PRAGUE, Czech Republic – A World War II-era bomb exploded Tuesday at a construction site in the southeastern Czech Republic. One worker was injured, officials said. The 220-pound bomb was set off by an excavator in the outskirts of Znojmo near the Austrian border, police spokesman Jan Krepela said. The …
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Parents in Koskullskulle, Sweden, should pack up their young children’s colorful, patterned clothing, because polka-dots and stripes are no longer allowed to be worn at the town’s preschool, TheLocal.com reported. The ban was put into effect because an employee at the school suffers from migraine headaches that are triggered by …
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DEKALB, Ill. – Two dreamed of becoming teachers. Another gave friends rides to class and helped them with homework. One served in the military. The five students killed when a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon were at college to begin building their …
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WASHINGTON – Roger Clemens and his accuser, Brian McNamee, will be the main witnesses at a House hearing on the Mitchell Report after New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte and two others were dropped Monday night. Former Clemens teammate Chuck Knoblauch and convicted steroids distributor Kirk Radomski also were taken …
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SAN ANTONIO – A former Southwest Airlines employee and her husband pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, acknowledging they stole more than 5,000 plane tickets and sold them to friends, co-workers and other acquaintances. Althea Jackson acknowledged acquiring about 5,600 courtesy airline tickets when she worked at Southwest from 2001 …
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WASHINGTON – The Al Qaeda terror network continues to succeed in recruiting terrorists from the West — possibly the United States. U.S. intelligence officials on Wednesday told FOX News Al Qaeda has succeeded in strengthening its position in Pakistani tribal regions and is recruiting Western operatives who are better able …
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AUSTIN, Texas – Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of “change you can Xerox.” Obama dismissed the charge out of hand, then turned the jeers to applause when …
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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has set off a free-speech tempest after shutting down a U.S. Web site for posting internal documents accusing a Cayman Islands’ bank branch of money-laundering and tax-evasion schemes. The Bank Julius Baer & Co. said in papers filed in U.S. District Court in San …
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WATERVILLE, Maine – A singer-songwriter from Maine who’s filming a reality show with Lindsay Lohan is getting his 15 minutes of fame, and then some. Jeremy Greene, a Waterville native, says he’s being hounded by press calls after Life & Style magazine reported that Lohan referred to Greene as her …
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SURPRISE, Ariz. – The Surprise Police Department reported that a previously missing 20-month-old and the baby sitter believed to have taken him were both found safe after an Amber Alert had been issued, reports FOX News. Police say Michael Wolfe was last seen Wednesday afternoon in the care of the …
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