of paper produced during elections, may end up making paper trails of their own.   Gov.
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One theme can be traced through the White Paper like the lettering through a stick of rock - that people do not want to be told what is good for them.
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A Mac news site says iPods with digital cameras built in may be under Christmas trees this year.
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By Laura Hancock Deseret Morning News  EAGLE MOUNTAIN -- A Web site formerly used by Pony Express Elementary's PTA became entangled in a phishing scam.  Sometime recently, hackers got access to software that parent Gerald Banks used for www.ponyexpresselementary.org.
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Toys &#39;R&#39; Us played the Grinch by firing an estimated hundreds of employees over the holiday in a desperate cost-cutting move at the embattled toy store, a newspaper report said Monday.