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Correction: Oldest Person Dies story

Correction: Oldest Person Dies story
In a story Dec. 4 about the death of the world's oldest person, The Associated Press misidentified the previous holder of that distinction. Her name was Maria Gomes Valentim, not Maria Gomes Valentin. A corrected version of the story is below: The woman who was listed as the world's oldest

10 Things to Know for Today

10 Things to Know for Today
By By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHY OBAMA MIGHT RISK GOING OVER THE 'FISCAL CLIFF' The AP's Julie Pace says the president may go for a hard-line strategy to win Republican concessions

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

10 Things to Know for Wednesday
By By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. COMMON GROUND ON THE 'FISCAL CLIFF' Both sides now concede that more tax revenues and cuts in entitlement spending are essential elements of any deal. 2

Woman, 116, listed as 'world's oldest' dies in Ga.

Woman, 116, listed as 'world's oldest' dies in Ga.
MONROE, Ga. (AP) - The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person died Tuesday in a Georgia nursing home at age 116. Besse Cooper died peacefully Tuesday afternoon in Monroe, according to her son Sidney Cooper. Monroe is about 45 miles east of Atlanta. Cooper said his mother had been ill

APNewsBreak: $4M settlement in Conn. chimp attack

APNewsBreak: $4M settlement in Conn. chimp attack
By By DAVE COLLINS and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A settlement agreement calls for a woman disfigured in a chimpanzee attack to receive about $4 million from the estate of the animal's now-dead owner, according to documents obtained Thursday by The Associated

Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning

Fourth person dies in Calif. of mushroom poisoning
LOOMIS, Calif. (AP) - A fourth person has died from eating a soup made with poisonous mushrooms earlier this month at senior care facility in Northern California, authorities said Tuesday. The Placer County Sheriff's Department identified the woman as Dorothy Mary Hart, 92. Three others at the

APNewsBreak: FBI releases Stalin's daughter files

APNewsBreak: FBI releases Stalin's daughter files
By SCOTT BAUERAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Newly declassified documents show the FBI kept close tabs on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's only daughter after her high profile defection to the United States in 1967, gathering details from informants about how her arrival was affecting

107-Year-Old Woman Who Was Mistreated Dies In Colville

107-Year-Old Woman Who Was Mistreated Dies In Colville
COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) - The 107-year-old woman who had been mistreated by a caregiver at her home in northeast Washington has died at a nursing home in Colville. The nephew of Frances Swan told The Spokesman-Review (http://is.gd/8BahGD ) she died Thursday at the home where she had been living

107-Year-Old Woman Who Was Mistreated Dies In Colville

107-Year-Old Woman Who Was Mistreated Dies In Colville
COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) - The 107-year-old woman who had been mistreated by a caregiver at her home in northeast Washington has died at a nursing home in Colville. The nephew of Frances Swan told The Spokesman-Review (http://is.gd/8BahGD ) she died Thursday at the home where she had been living

Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens

Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East Coast storm threatened and police went through neighborhoods with loudspeakers