1. Migrants who need to learn Spanish

    GREENFIELD-When Gloria Merino came to the United States from Mexico five years ago, she couldn't understand what her foreman was telling her in the fields, explain her high-blood pressure to her doctors or communicate with the police who picked her up on suspicion of drinking in public.


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  2. Colombian on trek to free kidnapped son

    By ABIGAIL CURTIS Associated Press Writer SUBIA, Colombia - A 55-year-old teacher whose soldier son was kidnapped in a rebel attack a decade ago neared the capital Tuesday after walking across half of Colombia to rally support for a prisoner swap.


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  3. Polygamous murderer denied parole

    A plural wife's hopes of being paroled after serving 28 years for murder were dashed Thursday by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Vonda White, a former wife of deceased Utah polygamist Ervil LeBaron, had been granted release by the state's Board of Parole in September. It was White's 19th bid for parole, and the first time the board agreed she had served enough time.


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  4. Fruitvale Village throws in hat for return bid

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    OAKLAND A MARKET SQUARE COMPLEX selling a wide variety of Latino goods could open as soon as this week, the latest hope for breathing new life into the moribund Fruitvale Village shopping district.


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  5. Fundraiser calls attention to abused women's plight; OAKLAND: Woman who killed abusive husband is freed after 21 years and will speak at event today

    Cheryl Jones stood in the crowded bedroom of her parents' home, smiling as she looked through a suitcase of letters. Her room is decorated with dozens of framed family photographs- but inside the box were the reminders of a different type of family.


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  6. Vacancy; Bar Harbor businesses reporting a slow summer so far

    It was noon and humid, and the mercury was creeping toward 90 degrees. The lines at Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium in Bar Harbor should have stretched out the door. But only two tourists were inside the cool, sweet-smelling shop, pondering which flavors of homemade ice cream to select. They were far outnumbered by the staff who waited behind the counter to scoop up their cones or weigh pounds of specialty chocolate.


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  7. BOOK KEEPERS; How do independent sellers stay in business?

    You've got to have a gimmick these days in the book-selling world. The larger bookstores such as Borders and Barnes & Noble have size and resources on their side. A daunting number of volumes fill up their thousands of square feet of shelves and their customers sip trendy coffee drinks as they peruse new paperbacks and magazines in the chains' bustling cafes.


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  8. Bird flu scenario dire, says expert; Huge death toll, global panic likely

    It's beginning to look like when, not if, planning should begin for a bird flu epidemic, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist told a full house Wednesday at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.


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  9. It's heavy duty; Restoring park trails, Acadia crew moves rocks in a hard place

    You can hear the trail crew members long before you see them in Acadia National Park. Shouts and the reverberating clunk of rock against rock echo through the thick canopy of leaves near Jordan Pond, alerting hikers to the work in progress in this formerly peaceful corner of Acadia National Park.


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  10. Maine fisherman finds rare two-toned lobster

    BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP)-An eastern Maine lobsterman caught a lobster last week that looks like it's half-cooked. The lobster caught by Alan Robinson in Dyer's Bay is a typical mottled green on one side; the other side is a shade of orange that looks cooked.


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