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Around the Nation
5:38 am
Wed January 18, 2012

Handcuffed Man Accused Of Stealing Police Car

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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Around the Nation
5:28 am
Wed January 18, 2012

Southern California City Fights Crime With Tweets

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Lancaster is not social networking, but it is fighting crime with real tweets by birds. The city's mayor tells The Wall Street Journal that birds put residents in a "better place." And though police say the causes are many, crime in the city is down.

The Two-Way
5:25 am
Wed January 18, 2012

If You Really Need Wikipedia Today, You Can Get To It

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Wikipedia's blackout.
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Originally published on Wed January 18, 2012 6:57 am

Just to be clear:

Wikipedia's English pages have indeed "gone black" until midnight ET tonight — part of an organized protest by it and many other websites over pending anti-online piracy legislation in Congress.

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The Two-Way
5:05 am
Wed January 18, 2012

In Italy, Search Of Stricken Cruise Ship Suspended

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"Divers searching the capsized Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia suspended work on Wednesday after the vast wreck shifted slightly but officials said they are hoping to resume as soon as possible," Reuters reports.

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Election 2012
5:00 am
Wed January 18, 2012

Hate Politics, Love TV, Live In S.C.? Not Your Week

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A political ad airs on a TV at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C., where Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was preparing to hold a campaign event.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is seen on a TV screen at a restaurant in Florence, S.C., on Sunday.
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By Alan Greenblatt

Scott Sanders will be eating lunch at his desk again. Sanders is the general sales manager for the NBC affiliate in Columbia — South Carolina's capital — so all his time is devoted these days to handling ad traffic ahead of Saturday's Republican primary.

"It's been crazy this week," Sanders says. "It will be hard to watch TV, because there are so many ads."

All five major GOP candidates have ads running during the station's nightly news programs. Their messages are also being amplified and augmented by supportive superPACs.

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