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KABUL, Afghanistan – A U.S.-led coalition military transport helicopter crashed while conducting combat operations in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan, killing all 10 American soldiers on board, a U.S. military spokeswoman said Saturday. The CH-47 Chinook crashed late Friday while on a mission in support of Operation Mountain Lion, …

CAIRO, Egypt – An alleged Al Qaeda videotape aired Monday on Arab television purported to show roadside bomb attacks by the terror group and its Taliban allies against U.S. and Afghan forces in the violent border region of Afghanistan. The video showed a militant preparing a mine for a bomb …

GROTON, Conn. – A blob-like creature is invading Long Island Sound and posing a threat to its lobsters and other shellfish, University of Connecticut scientists say. The researchers say they have found colonies of invasive sea squirts, blob-shaped animals that reproduce easily, on the floor of the sound. They believe …