Police called in to help with JFK airport crowd NEW YORK — Police say officers were called in to help with an unruly crowd for about an hour at the Delta Air Lines terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport.
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Police say shooter targeting moving cars in Ohio BEREA, Ohio — Police in a Cleveland suburb say they think someone has been shooting at moving vehicles over the last few months.
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Police say shooter targeting moving cars in Cleveland suburb, 4 vehicles hit since August
RI picks Chevron for town wind turbine project PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has selected Chevron Energy Solutions to develop and maintain several wind turbines in the coastal town of Narragansett. Chevron beat out three other firms seeking the project and is not seeking any money from the state or the town for its proposal.
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Weeks of fighting Yemen rebels killed 73 Saudis RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that 73 Saudis have been killed and 26 have gone missing since the kingdom launched an offensive against Yemeni Shiite rebels along the border last month. The announcement was the first indication that the U.S. ally had suffered such heavy losses ..
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Saudi official: Weeks of fighting with Yemen rebels has left 73 Saudis dead, 26 missing
more images more images Fort Campbell brigade headed to Afghanistan FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Fort Campbell’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division will deploy 3,400 soldiers to Afghanistan in the early summer of 2010
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more images more images Fort Campbell brigade to deploy to Afghanistan FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Fort Campbell’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division will deploy 3,400 soldiers to Afghanistan in the early summer of 2010.
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2 killed in NC as Amtrak train hits car EFLAND, N.C. — Two people are dead and a baby is in the hospital after an Amtrak train hit a car at a North Carolina railroad crossing Authorities said the car was crossing tracks Tuesday morning in Efland, about 40 miles northwest of Raleigh.
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DC asks judge to dismiss gay marriage lawsuit WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by opponents of same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs, led by local pastor Bishop Harry Jackson, are seeking to get their proposed ban on gay marriage on the ballot.
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Boy, 2, dies after being bitten by family dog CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A 2-year-old southwest Florida boy has died after being bitten by the family dog. Police and emergency responders were called to a Cape Coral home about 7:40 a.m
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GANDHINAGAR – Hundred of the over 600 Indian fishermen held in Pakistani jails will be released soon, a fishermen’s forum official said here Tuesday. Manish Lodhari, secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), said from Porbandar that Sami Memon, secretary general of the Pakistan Peoples Forum, had apprised him of their government’s decision to ….
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100 Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails to be freed soon
Unclaimed corpses push up urban morgue body counts DETROIT — Forgotten in death or abandoned by loved ones, Dewanda McNeil, Maurice Webber and Alan Jones were laid to rest in pauper’s graves, their names left to be recognized by a half-dozen strangers at a service in a small Detroit funeral chapel. Times are tough for the living … Read : Poor economy forces Detroit families to leave loved ones’ burials in county morgue’s hands .
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Civil rights group SCLC unseats 2 leaders in probe ATLANTA — Officials with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have removed the organization’s board chairman and treasurer while they conduct an internal investigation into claims of mismanagement. The allegations surround the Rev
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CHANDIGARH – Aradhana Gupta, a close friend of Ruchika Girhotra who was molested by former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore 19 years ago, Tuesday demanded the case be re-opened for better justice. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Chandigarh Monday held Rathore guilty of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika here Aug ..
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Gunmen kill family of Mexican drug war hero MEXICO CITY — Gunmen mowed down the family of a Mexican marine just hours after the military honored him as a national hero for losing his life during a raid that took down powerful drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva. The brazen attack happened shortly before midnight Monday at the … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Gunmen kill family of Mexican marine who died during raid that eliminated drug kingpin .
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Lloyds to pay $217 million in Treasury settlement WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department says Lloyds TSB Bank PLC has agreed to pay $217 million to settle claims that the bank manipulated money transfers to allow customers to skirt U.S. financial sanctions against Iran and other countries.
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NYC victim’s mom: EMTs were ‘inhuman’ not to help NEW YORK — Two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman are “inhuman,” her mother said Tuesday as a lawyer for the EMTs argued his clients are being vilified in a rush to judgment. Cynthia Rennix, the mother of 25-year-old Eutisha Revee Rennix, … Original source on Gaea Times at : EMTs accused of ignoring dying woman in NYC eatery are ‘inhuman,’ victim’s mom says .
