HONOLULU – The Navy offloaded fuel, water and personnel from a grounded, $1 billion guided missile cruiser so tugboats and a salvage ship can try again early Sunday morning to free it from a rock and sand shoal. The USS Port Royal ran aground on Thursday evening, about a half-mile …
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ATLANTA – The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak has filed for bankruptcy. The Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America filed Friday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in bankruptcy court in Lynchburg, Va. The company said in the filing that its debt and assets both ranged …
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HOUSTON – A federal judge pleaded guilty Monday to lying to investigators about sexually abusing his secretary in exchange for prosecutors dropping five sex-crime charges alleging he groped two women. U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent also retired Monday, effective immediately, possibly avoiding impeachment by Congress. Kent’s guilty plea to an …
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Authorities will scale back the hunt for missing Florida girl Haleigh Cummings after extensive searches for the girl turned up no new leads, The Gainesville Sun reported Monday. Despite tips and a search involving 250 volunteers — including Texas EquuSearch, a volunteer search group — investigators are baffled about the …
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TEHRAN – Iran’s government spokesman on Tuesday branded the Holocaust a “big lie” created to place the Islamic republic’s arch-foe Israel in the Middle East, the state IRNA news agency reported. “The Holocaust is a concept coming from a big lie in order to settle a rootless regime in the …
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The Baltimore Ravens and the Arizona Cardinals are both one win away from meeting each other in the Super Bowl. Baltimore survived 13-10 against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday thanks to Matt Stover’s 43-yard field goal with 53 seconds remaining, while the Cardinals topped the Carolina Panthers 33-13. Click here …
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NEW YORK – Edwin Rivera, a severely disabled 22-year-old, was supposed to be escorted home from his special-needs school. Instead, authorities said Friday, a matron eager to get to an appointment knowingly stranded him on a bus where he spent an icy New Year’s night alone. He was found, curled …
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say a homicide bomber has killed a campaign manager for a Sunni party in the northern city of Mosul. Ethnic and sectarian tensions have been rising in the volatile city ahead of Jan. 31 provincial elections. Police officer Col. Safaa Abdul-Razzaq says the attacker detonated his …
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Think Americans hit by the down economy are turning to gambling as a solution? Think again. Recent reports show two of the largest gaming areas in the United States are facing major revenue drops at the same time that the country is mired in a recession. Nevada reported a 15 …
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A stem cell therapy offering “natural” breast enlargement is to be made available to British women for the first time. The treatment could boost cup size while reducing stomach fat. It involves extracting stem cells from spare fat on the stomach or thighs and growing them in a woman’s breasts. …
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