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At least 100,000 kids are expected to call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask about Santa's whereabouts, a tradition that has now hit 69 years of tracking.

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NORAD's Santa tracker was a Cold War morale boost. Now it attracts millions of kids

By BEN FINLEY BEN FINLEY - Associated Press
Fri,12/20/24-11:47AM, 140 Reads
The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the earth, delivering presents and defying time.
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By SCOTT BAUER AND TODD RICHMOND SCOTT BAUER AND TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Fri,12/20/24-11:18AM, 57 Reads
MADISON, Wis.
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Willie Crayton's hat hangs on a cross bearing the Lord's Prayer and marking the location along Elder Road, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Dadeville, Ala, where the Alexander City Community Work Center transport van he was riding in crashed in April 2024, killing Crayton and Bruce Clements. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on prison labor in Alabama

By ROBIN MCDOWELL AND MARGIE MASON ROBIN MCDOWELL AND MARGIE MASON - Associated Press
Fri,12/20/24-10:32AM, 55 Reads
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.
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Tyrone Heard stands in his living room with his kids Karinina, 8, Tyrone, Jr., 7, and Kylee, 5, after they arrived home from school, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Alexander City, Ala. Heard's uncle, Willie Craytwon was killed while on work release riding in an Alexander City Work Center transport van that crashed in April. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

By ROBIN MCDOWELL AND MARGIE MASON ROBIN MCDOWELL AND MARGIE MASON - Associated Press
Fri,12/20/24-10:25AM, 54 Reads
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair.
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