BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight and wounding dozens, police and hospital officials said. In the northern city of Kirkuk, meanwhile, a suicide truck bomb struck a Kurdish political office, killing four people and wounding …
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BOSTON – As a venture capitalist, Mitt Romney turned around companies and made himself a multimillionaire. At Salt Lake City, he turned around the scandal-plagued 2002 Winter Olympics, then went on to get elected governor of Massachusetts. The question these days is whether Romney can take a page from his …
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – U.S. and Canadian authorities said they have broken up smuggling rings that used air drops to move tons of drugs across the border, a method that has become more prevalent with tightened security at traditional crossings. In the past two years, authorities have arrested more than 40 …
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PORTLAND, Ore. – A 32-year-old Portland woman suffered a slashed hand Wednesday when a knife-wielding man attacked her as she removed her two young children from a minivan at the Oregon Zoo, Portland police said. Jere Ryder, 49, a registered predatory sex offender, had approached the woman from behind, ordering …
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LOS ANGELES – Prosecutors will not file trespassing charges against a photographer arrested outside a Malibu preschool that Angelina Jolie‘s adopted son was attending. There was insufficient evidence to prove that Clint Brewer stepped on school property while trying to photograph 4-year-old Maddox Jolie-Pitt, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for …
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LONDON – The next author for 007? It’s a secret. A new James Bond novel by a mystery writer will be published next year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bond creator Ian Fleming, the late author’s family announced Friday. The family-owned Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. announced …
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – James Craig stands at the front of the courtroom and recites the statistics of his life with a strange kind of pride: Addicted to heroin and cocaine for 31 years. In and out of 22 methadone clinics and 17 detox centers. Arrested 34 times. “For 31 years …
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WASHINGTON – Oil companies are under pressure to resolve flawed drilling leases that allow them to avoid federal royalty payments, including on oil from a major discovery in the Gulf of Mexico. The issue stems from a mistake eight years ago that omitted a provision in more than a thousand …
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CHICAGO – Iva Toguri D’Aquino, who was once accused of being World War II broadcaster Tokyo Rose, died Tuesday in Chicago at age 90, a relative said. Toguri, who spent the years following her release from prison living a quiet life on Chicago’s North Side, died of natural causes at …
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MONZA, Italy – Michael Schumacher won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday and then announced his retirement. Schumacher could win his eighth world title before he leaves the sport at the end of this season. His 90th victory — and fifth in Monza — moved him within two points of …
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