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Woman stabs mother of five to death in Maine supermarket: police
Maine police were searching on Thursday for what motivated a woman to fatally stab a mother of five adult children who was shopping in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store in an apparently unprovoked attack, authorities said. Wendy Boudreau, 59, of Saco, was shopping in a local Shaws store on…
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Men claim to find Nazi train loaded with treasure in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — According to Polish lore, a Nazi train loaded with gold, artworks and weapons vanished into a mountain at the end of World War II, as the Germans fled the Soviet advance. Now two men claim they know the location of the mystery train and are demanding 10 percent of its value in…
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Kim Jong-Un orders frontline N. Korea troops onto war footing
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing from Friday, as military tensions with South Korea soared following a rare exchange of artillery shells across their heavily fortified border. The North's official KCNA news agency said the move came during an emergency…
AFPArrest leads to underwater tunnel across US-Mexico border
CALEXICO, California (AP) — The arrest of a drug smuggler in scuba gear led to the discovery of a tunnel from Mexico that's partially underwater and ends in a canal.
Associated PressFather of unlicensed teen in fatal Pennsylvania crash gets prison term
A man was sentenced to up to 16 years in prison on Thursday for letting his 15-year-old daughter drive his SUV, which she crashed in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, killing three young friends. Michael Ware, 54, of Scarsdale, New York, pleaded guilty last month to three counts of involuntary…
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New female Rangers did more than pass: 'They beat me,’ male student says
Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, both West Point graduates, finished Ranger School earlier this week. “It’s probably going to be one of the highlights of my life,” said Lieutenant Haver. Captain Griest said that the moment was a years-long dream.
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Tiger roars with lowest round in two years
Tiger Woods fired his lowest round in two years Thursday, launching his quest for a place in the Fedex Cup play-offs with a sparkling six-under-par 64 at the Wyndham Championship. Woods, bidding to bounce back from a disappointing missed cut at last week's PGA Championship, roared back to form with…
AFPNo arrests days after fatal shooting of girl in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police are searching for clues about the killing of a 9-year-old girl who was shot when someone fired into a home where she was doing homework on her mother's bed.
Associated PressCaitlyn Jenner crash: Sheriff's investigators to recommend vehicular manslaughter charge
Sheriff's officials investigating the fatal Malibu crash involving Caitlyn Jenner are submitting the case to the L.A. District Attorney's office and recommending a manslaughter charge.
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Photos show first wild California wolf pack in nearly a century
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's first gray wolf pack since wild wolves disappeared from the state nearly a century ago was spotted in the woods in the northern part of the state, wildlife officials said on Thursday. The pack appears to include a wolf photographed by…
ReutersProsecutor: Mom says she killed young sons to help daughter
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — A woman calmly called 911 to report her baby son wasn't breathing on Tuesday and then hours later confessed to killing him and her two other young sons over the past several months because her husband ignored their daughter, authorities said.
Associated PressS. Korea shells North after rocket attack
South Korea on Thursday fired dozens of shells into North Korea after detecting a rocket fired across the heavily-militarised border, pushing already elevated cross-border tensions to dangerously high levels. Thursday's incident came amid heightened tensions following mine blasts that maimed two…
AFPThe back alleys of one of America’s most dangerous cities (31 photos)
High-tech policing and a renewed focus on community-officer partnerships are helping to bring calm to Camden, N.J., but it hasn’t been a cure-all. The impoverished town of 77,000 is still the most violent and crime-plagued city in the Garden State. A local policeman recently took Yahoo News…
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Ex-cop denied bail on murder charge, collapses in courtroom
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A former police officer charged with murder for shooting and killing a man during a domestic disturbance call collapsed Wednesday in a northern Virginia courtroom after being denied bail in his initial court appearance.
Associated PressHacker's Ashley Madison data dump threatens marriages, reputations
By Josephine Mason and Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Love lives and reputations may be at risk after the release of customer data from infidelity website Ashley Madison, an unprecedented breach of privacy likely to rattle users' attitudes towards the Internet. Hackers dumped a big cache of…
ReutersSlovakia Just Told Muslim Migrants to Stay Out
European leaders have set an ugly limit on which weary travelers they’ll allow to cross their borders as thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East continue to make the deadly trek across the Mediterranean. The majority of migrants seeking asylum in Europe—62 percent—are from Syria,…
TakePart.comDow drops 358 points after China fears spur global sell-off
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market endured its worst performance in 18 months on Thursday, driven lower by another slump in Chinese shares and heavy selling by technical traders.
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Teenage Boys Need Reliable Advice About Contraception
DEAR ABBY: In my family alone, three young women have -- by their own admission -- gotten pregnant on purpose to get their boyfriends to marry and support them. None of these marriages worked out. The horrible relationships were and still are hurtful and damaging, not only to the children, but also…
Dear AbbyHuman 'super-predators' should change hunting, fishing habits
People tend to kill adult fish at 14 times the rate of marine predators, said the findings in the journal Science. Based on a survey of 2,125 predators around the world on both land and in the water, scientists found that people cause "extreme outcomes that non-human predators seldom impose," said…
AFPFallout 4 dev responds to graphics, gameplay criticisms
"Everybody is entitled to their opinion."
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