WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into a dispute over the Navy’s use of sonar off the Southern California coast and its potential harm to dolphins and whales. Acting at the Bush administration’s urging, the court agreed to review a federal appeals court ruling that limits the use …
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NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A routine arrest at a North Kansas City casino Sunday quickly escalated into a massive melee involving 450 people, police said. Officers were attempting to arrest a number of suspects at the VooDoo Lounge in Harrah’s casino when the suspects fought back. Other casino patrons …
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The slain student body president at the University of North Carolina likely raised her right arm to protect herself from a single shotgun blast that tore through her hand before striking her in the head, according to an autopsy report released Monday. Eve Carson was shot …
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A British former railway manager won $197,000 Friday in a sex discriminatino case, after accusing her male coworkers of leaving pornographic magazines in her mail tray and spreading rumors that she is a lesbian, the Daily Mail reported. “I was told by a manager I was being given a hard …
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MEXICO CITY – Tropical Storm Boris has formed in the east Pacific. Miami’s National Hurricane Center says the storm doesn’t threaten land. It is located about 550 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, and has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Forecasters say the storm is moving west out to sea …
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SEOUL, South Korea – President Lee Myung-bak took office in February on a wave of popularity propelled by his vow to boost South Korea’s economy with skills honed in business. He soon led his conservative party to win control of the legislature in national elections. But a misreading of the …
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A coroner says the three people found dead on an Indian reservation were teenage girls. The bodies were found in a Wind River Indian Reservation home Wednesday morning. The girls were ages 13, 14 and 15 but their identities have not been released. Fremont County Coroner Ed …
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WASHINGTON – Still reeling from Tim Russert’s death, NBC News must now contemplate replacing the man who not only dominated the Sunday morning talk shows, but served as chief political commentator and ran the Washington bureau. The “Meet the Press” host had what was arguably the most important and far-reaching …
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NEW YORK – Jessica Simpson was spotted wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Real Girls Eat Meat” printed across her chest — leading PETA to denounce the singer as a “stupid girl.” On the PETA Files blog, the animal rights group responds to the Simpson shirt by listing the “top …
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Ethan Hawke and his pregnant fiancée, the former nanny of his children with Uma Thurman, were spotted applying for a marriage license on Tuesday, the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column reported. “They looked really sweet,” said the onlooker of Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes, who were seen at the …
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