VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A rocket carrying an Italian Earth-observation satellite blasted off Friday evening from the California coast. The Delta rocket II lifted off around 7:30 p.m. and made an arc south over the dark Pacific Ocean as it headed toward orbit. The payload was the third …
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19 November
Shady West Bank Land Deal Leads to California Strip Mall
BURQA, West Bank – The transformation of a piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian field into a Jewish settlement has roots in an unlikely place — Orange County, Calif. — and in a document that a man supposedly signed more than four decades after the date of his …
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19 November
Bad Weather Delays Christmas Travelers in West
LOS ANGELES – Colleen Stone and her family left their Illinois home Saturday hoping to fly to Seattle and spend Christmas with her parents. But two days, two canceled flights, a car ride and $600 later, they weren’t even close. They were at Los Angeles International Airport, desperately trying to …
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19 November
New Jersey Man Admits Killing Female Friend in TV Remote Dispute
TRENTON, N.J. – A 72-year-old man admitted fatally stabbing a female friend 28 times in her East Windsor home after she took away the TV remote. Donald Zampini pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter after a jury was picked for his murder trial Tuesday. Zampini told the judge he couldn’t remember …
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19 November
Knut the Polar Bear Being Evicted From Berlin Zoo
The world’s most famous polar bear, Knut, has become the latest victim of the worldwide credit crunch. The animal, which pulled in the crowds as a cute cub, turns 2 years old Friday and needs a new enclosure at the Berlin Zoo for him to grow up and mate in. …
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19 November
Red Cross Sending Tons of Medical Aid to Gaza
GENEVA – The international Red Cross said Tuesday it is preparing to fly 11 tons of medical supplies to Israel to help Gaza’s over-stretched hospitals. The charter plane is scheduled to leave Geneva for Tel Aviv late Tuesday, Florian Westphal, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross. …
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19 November
David Blaine Caught Taking Standing-Up Breaks
David Blaine is not really hanging upside down for 60 hours, according to FOXNews.com’s eyewitness who photographed the magician standing right-side up Tuesday. The revelation would seem to deflate Blaine’s latest stunt, but a representative for the 35-year-old magician said he never intended to stay upside down for 60 consecutive …
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19 November
Hour-Old Newborn Found Alive in Miami Trash Bin, Rescued
MIAMI – A newborn boy is safe after being found in a trash bin in Miami. Authorities say the child was apparently only an hour or so old. He was found in a trash bin Monday night when a janitor taking out the trash heard the baby crying. The boy’s …
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19 November
Stressed Plants Release Aspirin-Like Chemical
WASHINGTON – Researchers at the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research were surprised to discover that stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical that can be detected in the air above the plants. The chemical may be a sort of immune response that helps protect the plants, the scientists speculated. According …
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19 November
'Preppie Killer' Sentenced to 19 Years for Dealing Cocaine
NEW YORK – New York “preppie killer” Robert Chambers is heading back to prison: He’s been sentenced to 19 years after pleading guilty to a drug charge. Chambers already was imprisoned 15 years for strangling a young woman in Central Park during what he called rough sex. He was sentenced …
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