ATHENS, Greece – Warplanes from Greece and Turkey collided over the Aegean Sea island of Karpathos as they shadowed each other Tuesday. Officials said the Turkish pilot was rescued unhurt, and a search was launched for the Greek pilot. Fighter planes from the two NATO allies frequently intercept each other …
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NEW ORLEANS – The effect can be startling in a city where hurricane debris still litters so many streets. A crew — make that krewe — of volunteers visits a storm-marred street, picks up garbage, mows the grass and sweeps the streets, leaving the neighborhood pristine. Not that members of …
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BRIGHAM CITY, Utah – A man charged with capital homicide in the 1984 slaying of a service station attendant has been ordered to grow a beard and let his hair grow out. The order was issued in 1st District Court against Glenn Howard Griffin, 48. He and Wade Maughan are …
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NEW YORK – Beyonce Knowles needs an all-female band for her upcoming tour — and fast. Knowles is searching for musicians to play on a tour in support of her second solo album, “B’Day,” Columbia Records announced this week. The album will be released internationally on Sept. 4, her 25th …
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NEW YORK – Angelina Jolie says the U.S. government has “strange” priorities when it comes to spending money on war rather than on AIDS or refugees. “Our priorities are quite strange,” the 31-year-old actress said in an interview that aired Tuesday night on CNN. Jolie said spending money on war …
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WESTMINSTER, Colo. – A motorcyclist died after he was struck by lightning while riding in rush hour traffic between Denver and Boulder, police said. Witnesses reported seeing a flash of light shortly before the motorcyclist struck the center divider on U.S. 36 Wednesday, police spokesman Tim Read said. Gary Missi, …
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CLEBURNE, Texas – A rail yard worker who lost his legs when a train ran him over used a mobile phone to report that he was trapped and had been “cut in two.” Truman Duncan, 36, remained in critical condition Wednesday at a Fort Worth hospital after the Sunday accident …
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LOS ANGELES – Scientists went back to work Thursday at one of the world’s richest Ice Age fossil sites, digging the tooth of a five-foot dire wolf and the toe of a sabertooth tiger from the sticky prehistoric asphalt near Wilshire Boulvard. About 10,000 years before the arrival of mammoth …
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LIMA, Peru – Peru’s presidential campaign ended in a flurry of invectives, with former President Alan Garcia depicting his opponent as a would-be dictator with terrorist leanings and Ollanta Humala calling Garcia a corrupt vestige of a discredited political elite. In a closing rally in Lima, Garcia held thousands of …
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INDIANAPOLIS – A man suspected of gunning down seven family members in their home surrendered to police Saturday, an Indianapolis homicide detective said. Detective Kevin Duley confirmed about 7:30 p.m. that Desmond Turner, the main suspect in the Thursday night killings, had turned himself in to authorities. Duley said he …
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