PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – A 71-year-old insurance agent was arrested in his Rockefeller Center office and charged with a knifepoint bank robbery in the suburbs, police said Thursday. The getaway car was a Lexus SUV, police said. Edward Solomon of Ossining was accused of stealing $5,900 from the Trustco bank in …
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – Wind and choppy seas were frustrating efforts Friday to free an endangered right whale tangled in fishing gear as it swam from the Georgia coast into waters off Florida. Rescuers said their odds of freeing the 40-foot whale from the life-threatening entanglement were about 50-50. The whale …
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The fiancée of ex-cop Drew Peterson, who is suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife and the death of his third, left him after her father gave her a “him or me” ultimatum. Christina Raines, 24, packed up and moved out of Peterson’s Chicago-area house Friday with her two …
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ORANGE, California – A 13-year-old boy who never fully recovered after he fell from a Disneyland children’s ride in 2000 died on Monday. Brandon Zucker was 4 when he fell from the Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin ride in September 2000. The boy was dragged underneath the car, causing serious …
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A newly released videotape shows actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright in the July 13, 2007 altercation with Shreveport, Louisiana police that led both men to jail. The videotape obtained by TMZ.com shows Brolin on a sidewalk with his arm around Wright when an officer pepper sprays him in the …
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The family dog in one household in North Carolina may have been feeling the stress of the economic slump when he ate his owner’s money. Augie, a 2-year-old greater Swiss mountain dog, consumed the $400 that Kelley Davis earned working overtime as a physical therapist. Davis, 42, of Apex, N.C., …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s military chief is warning Israel that its nuclear facilities are within the range of Iranian missiles. The warning from Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari is the latest message from Iran that it will strike back if attacked. Israel and the United States suspect Iran’s …
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TORONTO – Children rated as impulsive by their kindergarten teachers appear more likely to begin gambling behaviors like playing cards or placing bets before they hit middle school, Canadian researchers said on Monday. The study in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is the first to show gambling among …
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OCALA, Fla. – Authorities are trying to figure out who dropped four 55-gallon trash bags filled with marijuana by the side of an Ocala road. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports that inmates working with the county’s solid waste department found the bags on Thursday. Drug agents say the bags …
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LOS ANGELES – The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets two months ago told television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw that she was getting ready to move into a new home that’ll be inspected before two babies are released from the hospital. Nadya Suleman said on the …
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