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The Los Angeles police chief has raised the prospect of a homicide charge over the death of Michael Jackson.
Homicide does not necessarily mean murder — it could...
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Recently, an Army National Guardsman and Arabic translator who openly challenged the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, was...
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The aunt of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has joined Charles Krauthammer and Bill O’Reilly in decrying the media coverage surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Her...
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Bill O’Reilly needs a hug. But who will oblige him?
The Fox News point man needs a hug so desperately that he runs the risk of losing his sanity.
All those in show...
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I really regret for not covering this one in atypical housing. The portable at the Lakeshore Catholic High School definitely deserved to be there for a reason or two....
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Police have charged four people in connection with an alleged scheme to dig up graves at a Chicago cemetery in order to resell the plots.
Bones from more than 100...
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It has been touted as a successful treatment for everything from insomnia and depression to Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Now supporters of...
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Two gay men kissed at a Chico’s Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster.
Civil-rights lawyers say the...
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U.S. and South Korean computer networks were besieged for days by a series of relatively unsophisticated attacks, possibly from North Korea, that were among the...
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“We got 30 minutes!” It was 1:30 P.M., half an hour before the start of the commercial salmon-fishing season in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and I was sitting on...
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Google is to launch a new operating system, in its most direct challenge yet to the dominance of Microsoft.
Google Chrome OS will be a development of its Chrome web...
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“I just wanted to say, Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine, And I just wanted to say I love him so much”.
A...
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During the First World War, his father, Ezeobidi, was drafted to fight for the British crown as a militia in the Cameron. Ezeobidi was conscripted because he had nobody...
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A study conducted by the New Economics Foundation using the Happy Planet Index determined that Costa Rica is the greenest and the happiest place in the world. The HPI...
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President Obama today offered to scrap plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe if Russia helped to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb.
He appealed in...
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We’re just minutes away from the Michael Jackson Memorial of the Century, which we understand will cost Angelenos their public swimming pools and the 710 bus line,...
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Many were stunned by the abrupt resignation of Alaska Republican Governor Sarah Palin over the weekend. While she says legal troubles are not the primary reason for her...
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Michael Jackson ‘happened’ to me twice—in life, and near death!
By: Rajbir Deswal
I am more amazed at my association (?) with Michael Jackson who I didn’t...
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As Russian-American summit is going ahead fruitfully these days in Moscow where participants, according to President B. Obama ,are “committed to leaving behind the...
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Their bags were packed. Their farewells had been said.
Like the rest of the British 38th Regiment Royal Engineers, Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar had shed their...
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Federal investigators should find ways for Bayer CropScience to stop or reduce the use of a toxic chemical that was in danger of being released in last year’s...
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AP, New York
Police say they’ve recovered a body from the wreckage of a New York City house that exploded.
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AP, Institute
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board says a fatal explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last August occurred because safety lapses resulted in a runaway chemical...
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AP, Paramount
An explosion at a Los Angeles-area oil refinery rattled nearby houses and caused hundreds of thousands in damage, but left just one worker with minor injuries and...
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AP, Little Rock
An Arkansas doctor arrested for allegedly owning high-explosive grenades is a “person of interest” in the February bombing that critically injured the...
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AP, Washington
A congressional committee report says Bayer CropScience withheld information from emergency responders after a deadly explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last...
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AP, Sydney
Australia’s prime minister pledged Friday to step up efforts to thwart smugglers who set hopeful refugees adrift in rickety boats aimed for Australia, after one...
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AP, Sydney
Afghan asylum seekers being escorted to an Australian detention center doused their boat in gasoline before an explosion killed three people Thursday and left two...
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AP, Sydney
Asylum seekers deliberately doused their boat in gasoline before an explosion that killed three people Thursday as the vessel was being escorted to a detention center...
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AP, Sydney
An explosion or fire Thursday aboard a refugee boat being escorted to a detention center by Australia’s navy has killed up to three people, police and the...
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AP, Chisinau
A Moldovan government department says an explosion has ripped through a pipeline carrying Russian gas to the Balkans and reduced supplies to the region. A spokeswoman...
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AP, Athens
A bomb blast in central Athens damaged a government real estate agency Thursday, police said. No injuries were reported.
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AP, Athens
A bomb blast in central Athens damaged a government real estate agency Thursday, police said. No injuries were reported.
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AP, Colorado Springs
A convenience store gasoline pump caught fire and exploded Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring at least one other person, police said.
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AP, Houston
A federal judge has approved a highly criticized plea deal that fines BP PLC $50 million for its role in a deadly 2005 blast at its refinery near Houston.
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AP, Casablanca
An explosion rocked a suburb of Casablanca early Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring six, residents and government officials said. An Interior Ministry...
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AP, Casablanca
Witnesses say an explosion has rocked a suburb of Casablanca, Morocco’s economic capital. Authorities say at least one person is dead and six wounded.
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AP, Bozeman
A natural gas explosion and fire rocked downtown Bozeman on Thursday morning, collapsing three buildings, prompting evacuation of a two-block area and leaving one...
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AP, Bozeman
An explosion in downtown Bozeman, Mont., has collapsed three buildings and prompted the evacuation of a two-block area.
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Police officers stand guard at the Justice Palace after a bomb exploded in one of its gardens in Asuncion, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. According to officials no casualties were reported.
