ST. PETERS, Mo. – The Federal Aviation Administration and Delta Air Lines are investigating how a panel of a jet fell off and crashed on a St. Louis highway after takeoff. The incident occured on Tuesday, shortly after the Delta flight left from Lambert Airport in St. Louis, the St. …
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A hostage standoff sparked during an attempted armed robbery at a Florida Office Depot ended peacefully Tuesday morning, but the thieves were still at large. Police in West Melbourne, on Florida’s central Atlantic coast, said they rescued three Office Depot workers after two armed robbers jumped them when they opened …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted the owner of a ferry that sank two years ago in the Red Sea, killing more than 1,000 people. The ship’s owner and his son were cleared of negligence and corruption charges by a court in the Red Sea port city of …
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ALBEMARLE, N.C. – Authorities in Stanly County say a grandmother with five dead spouses has been formally indicted for trying to hire a hit man to kill her fourth husband. Authorities had already charged 76-year-old Betty Neumar with a single count of solicitation to commit first-degree murder in the July …
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A UK woman gave birth to a boy and girl just minutes apart, yet the siblings are not twins, according to a report in the Daily Mail. Thomas and Harriet Mullineux were actually conceived three weeks apart. Click here to read full story Their mother Charlotte Mullineux had been pregnant …
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TAMPA, Fla. – A granite distributor in Florida expects to fetch a good price for a 400-year-old slab that he says bears an image of Jesus Christ pinned to the cross, according to local affiliate FOX 13. Click here to view the full report from MyFoxTampaBay.com. The distributor — who …
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LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Times fired its top editor after he rejected a management order to cut $4 million from the newsroom budget, 14 months after his predecessor was also ousted in a budget dispute, the newspaper said Sunday. James O’Shea was fired following a confrontation with Publisher …
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LOS ANGELES – Score one for the geezers. “The Bucket List,” the tale of two cancer patients who decide to travel the world before they die, bested movies about treasure hunting, bumbling crooks and pirates to top the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. “This was definitely a …
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TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian official said Sunday that the Islamic republic has increased its production to more than 300 tons of a gas used for uranium enrichment, a semiofficial news agency reported. The announcement comes as the U.N. Security Council is deciding whether to impose new economic sanctions against …
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SARGODHA, Pakistan – One of five Americans detained in Pakistan on Monday acknowledged their aim to go to Afghanistan to wage holy war against Western forces but defended their plans as justified under Islam. However, he denied any links to Al Qaeda or plans to carry out terrorist attacks in …
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