JERUSALEM – Israel decided on Wednesday to suspend plans to invade the Gaza Strip in order to give Egyptian-brokered truce efforts more time to succeed. The decision came despite a new spike in fighting with Palestinian militants. Hours earlier, an Israeli shell aimed at a group of Gaza militants slammed …
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DHAKA, Bangladesh – A news report says villagers and forest guards have beaten to death a protected Royal Bengal tiger after it killed three people near the world’s largest mangrove forest in southwestern Bangladesh. The United News of Bangladesh agency says the tiger strayed into Kadamtala village late Friday and …
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A small body frozen in a moment, surrounded by rubble. A terrified, bleeding young girl carried on a stretcher. Sobbing mothers clutching photos of children lost to the earthquake in China. “There for the grace of God go our daughters, and us,” said Sandi Janusch, who adopted 7-year-old Kaili from …
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PENTAGON – An alleged terrorist being charged with the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 says he only confessed to stop the torture. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri told a hearing last year that’s he’s been tortured since his arrest in 2002. He said he only admitted to the Cole bombing …
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WINFIELD, Mo. – A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river. • Click here for photos. About 300 National Guard soldiers worked nearly 20 hours …
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COVINA, Calif. – Phony “ghetto” names were printed under a yearbook photo of Black Student Union members at a suburban Los Angeles high school, leaving some angry students and parents calling for an apology and a reprint. “Tay Tay Shaniqua,” “Crisphy Nanos” and “Laquan White” were among the nine names …
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WASHINGTON – A House committee chairman said Tuesday he is seeking more documents from the CIA leak probe because of significant disclosures to the FBI by Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff and new details about Cheney’s role in the scandal in a book by a former White …
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ROOSEVELT, Utah – A woman is charged with manslaughter after her 14-year-old daughter struck and killed a toddler while driving a sport utility vehicle in Roosevelt. The teen was too young to drive. Police say the girl was backing up when the SUV hit 22-month-old Franchesca Montes on May 15. …
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A man who said voices in his head told him to rob a convenience store on Monday is in jail after the voices apparently had a change of heart, police said. Soon after Jason A. Church robbed the store, police said, he was on the phone telling …
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NEW YORK – A New Yorker convicted of secretly cutting up corpses — including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke — has received a sentence of nine to 27 years for his role in a ghoulish multimillion-dollar body parts scheme. Christopher Aldorasi was found guilty in March of enterprise …
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