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Friday Freebies: Memorial Day deals and steals
Memorial Day is the theme for this week’s guide to free stuff. Check out these listings for free coffee, fried chicken, outdoor movies and American Idol performances.
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Commuter Idle: From Fredericksburg to College Park
What in the world would make someone want to commute three hours each way, every single day of the week? Even worse, who would want to drive, walk, take two trains and then take a bus to make it happen?
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NYPD: Person implicated in Etan Patz death
A man in custody who has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz has been tied to the case in the past, a law enforcement official said Thursday. The boy’s disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children’s movement that put kids’ faces on milk cartons.
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How Phillip Phillips won ‘American Idol’
From the moment he first stepped in front of the judges and unleashed a folksy take on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” guitar-playing crooner Phillip Phillips seemed preordained to win “American Idol,” and not just because he’s another white guy with a guitar, the all-too-familiar profile of the previous four “Idol” champions.
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Va. taekwondo coach accused of sexual contact with minors
A nationally known Virginia taekwondo coach has been indicted for alleged inappropriate sexual contact with two minor girls. Quyen Vinh Phan Le, 38, was indicted earlier this week on seven felony counts for incidents that occurred at the Phan University of Martial Arts and his home, both in Springfield, Va.
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