Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:27:41 GMT
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BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover....
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:23 GMT
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping....
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:45:24 GMT
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FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Three U.S. hostages rescued from Colombian rebels after more than five years in captivity are in good condition and learning how to live a normal life again, military officials said Thursday....
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:11:27 GMT
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JESUIT BEND, La. (AP) -- Louisiana authorities say three people are being treated for burns after a steam accident at a ConocoPhillips Co. refinery....
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:29:27 GMT
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DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas man who spent more than 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and robbery raised both arms skyward and collapsed in his mother's embrace Thursday after being told he was a free man....
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:09:45 GMT
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CHICAGO (AP) -- As the hunt wound down for the man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead in two states, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a Subway restaurant in suburban St. Louis, asked to use the phone and called his lawyer - all but ensuring his capture....
Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:39 GMT
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POSEN, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday....
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:35 GMT
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Starting next month, it will be 'TGIT' for Utah state employees. As in: 'Thank God It's Thursday.'...
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:44:14 GMT
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A hedge fund cheat who tried to fake his own death and spent nearly a month as a fugitive told a judge Thursday that he really did try to commit suicide while on the run, saying he thought it would be better to do himself in than turn himself in....
Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:09:12 GMT
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NEW YORK (AP) -- When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm....
