Suspect arrested in deadly Miss. highway shootings
Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate highway stretches.
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Humane Society releases video of horse abuse in Tenn. – Kingsport Times News
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Humane Society releases video of horse abuse in Tenn.
Kingsport Times News By KRISTIN M. HALL,AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Humane Society of the United States has released video of the abuse of Tennessee walking horses that led to a federal indictment charging four people with violation of the federal Horse Protection Act. Undercover video shows individuals hitting horses, applying chemicals Video shows 'cruel and inhumane practice' used to train horses Pepsi drops sponsorship of horse show after video of animal abuse |
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The Liberation of Rahm Emanuel
It doesn’t sound like Rahm Emanuel, the current mayor of Chicago and former Obama chief of staff, misses working in the White House all that much.
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UN observers chief calls for end to Syria violence – The Associated Press
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UN observers chief calls for end to Syria violence
The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The head of a UN observer team says that no amount of observers in Syria can achieve a permanent end to the violence without dialogue. Norwegian team leader Maj. Gen. Robert Mood is calling for an end to the violence so that the … Activists: Syrian forces shell rebel town Diplomat: Confidential report finds Iran shipping arms to Syria |
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Doctor pleased with progress of California man found a week after his truck … – Washington Post
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Doctor pleased with progress of California man found a week after his truck …
Washington Post SAN JOSE, Calif. — A doctor says a man found seriously injured in the brush a week after his pickup truck rolled off a Northern California freeway is making progress. Michael Sanchez Jr. has been hospitalized since he was found unconscious Tuesday in a … San Jose man fights for life as family criticizes time lapse before roadside … Man found in wooded area, alive, 7 days after crashing car |
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G8l leaders seek to corral Europe crisis
The leaders of eight of the world’s biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe’s debt crisis from spiraling out of control and jeopardizing fledgling recoveries in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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More firefighters heading to Colorado
Fox News FORT COLLINS, Colo. – More firefighters are on their way to a fire that has burned across more than 11 square miles in northern Colorado and is approaching a reservoir for the city of Greeley. US Forest Service officials say the blaze about 20 miles … |
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Greek euro exit looms as G8 gathers
World leaders will huddle at Camp David Friday with the focus on Greece as it stumbles toward an unprecedented eurozone exit that holds wildly uncertain repercussions for the global economy.
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Driver charged in crash that killed 3 BU students – Boston Globe
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Driver charged in crash that killed 3 BU students
Boston Globe By Travis Andersen and Zachary T. Sampson The 20-year-old Boston University junior who was driving a minivan that crashed, killing three other BU students in New Zealand last week, is facing charges the accident, authorities said. Boston University student faces New Zealand court over van crash that killed 3 … Driver charged in fatal crash Turangi crash: 'We've got hope because she's still with us' |
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‘American Idol’ cuts Joshua Ledet and sets Jessica Sanchez vs. Phillip … – Reality TV World
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'American Idol' cuts Joshua Ledet and sets Jessica Sanchez vs. Phillip …
Reality TV World By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 05/18/2012 American Idol cut Joshua Ledet and determined its Final 2 eleventh-season finalists during Thursday night's live results show broadcast on Fox. Ledet, a 19-year-old from Westlake, LA, became the eleventh finalist … Two singers left after Ledet voted off 'Idol' 'American Idol' down to final 2 singers American Idol Backstage Scoop: Is Jennifer Lopez Leaving? Steven Tyler and … |
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Bus plunges into Vietnam river bank; 34 killed
A crowded bus plunged into a river bank in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents.
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Pepsi drops horse show after video of animal abuse
Soft drink maker Pepsi said on Thursday that it was dropping sponsorship of a prestigious national horse show, one day after ABC News broadcast footage of a horse in training for a show being beaten by a trainer. The Walking Horse National Celebration said that Pepsi had been a sponsor since 2010 of the nation’s leading competition for Tennessee Walking Horses, a breed known for its high-stepping gait. “We have ended our sponsorship of the event,” Pepsi spokesman Vincent Bozek said on Thursday without elaborating. …
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Notorious 1980s drug dealer arrested in New York
A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as “the ghost” has been arrested along with dozens of others on new charges, police and prosecutors said Thursday.
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Wayne Newton sued over Las Vegas home museum plans
Plans to turn Wayne Newton’s sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.
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Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gusts
Hundreds of firefighters worked to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado.
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Facebook set for big first-day pop
Facebook Inc is set to raise up to $18.4 billion in its IPO and become the first U.S. company to be worth more than $100 billion at its debut, as investors bet on a big pop in the stock when it begins trading on the Nasdaq on Friday.
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Residents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern Colorado – Washington Post
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Residents of 80 homes evacuated near growing wildfire in northern Colorado
Washington Post FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A fire burning near a scenic canyon in northern Colorado has grown from about 1.5 square miles to more than 11 square miles amid erratic winds kicked up by dry thunderstorms. Evacuation orders were issued for about 80 homes as the … Colorado wildfire grows amid erratic wind gusts Evacuations ordered as Hewlett Fire encroaches on homes (VIDEO) Hewlett Gulch wildfire in Poudre Canyon causes mandatory evacuations, is 7300 … |
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Video: Four kids riding in trunk of moving car
In this video from Romania, a car is driving down a highway with four children riding in the trunk. While the children appear to be having a good enough time, the conditions are obviously anything but safe. In fact, the children are using their arms to apparently hold up the door to the trunk. At [...]
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Kansas governor apologizes for century of segregation
Gov. Sam Brownback apologized to blacks for segregation in his state in the last century as he marked the anniversary of a ruling that struck down segregation in schools.
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Documents shed new light, raise more questions in Trayvon Martin case
Trayvon Martin’s autopsy shows he had marijuana in his system the night he was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, and a gunshot to his chest came from close range, according to nearly 200 pages of previously undisclosed documents released Thursday.
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