Some in Smith's hometown not so warm
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Anna Nicole Smith liked to call this small working-class central Texas community where she lived as a teenager her hometown. Many of its 6,900 residents who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday, however, don't feel the same warm connection in reverse.
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The jails of this crowded, sweltering city are getting crowded, and not with your typical prisoners.
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By SCOTT VAN VOORHIS  Massachusetts can be a tough place to get things built, developers have long complained.  And Gov.
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It's not like anyone from a decaying neighborhood east of downtown is harboring illusions that the place is crime-free. But the discovery of six bodies has raised fears that a serial killer is preying on the area, which one activist calls the most decrepit in the city.
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West Nile virus reports saw a major decline this year in Smith County, with one health authority pointing to a cooler summer, better public awareness and an increase in treating
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C.  - After a more than a century of  churning out towels, sheets and bedspreads for American homes,  there's no future for textiles in this self-proclaimed "city of  looms," and many other North Carolina towns fear the same fate.
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By MATT SEDENSKY HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Fans of Anna Nicole Smith aren't making pilgrimages to the place where she spent her final days. They're not leaving flowers. They're not gathering in crowds to express their grief.
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The builders still aren't happy, and -- surprise -- they're not as busy as they used to be.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Yesterday's homecoming was a disappointment for Matt Hasselbeck, who grew up in a town near here and was a ball boy and No. 1 fan for the Patriots as a youngster.
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The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins.
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Mayor Kent Forbes has learned a hard truth about small-town life in Iowa: Sometimes it stinks.
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Critics of a building boom in Austin fear it will alter the character of the city, a place often prized by residents for its offbeat small-town vibe.
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The arrival of democracy on a tiny channel island after 400 years of feudalism is not exactly celebrated by the locals
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A decade after Susan Smith strapped her sons in their car seats and let her car roll into a lake, carrying the boys to their deaths, residents are trying to move on. But for some, the case still evokes strong emotions &#151; even hatred toward Smith.
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LOS ANGELES - The news that Los Angeles County will be getting a new trauma center didn&#39;t satisfy some South Los Angeles residents.
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 9--Pat Smith died en route to doing what he loved: building hope for people who have little.
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CONESTOGA, Pa. - To longtime rural residents, it's something they hardly even notice...