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Woman leaves $40,000 at Md. shrine for safekeeping

AP - Wed Nov 18, 9:31 PM ET

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.

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  2. FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)
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  3. Carin Froehlich has help from her granddaughter Ava as they hang some laundry in the front yard of her residence in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, November 12, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer
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    WASHINGTON - More than 1 million people will run out of unemployment benefits in January unless Congress quickly extends federal emergency aid, a nonprofit group said Wednesday.

  5. In this undated photo released by Mount St. Mary's University, gold and silver coins are shown from a collection worth an estimated $40,000, that was found near a Catholic shrine on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. Employees found the coins Nov. 9, 2009, and returned them to the owner, who said she wanted the Virgin Mary to watch over her treasure while she was out of town. (AP Photo/ Mount St. Mary's University)
    Woman leaves $40,000 at Md. shrine for safekeeping AP - Wed Nov 18, 9:31 PM ETSent 199 times

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.

  6. This photo taken Nov. 11, 2009 shows Jim Mohr of Gonzaga University who is trying to figure out what makes one group of people hate another. He is developing a new academic field on the topic though the Institute for Action Against Hate at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Rajah Bose)
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  1. Woman leaves $40,000 at Md. shrine for safekeeping AP - Wed Nov 18, 9:31 PM ET

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.

  2. A student checks her application during a job fair for new graduates at Pelita Harapan University in Tangerang November 19, 2009. Indonesia's president said in October that his administration would focus on eliminating bottlenecks and overlapping regulations to help lift growth in Southeast Asia's biggest economy to 7 percent or more by 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA SOCIETY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)
    Jobless benefits could end for many in January AP - Wed Nov 18, 8:40 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - More than 1 million people will run out of unemployment benefits in January unless Congress quickly extends federal emergency aid, a nonprofit group said Wednesday.

  3. US President Barack Obama's half brother Mark Ndesandjo, seen here on November 4. President Barack Obama had a brief but emotional reunion with half-brother Mark Obama Ndesandjo in Beijing, during the US leader's first official visit to China.(AFP/file/Mike Clarke)
    Obama says he met with half brother while in China AP - Wed Nov 18, 10:24 AM ET

    BEIJING - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share.

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    PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop.

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    SPOKANE, Wash. - Why did the Nazis hate the Jews? Why did the Hutus hate the Tutsis?

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  6. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., with Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, left, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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  8. FILE - An undated file photo provided by the Cole County Sheriff's Department shows Elizabeth Olten, who went missing near her home on Route D near St. Martins, just west of Jefferson City Wednesday evening, Oct. 21, 2009.A police officer testified Wednesday Nov. 18, 2009 that a 15-year-old girl told investigators she killed a 9-year-old neighbor because she wanted to know what if felt like to kill someone, as a judge ruled the teen should stand trial as an adult. (AP Photo/Cole County Sheriff's Department)
    Police: Mo. teen dug grave anticipating murder AP - Wed Nov 18, 10:25 PM ET

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