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Congressman-elect writing Elizabeth Smart's memoir

By PAUL FOYAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Ten years after her kidnapping, Elizabeth Smart is preparing her story of being held captive by a homeless street preacher, her improbable rescue after nine months, and how she advocated for children after the ordeal. St. Martin's Press

Idaho falconers channel history, hunt with raptors

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press KUNA, Idaho (AP) - Gary Moon releases "Laser," his young prairie falcon, as the sun's first rays set southern Idaho's desert horizon ablaze. The two-pound female, a tiny radio transmitter strapped to each leg, lifts from Moon's leather gauntlet and

Worker burned in Gulf oil platform fire dies

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Philippine ambassador says one of the men critically burned in an offshore oil platform fire has died in Louisiana. The ambassador, Jose L. Cuisia Jr., says in a news release that 49-year-old Avelino Tajonera died Friday, shortly after his wife and three children arrived from

Walmart says no one hurt in frenzy at Ga. store

MOULTRIE, Ga. (AP) - Walmart says no one was injured in a frenzy over a Black Friday deal at one of its stores in south Georgia. A video of the incident circulating online shows a large crowd of people pushing, yelling and grabbing boxes off a shelf at the store in Moultrie. Walmart spokesman Randy