A man who was shot and allegedly beaten by party store operators he had just robbed was ordered Monday to post a $10,000 bond in order to continue his lawsuit against them.
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Unheralded American Doug Barron has become the first player to be banned by the PGA Tour for taking performance-enhancing drugs.
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The La-Z-Boy people complained that the recliner isn't their brand, as was advertised for the eBay auction. Now the auction will have to start all over again.
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A union representing thousands of transit workers went on strike early Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shutting down buses, subways and trolleys that carry almost a million people daily.
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NYPD Detective Kevin Spellman was blind drunk when he slammed a car into a Bronx grandmother and killed her, a law enforcement source said Monday.
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A passenger enjoying a civilian joyride accidentally cut the trip short when he ejected himself from the plane after grabbing the eject lever while trying to brace himself. [D]
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A 31-year-old Detroit man who was stranded at a southeast Michigan hospital was arraigned Monday after he stole an ambulance to get back to his car, authorities said.
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A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday after laying in a coma for nearly two weeks.
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A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday.
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A Southern California man who aimed a laser beam at two airliners as they approached an airport has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for disrupting the flights.
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A former employee of British company Lea and Perrins discovered what may be the original 150-year old recipe for Worcestershire sauce, his daughter says.
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The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.
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The former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in southeast Texas says she had a "change of heart" after watching an abortion last month — and she quit her job and joined a pro-life group.
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A bronze sculpture used as a simple garden decoration for the past 40 years in Cleveland, Ohio, has sold at auction for $118,000.
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Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.
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Police in Minnesota said a motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair involved in a drunken driving incident has garnered bids of $40,000 on eBay.
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Lincoln Fabrics, a St. Catharines based maker of bullet-proof vests, knowingly made them out of material which degrades over time, says a U.S. lawsuit. The company is accused of jeopardizing law enforcement lives.
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Bug spray that produces a fog to kill insects is likely to blame for the death of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy and injuries to his critically injured 2-year-old brother, authorities said today.
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A Halloween trick or treater in Ohio may have gotten a bigger treat than expected - a diamond ring.
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Monday, November 2
Police say James Miller was driving the wrong way out of the entrance to a one way street when he was pulled over. Cops found what was left of a case of Bud Light beer and registered a blood-alcohol level of .158, nearly two times the legal limit.
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Two men who claim Pepsi stole their idea to sell bottled water sued company in Wisconsin and won a $1.26 billion judgment last month after the company didn't respond.
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CIT filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday in an effort to cut $10 billion in debt. The move will set the U.S. Treasury – and American taxpayers – back by $2.3 billion.
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Two days before his trial on rape charges, a Pinellas County Jail inmate attacked his two attorneys when they went to see him Saturday, sheriff's officials said.
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Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter's school for show and tell.
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As anxieties about H1N1 mounts, there are easy steps to keep your family safe from the flu this season.
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Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said.
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A suburban Dallas medical clinic has apologized to a Muslim doctor for telling her during a job interview that she would not be allowed to wear her headscarf while at work.
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Bad moods can actually be good for you, according to an Australian study. Being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.
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A 23-year-old man performed a sexual act on a friend against her will Sunday morning, Tampa police say.
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A 38-year-old man on probation for attempted sexual battery of a child swung a machete back and forth this morning and told his wife he was going to kill her and himself, Tampa police say.
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School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.
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A former Naperville resident's pink Hello Kitty pajama bottoms slid down her hips while she was being arrested on an outstanding warrant in Naperville last year, and it was all caught on camera, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.
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A former student who had sex with her Hillsborough County teacher is suing the school district for failing to protect her.
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A man accused of killing a popular Arkansas television personality is going on trial.
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A New Jersey mother who mistakenly thought she was losing custody of her children allegedly stabbed her young son, then tried to kill herself.
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A 26-year-old man on a bicycle was struck and killed by a Hillsborough County deputy's cruiser Sunday night.
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A 26 year old man is suspected of torching the chapel, housing 9/11 remains. Accident took place last Saturday morning (Oct. 31). Fire was quickly extinguished.
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The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead. Their wealthy counterparts, however, face big tax increases.
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A 10-year-old boy who apparently was trick-or-treating in a New Hampshire neighborhood was killed after a tree snapped near its base and struck him.
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A 19-year-old sophomore at Yale University was found dead Sunday by his roommates inside their suite, the school said.
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A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.
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A 29-year-old man in Belleview, Fla., is facing drunken driving charges for allegedly operating a riding lawnmower while intoxicated, authorities said.
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The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, has arrived in its namesake city with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack.
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For the first time since 1982, an American man won the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
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An ex-University of Notre Dame catering employee has agreed to pay the Indiana school back for half of a $30,000 tip mistakenly deposited in her bank account.