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EMTs accused of ignoring dying woman in NYC eatery are ‘inhuman,’ victim’s mom says
China’s premier: Beijing to keep yuan stable NANJING, China — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says Beijing will keep the value of its currency, the yuan, at a stable and balanced level, shrugging off appeals for faster reforms. Wen made the comment following a summit Monday with European Union leaders, who are urging China to move more quickly … Read : China’s premier says Beijing will keep the yuan’s exchange rate at a stable, balanced level .
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more images more images Report: SKorean navy ship rescues NKorean soldier SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s navy rescued a North Korean soldier who ended up in the South’s waters while fishing and the man wants to be returned home, a report said Monday. The soldier was found in the waters off the Korean peninsula’s west coast in the … Read more > > > .
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Report: South Korean navy ship rescues North Korean soldier from waters off west coast
Ferry death toll rises to 62 DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from the capsizing of a ferry over the weekend in southern Bangladesh rose to 62 Monday after rescuers recovered an additional four bodies, police said. Rescuers plucked four bodies overnight from River Tetulia, where the overcrowded triple-deck ferry capsized late Friday, police official Mohammad Bayezid … Read more : Bangladesh ferry death toll rises to 62 after four additional bodies found .
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Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen Sunday while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in the desert nation of Mauritania, a police official said. The two men and one woman were attacked while delivering supplies to villages along a 240-mile (400-kilometer) road that links the capital … Read more > > > .
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Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses GUATEMALA — They’re called “calaqueros” — skullmongers — and they make a living off Guatemala City’s infamously high murder rate. They chase ambulances, wait outside morgues or speed to crime scenes, trying to be the first to reach family members of the dead and sell their coffin-wake-funeral packages for as little … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Guatemalan funeral home operators show up at morgues, murder scenes in competion for corpses .
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Aerialist hospitalized after fall at LA mall LOS ANGELES — Authorities say an aerialist performing during a holiday show at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles has been hospitalized after falling three stories to the shopping mall floor. Ray Pierce of Hollywood Aerial Arts, the firm putting on the performance, says the 26-year-old woman slipped Saturday night … Read more > > .
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Aerialist hospitalized in 40-foot fall during holiday performance at LA’s Beverly Center
Full gas tanks could stop many small plane crashes DES MOINES, Iowa — Cheryl Allegretti’s husband was a meticulous pilot with more than 20 years experience when the plane he was piloting crashed in a northwest Iowa cornfield, killing him and two passengers, apparently because it ran out of gas. “It’s still hard for me to believe ….
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Northeast scallopers decry cuts as stocks boom BOSTON — New England scallopers are wondering why new restrictions have been placed on what has for years been the region’s healthiest fishery. Rules passed by the New England Fishery Management Council last week reduced the number of fishing days from 37 this year to 29 in 2010. That’s lowered ..
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‘New Moon’ keeps top box office spot with $42.5M LOS ANGELES — Vampires and werewolves continued to howl at the box office with a $42.5 million weekend for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” Summit Entertainment’s “Twilight” sequel remained No. 1 over what proved a record Thanksgiving weekend for Hollywood
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‘New Moon’ clings to top spot with $42.5M; ‘Blind Side’ nearly scores upset with $40.1M
Italian chef missing at sea on Caribbean cruise ROME — Italy’s foreign ministry says a chef from the country is missing from a U.S.-flagged cruise ship and the FBI is investigating. Angelo Faliva was last seen in the kitchen of the Princess Cruises “Coral Princess” at about 8:15 p.m.
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Officials say Italian cruise ship chef missing in Caribbean; life preserver can’t be found
more images more images EU: Nations must do more for climate change pact NANJING, China — European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is urging China and other countries to make more ambitious commitments on curbing heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions. Barroso welcomed fresh emission pledges by China and plans by both Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and U.S
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France and Rwanda agree to restore ties PARIS — The French presidency says France and Rwanda have agreed to restore diplomatic ties three years after they were cut off amid tensions over a French judicial investigation. President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says his chief of staff, Claude Gueant, has met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the African … Read more > > > .
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Zimbabwe PM welcomes South Africa’s intervention HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s prime minister says he is thankful for South African efforts to rescue his coalition government. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a party rally Sunday, said South African President Jacob Zuma could visit soon. Zuma’s spokesman did not comment on a possible visit by his boss, but said …
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London- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has recently prepared a report that points a finger of grave allegation against the British ministry. The report states that the failure of the British army to capture the leader of the Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, was entirely the fault of the British officials. On the December of 2004, ….
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Tora Bora Escape Of Bin Laden Fault Of The British, According To Recent Reports