CARO, Mich. – A Michigan prosecutor asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss the terror charges filed against three Texas men who sparked a security scare after they were arrested with nearly 1,000 cell phones in their van. A day earlier, a prosecutor in Ohio dropped similar charges against two other …
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WASHINGTON – Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday it could take months to resume normal shipments of Alaska oil, but that there are adequate supplies to make up for the loss to West Coast refineries. “My sense is we’re in pretty reasonable shape,” Bodman told a news conference. He said …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – From the baseball diamond to the speedway oval, Vice President Dick Cheney is turning up at lots of high-profile venues, increasing his visibility ahead of the fall election. Saturday offered a double-dip in the all-important political state of Florida: seeing the space shuttle Discovery blast off …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Israeli army killed four Palestinians on Thursday, including a 75-year-old woman, one day after the Gaza Strip suffered its deadliest violence since Israel launched its offensive last month. Despite a high death toll in Gaza, with 23 people killed on Wednesday alone, the world’s …
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Deputies on Wednesday arrested a man they believe tossed a 5-year-old girl from a bridge into a lake just before dawn. Fishermen rescued the girl and divers searched the water because the child said her assailant claimed her mother’s body was in the lake. Investigators later determined …
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LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson must pay $60,000 in attorney fees for his ex-wife as she pursues a custody case against the pop superstar, a judge ordered Wednesday. Superior Court Judge Robert A. Schnider gave the entertainer until Sept. 28 to meet the order. He did not rule on whether …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Shiite militiamen grabbed six Sunnis as they left worship services Friday, doused them with kerosene, and burned them alive, Iraq police said, making for a total of at least 25 Sunnis who were killed in a seemingly retaliatory move to Thursday’s triple homicide bombing targeting Shitte that …
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WASHINGTON – A stone-age burial in central Germany has yielded the earliest evidence of people living together as a family. The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they were a mother, father and their children. “Their unity in death suggests …
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TAMPA, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says an 18-year-old man has been arrested for fatally stabbing his brother during a fight. Deadreart Holmes is facing a charge of second-degree murder. According to an arrest report, Holmes threatened to stab his 22-year-old brother when an argument over a hat …
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This is a rush transcript from “America’s News HQ,” December 3, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. BILL HEMMER, CO-HOST: All right. It’s the season now for disputes over holiday displays. From Olympia, Washington, there is this now. A group of atheists …
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