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Blood was washed off the road. Debris was cleared away. And authorities said peace had been restored Tuesday in China’s restive Muslim region where 16 police were killed in an attack that may have been timed to overshadow Olympic celebrations.
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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The Ocean Conservancy says nearly seven million pounds of debris was collected from waterways and shorelines around the world during a single day last year.
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Two pieces of a meteor that blazed across the Texas sky earlier this month are going from the asteroid belt to the auction block.
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AP, Dallas
Two pieces of a meteor that blazed across the Texas sky earlier this month are going from the asteroid belt to the auction block.
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In a Feb. 19 story about meteor pieces found in Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the director of the planetarium and astronomy lab program at the...
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Two University of North Texas astronomers think they’ve found two pieces of a meteor that alarmed numerous residents when it streaked across the Texas sky on...
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The fireball that streaked across the sky and alarmed numerous Texas residents was likely just a big meteor and not wreckage from colliding satellites, experts said...
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What looked like a fireball streaked across the Texas sky on Sunday morning, leading many people to call authorities to report seeing falling debris.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas, which could be related to a recent satellite collision.
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Debris flew into the grandstands at a monster truck show in Washington state, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring another spectator, witnesses and fire officials said...
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The federal government will pay Hurricane Ike debris-removal costs in Texas for six more months, but Gov. Rick Perry’s office said the extension is inadequate.
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A new report has determined current measures to prevent and reduce ocean debris are inadequate and the problem will likely worsen.
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Debris piled across medians, drivers passed cautiously under dark traffic lights and at least a few residents camped in front yards to avoid the sweltering heat of...
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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. And, when both occupy a runway at the same time, it’s a problem.
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Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world.
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Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households...
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Huge, whiskered male fur seals called “beach masters” are back on St. Paul Island after swimming a gantlet of lost or discarded fishing gear floating in the...
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US Airways has found and fixed faulty wing fasteners on additional B-757 jetliners since part of the wing on one of its 757s broke off and struck a passenger window...
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DIRTY SHORES: Volunteers found 6 million pounds of debris, from cigarette butts to abandoned fishing lines, when they scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline worldwide,...
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The world’s beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of shoreline worldwide and found 6 million pounds of debris from...
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A tractor clears debris at the Padre Island National Seashore at South Padre Island, Texas, as a sign on a post that washed up from Hurricane Ike warns of hazards on the property where it came from, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Debris from Hurricane Ike...
