BELL, Calif. – An armed robbery suspect locked himself into a Starbucks restroom for nearly seven hours Monday morning before surrendering to police after several canisters of tear gas were thrown into the coffee shop, authorities said. The 21-year-old man surrendered without incident, and was not armed when he came …
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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – His name is on streets, schools, a brand of vodka and many a newborn baby. Now, 800 years after Genghis Khan inspired terror on two continents, Mongolians are taking their reverence for the great conqueror to new heights. The Mongolian capital’s airport is being renamed after …
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WASHINGTON – After more than 50 congressional hearings on immigration, lawmakers complained Tuesday about the prospect of even more hearings in a House-Senate standoff over how to deter illegal immigrants. House Republicans have called for six more hearings this month — and possibly more in August. The hearings began after …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – From the baseball diamond to the speedway oval, Vice President Dick Cheney is turning up at lots of high-profile venues, increasing his visibility ahead of the fall election. Saturday offered a double-dip in the all-important political state of Florida: seeing the space shuttle Discovery blast off …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Israeli army killed four Palestinians on Thursday, including a 75-year-old woman, one day after the Gaza Strip suffered its deadliest violence since Israel launched its offensive last month. Despite a high death toll in Gaza, with 23 people killed on Wednesday alone, the world’s …
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NEW YORK – Like many women, Uma Thurman often feels torn between her family and career. “I’ve learned that every working mom is a superwoman,” the 36-year-old actress tells Parade magazine in its July 16 issue. “For most of the world, it’s really a necessity. The stay-at-home mom is over …
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CHICAGO – If you’re a cell phone-using, goose liver-eating, cigarette-smoking, fast food-loving person, Chicago might not be your kind of town. In this city that once winked at Prohibition, members of the City Council are trying to crack down on things they deem unhealthy, immoral or just plain annoying. A …
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HAVANA – Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to restart peace talks suspended since train bombings killed more than 200 people in Mumbai in June as part of a wave of attacks India blames on Pakistan-based militants. Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to the …
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NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. (T) is launching an Internet TV service where subscribers can watch live cable channels such as Fox News on any computer with a broadband connection for $20 per month. The AT&T Broadband TV service announced Tuesday features about 20 channels of live and made-for-broadband content. …
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Two miners whose jobs included watching for safety hazards inside the Sago Mine before the deadly explosion last January committed suicide in the past month. Neither man had been blamed for the disaster that killed 12 of their comrades, and neither one’s family has definitively linked the …
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