CHARLESTON, S.C. – A seven-story wave damaged a cruise ship returning from the Bahamas (search) over the weekend, smashing windows, flooding more than 60 cabins and injuring four passengers. The Norwegian Dawn (search) was diverted from its route when the ship ran into rough weather on the way back to …
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LOS ANGELES – Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa’s (search) mayoral campaign received an endorsement Friday from former Mayor Richard Riordan (search), a Republican with close ties to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Villaraigosa and incumbent James Hahn (search), both Democrats, will face off in a May 17 runoff to lead the nation’s second-largest city …
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DENVER – The father of a serial killer is selling DVDs of his son’s videotaped account of how he lured women to his house and strangled them. Richard Paul White (search) is serving life in prison without parole after pleading guilty in the slayings of three people. He told police …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The fiery crash of a military helicopter in bad weather was the deadliest incident for Americans in Afghanistan (search) since the fall of the Taliban (search) in 2001, the U.S. military said Thursday, identifying 13 of the 16 victims as American service personnel. The nonmilitary victims in …
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OSLO, Norway – A suspect in the brazen daytime theft of two Edward Munch (search) masterpieces was being questioned over the weekend, and police said they were hopeful more arrests would follow. The 37-year-old man, who has not been identified, was arrested Friday in Oslo. He is suspected of involvement …
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Elderly patients with dementia were significantly more likely to die prematurely if taking certain anti-psychotic drugs, the government said Monday in an advisory to health care workers and patients. The Food and Drug Administration is asking manufacturers of atypical anti-psychotic drugs (search) to add to their labeling a boxed warning …
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ROME – Tens of thousands of mourners paid their respects to Pope John Paul II (search) Monday, solemnly filing past his body as it lay in St. Peter’s Basilica. The viewing came after the pontiff’s body was ceremoniously carried from the Clementine Chapel (search) to the basilica as more than …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Chinese President Hu Jintao (search) urged Japan on Saturday to reflect on its World War II aggression and back up its recent apologies with action, pressing Beijing’s relentless campaign for redress from Tokyo for its handling of wartime atrocities. Hu’s comments came in a rare public statement …
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NEW YORK – IBM’s earnings shortfall sent a chill wind through Wall Street, but this week’s deluge of quarterly reports offered reassurance, and now some analysts see double-digit profit growth. “You take the earnings reports out there and we could end up being pretty close to 10 percent earnings growth, …
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LOS ANGELES – Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. (NFLX) Thursday reported a quarterly loss stemming from higher marketing spending aimed at bolstering its subscriber rolls to 4 million by year’s end. Netflix’s posted a first-quarter loss of $8.8 million, or 17 cents per share, compared with a loss of …
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