AHMADABAD, India – A crowded passenger train slammed into a stationary freight train in western India early Thursday, throwing cars off the tracks and killing at least 24 people, a top railway official said. At least 94 people were injured, 20 of them seriously, in the collision in Samlaya, a …
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WASHINGTON – Researchers are aiming to learn more about how the Earth was populated by collecting and analyzing genetic samples from 100,000 people around the globe. The five-year Genographic Project (search), being announced Wednesday, will use sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA to figure out the patterns in which …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A Pakistan embassy official who was kidnapped in Iraq two weeks ago was freed Sunday, the chief Pakistani government spokesman said. Malik Mohammed Javed (search) was abducted April 9 after he left his residence in Baghdad to attend prayers at a mosque. The Pakistani government said after …
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NEW YORK – Crude prices rallied almost $2 to above $52 a barrel Tuesday, as traders bought contracts to cover earlier commitments made when prices were falling. Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose $1.92 to settle at $52.29 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (search). On Monday, …
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TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Wis. – As a teenager, Philip Schuth (search) was teased mercilessly by the other kids because his mother still walked him to school. As an adult, he lived with his mother, cut his backyard with a scythe, and once bought $150 worth of Spam in a single …
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WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search) said a “left-wing syndicate” is coordinating the effort to bring him down as the No. 2 Republican leader even though he is not even being investigated for any of the charges being raised by Democrats. “I’m suggesting there’s a left-wing syndicate. That’s …
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WASHINGTON – Information seized from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi‘s (search) laptop computer show that the Jordanian terrorist has been expanding his jihad network outside Iraq and may be emerging as Al Qaeda‘s (search) preeminent global military commander, The New York Post reported Wednesday. But a U.S. official told FOX News that …
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LINTHICUM, Md. – The United Methodist Church (search) reversed itself Friday, deciding to reinstate a lesbian minister who was defrocked after revealing her relationship with another woman. A church panel voted 8 to 1 to set aside an earlier decision to defrock Irene Beth Stroud (search) for violating the church’s …
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NEW YORK – Stocks rose cautiously Tuesday as oil prices dipped and as investors welcomed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s (search) assurance that the recent rise in energy costs was unlikely to damage the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was up 37.32 points, or 0.36 percent, to close …
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WASHINGTON – Though Stephen Johnson (search) has been the acting administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency since Mike Leavitt became secretary of Health and Human Services, his opportunity to get the job permanently could be stopped by two Democratic senators. Sens. Bill Nelson (search) of Florida and Barbara Boxer (search) …
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