ST. LOUIS – Police are searching for three young men after a light rail passenger in St. Louis was attacked after being asked what he thought about the “Mike Brown situation.” Officers released details Friday after a passenger who wasn’t involved posted video of the attack on social media. The …
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SEATTLE – Dorothy “Dottie” Thomas, the research partner and wife of the Nobel laureate who pioneered the bone marrow transplant, has died in her Seattle-area home at 92. Her death Friday was announced by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Her husband, the late Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, …
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ATLANTA – Playing the Rev. Martin Luther King was deeply emotional and a heavy burden to bear, actor David Oyelowo told a crowd gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of the slain civil rights leader in Atlanta. Oyelowo, who played King in “Selma,” gave a tribute Monday at …
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VIENNA – A kangaroo is on the loose in frigid and snowy Austria, hopping his way toward dispelling a famous slogan. “No kangaroos in Austria” T-shirts and souvenirs have been big-sellers for years in the alpine nation, since some people confuse Austria with Australia. Anton the kangaroo bounded away from …
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BOSTON – A federal judge continued questioning prospective jurors Thursday in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Those questioned included people who said they cannot be impartial because they already believe Tsarnaev is guilty, people who said they could not impose the death penalty …
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MADISON, Wis. – Two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in a southeastern Wisconsin park to please a fantasy character called Slender Man will find out this week whether they will be tried on attempted homicide charges. A preliminary hearing for the two Waukesha girls is set to begin Monday …
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SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. – Rescuers working late into the night freed 19 manatees who were stuck in a storm drain in central Florida. Capt. Jay Dragon of the Satellite Beach Fire Department said early Tuesday that the 19 manatees were all alive and were returned to the Indian River Lagoon …
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POCATELLO, Idaho – An eastern Idaho couple now has nine new puppies after they saved a pregnant dog that had been shot and left to die on the side of the highway. Beth Stenberg saw the brown and white border collie lying in the grass on the side of Interstate …
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LOS ANGELES – A mountain lion that’s a local celebrity has moved in under a Los Angeles home but authorities hope to dislodge him. Jason Archinaco, who owns a home in the hilly Los Feliz area, says workers installing a home security system encountered the cougar around noon Monday. Archinaco …
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SLIDELL, La. – Firefighters in Louisiana have rescued a duck lodged in a fireplace. WVUE-TV (http://bit.ly/1yKz37O) reports firefighters in St. Tammany Parish responded to an unusual call Sunday from a home in Slidell outside New Orleans. When firefighters arrived, they discovered a large duck trapped in the fireplace with its …
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