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Sunday, November 1
911 dispatchers often get calls from people observing an impaired driver on the road. What makes the call Mary Strey made unique, is that she called 911 on herself.
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Police say a 3-year-old Southern California boy is hospitalized in critical condition after shooting himself in the face with a handgun.
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Someone stabbed a 45-year-old plastic surgeon to death, then set fire to his French Quarter home early Saturday.
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The village of Barrington, Illinois put three older homes up for sale for just $1 each, but was not able to get any interested buyers.
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A 16-year-old girl died and two men were wounded after being shot following a football game at a Southern California high school.
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They've been called the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch and the Bling Ring. Now, five of the six young adults accused of burglarizing celebrity homes can be known as "booked."
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The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.
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A western Pennsylvania jury has acquitted a man of homicide but convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his fiancee.
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Michelle Triola Marvin whose landmark lawsuit against her former lover, "Dirty Dozen" actor Lee Marvin, placed the word "palimony" into the family law lexicon and changed the legal rights of unmarried cohabiting partners, died Friday at age 76.
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New excerpts published Friday from Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography reveal the tennis great wore a hairpiece that nearly fell off at the 1990 French Open, became jealous during ex-wife Brooke Shields’ appearance on “Friends,” and how Shields put a photo of Steffi Graf — now married to Agassi — on the fridge for motivation to get in better shape before their wedding.
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Saturday, October 31
Police say a woman pushing a stroller across railroad tracks in western Pennsylvania was struck by a train and both she and her 2-year-old son died.
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Ford Motor Co. workers have overwhelmingly rejected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut labor costs, leaving Ford at a disadvantage to its Detroit rivals as it continues its struggle to return to profitability.
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A convicted rapist who fled before police arrived to arrest him on new rape charges was arrested Saturday in his inner-city neighborhood after police found six decomposing bodies at his home.
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A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn't wear her headscarf in the workplace.
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Kids will be kids, but one cranky 2-year-old was acting too much his age for a Southwest Airlines flight crew who kicked him off a plane getting ready to leave for San Jose.
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Anton Turner, who worked in Tanzania assisting with the filming of an episode of the CBBC series Serious Explorers, died after elephant's attack.
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A jury on Friday found two men guilty of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old girl, a day after the pair took the stand in their own defense.
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Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.
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Have you checked the interest rates on your credit cards lately? Odds are they're going way up. That's because credit-card companies are rushing to raise rates and tack on extra fees ahead of a law slated to take effect Feb. 22 that is supposed to limit such moves in the future.
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As a 28-year-old Brandon man was choking the mother of his three children unconscious this morning, he told her he was going to kill her and dump her body at a gator pond, Hillsborough County deputies say.
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Friday, October 30
Austin police on Sunday will begin using new automatic license plate readers on two patrol cars to help officers better find vehicles that have been reported stolen, were involved in violent crimes or are the subject of Amber alerts.
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President Obama announced Friday that he will lift a 22-year-old ban on entry into the United States for people infected with HIV/AIDS.
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A federal study found that 15 states lowered their academic proficiency standards in order to avoid sanctions associated with the No Child Left Behind law. Secretary of Education Duncan said more states are "lowering the bar than raising it."
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Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their yacht last week, a British agency said Friday.
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Officials say a Florida Panhandle Fish and Wildlife officer lost a 5-foot alligator after bringing it to his daughter's school for show and tell. Searchers scoured a wooded area surrounding the school Friday afternoon. The alligator jumped out of the man's vehicle Friday morning.
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A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday.
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A Minnesota man who rescued a bulldog from a shelter was in the hospital on Friday after the dog attacked him, severing an ear and tearing away the skin from most of his face.
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Tennessee police say a mechanic was drumming up business by tampering with parked cars, then charging to help start them.
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California prosecutors say they will seek the extradition of Randy Quaid and wife Evi after the couple were no-shows for a felony court hearing.
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A University of Florida professor has resigned amid allegations he had sexual relations with students in his classes.
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Now that he’s finally in the body he always felt he belonged in, Chaz Bono says he’s enjoying something that took decades to accomplish.
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A New York woman allegedly tried to slit her husband's throat because she said he wasn't the devout Muslim she thought she married five months ago.
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An emergency worker testified Thursday about finding the body of a murdered 2-year-old boy in brush near a northeast Iowa pond and a first-aid kit that the boy's brother used to try to help him.
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House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling.
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Police have been investigating after a home in West Hamilton was broken into last Friday. The only thing missing from the home was women's underwear.
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A police sergeant who was being investigated in an FBI probe into police misconduct has committed suicide on the corner of a Southern California residential street.
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Former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his time as Paris mayor — a case that caught up with him in retirement once he lost the judicial immunity of France's highest office.
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