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Published on Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008
WASHINGTON
Dean to step down
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean plans to step down from his post when his term expires in January, wrapping up a tenure in which the party heavily invested in all 50 states for a payoff that helped elect Barack Obama president. Dean, who was briefly his party's presidential front-runner in 2004, was elected DNC chairman in 2005 and has long vowed to serve only one, four-year term.
MURFREESBORO, TENN.
Purse buffers bullet
Don't knock those trendy, oversized purses — they could save your life, as one college student found out. Police say the contents in an oversized purse saved Elizabeth Pittenger, a 22-year-old Middle Tennessee State University student, by stopping a bullet during an attempted robbery. Pittenger was walking to her car on campus Thursday evening when a man confronted her and demanded her purse, cell phone and laptop, university Police Chief Buddy Peaster said. She fought the man off, but he fired a gunshot before fleeing.
RALEIGH, N.C.
Big jewelry auction
If you're in the market for a diamond-studded gold gorilla pendant, the North Carolina Department of Revenue may have just what you're looking for — thanks to busted drug dealers. The department hopes to auction hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry — including a $38,000 watch and a $23,000 gold pendant depicting Jesus — confiscated during drug busts over the past year by the department's unauthorized substances division.
LOS ANGELES
Phoenix over
NASA on Monday declared an end to the Phoenix mission, some five months after the spacecraft became the first to land in Mars' arctic plains and taste water on another planet. Mission engineers have not heard from the Phoenix lander in over a week. It fell silent shortly after a raging dust storm blocked sunlight from reaching its solar panels. Although ground controllers will direct two satellites orbiting Mars to listen for Phoenix for several more weeks, the chances that it will respond are slim.
YONKERS, N.Y.
2009 ball to remain
Next month, it'll be the famous New Year's Eve ball. Next year, it could be the Great Pumpkin. A bigger, brighter Waterford crystal ball will usher in 2009 above Times Square, then remain in place all year to celebrate other holidays including Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July and Halloween, organizers said Monday. ''You won't have to be here on Dec. 31 anymore to see the Times Square ball,'' said Jeff Straus, president of Countdown Entertainment. ''You can come any time now and it will be up there like a jewel, every day. And we expect to have special programming for special days.''
Compiled from wire reports.
WASHINGTON
Dean to step down
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