AP – A 35-year-old chair lift due to be replaced failed Tuesday in high winds at a Maine resort, sending skiers — some of them children — plummeting into ungroomed snow far below that fell with the Northeast’s recent blizzard and softened the landing. At least eight were injured.
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Ski lift accident in Maine sends 8 to hospital (AP)
AP – Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie wants to find a way to release more information about President Barack Obama’s Hawaii birth and dispel conspiracy theories that he was born elsewhere.
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Hawaii’s governor wants to reveal Obama birth info (AP)
Reuters – Cubans who receive money from the United States are getting a cash bonus this holiday season from an Obama administration decision that should also cut the flow of underground cash between the two countries.
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In Cuba, holiday cheer from Uncle Sam (Reuters)