BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip – Palestinians fired rockets at an Israeli port city and Israel carried out attacks in Gaza, killing 10, the day its forces pulled out of this northern Gaza town at the end of a bloody, destructive weeklong sweep. The Israeli raid on Beit Hanoun was aimed …
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CASPER, Wyo. – As Pat Patik looked at his new baby girl through the nursery window, he couldn’t help telling the nurse who stood next to him how cute his baby was. The nurse replied, “The other one’s just as cute.” As he figuratively picked his jaw off the floor, …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – Leftist rebels bombarded a remote police station with makeshift mortars during a six-hour attack in northern Colombia early Wednesday, killing at least 15 officers, authorities said. The assault in the village of Tierradentro, 230 miles northwest of Bogota, began about 3 a.m. and devastated nearby homes. Authorities …
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A day after 1,500 volunteers descended on the Orlando area to search for missing toddler Caylee Anthony, 700 came back Sunday to try again. The effort for the child, who is believed to be dead, is targeting about 130 different areas, and Saturday saw the largest single-day search ever spearheaded …
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CHICAGO – Connections engineered more than a century ago between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed should be changed to block the advance of invasive species that can cause irreversible damage, an environmental advocacy group says. Separating the two basins is the only way to stop the transfer …
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An amateur soccer player who hoped to play the sport professionally was charged Tuesday with the stabbing death of a teen model who posed for Playboy and Cosmopolitan magazine, the Press Association reported. Ricardo Morrison, 21, did not speak during a hearing Tuesday at the Bolton Magistrates’ Court, where he …
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – A U.S. military jury sentenced Usama bin Laden’s media specialist to life in prison for terrorism, a victory for Guantanamo prosecutors who painted him as a hardened Al Qaeda operative during his war-crimes trial. Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, who made propaganda videos for bin Laden …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. states have not lived up to their commitment to devote a major portion of their huge legal settlement with the tobacco industry a decade ago on anti-smoking efforts, health advocacy groups said on Tuesday. In the 10 years since the landmark deal, the states have received $79.2 …
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PITTSBURGH – FBI agents and police officers from several states joined family members to say goodbye to an FBI agent killed in a drug raid in suburban Pittsburgh. Special Agent Sam Hicks’s funeral was held Tuesday at the Cathedral of Mary of Queen in Baltimore, the city where he had …
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LONDON – Lawyers for Michael Jackson have reached a settlement with a Bahraini sheik who claimed the singer owed him $7 million after breaching a signed contract, the pop star’s spokeswoman said Sunday. Celena Aponte said the out-of-court settlement means Jackson will not be giving evidence at London’s High Court …
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