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Woman changes name to a URL to protest dissections - Added 5 weeks ago

You can call her CutoutDissection.com, Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer. The former Jennifer Thornburg _ whose driver's license now reads Dissection.com, Cutout _ wanted to do something to protest...

Officials: Financial crisis can lead to violence - Added 5 weeks ago

!!-- pobj:FLOCA201-0701081136 -->!!-- pobj:FLOCA202-0305081317 -->An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots herself in the...

Podium gets carried away during Bush toast - Added 5 weeks ago

!!-- AUDIO:186,185,184,183,179 -->Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi toasted President Bush with pieces of a podium Monday night while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was dubbed a "prima donna" during translation in a...

War resister in Canada since '05 ordered to leave - Added 5 weeks ago

A former U.S. Army sergeant who has been living in Canada as a war resister has been denied refugee status there. Patrick Hart of Buffalo, N.Y., and his family must leave Canada by Oct. 30 or they will be deported. ...

Woman gets life in prison for killing 4 in Texas - Added 5 weeks ago

A jury has convicted a woman of capital murder for the shooting and beating deaths of four people in suburban Houston in 2003. Christina Paolilla received an automatic life prison term Monday. She was not eligible for...

Polar bear slips into moat playing with toy at zoo - Added 5 weeks ago

A playful polar bear pawing at a toy lost his balance and slipped into a moat at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Zoo spokeswoman Laura Pedriani says a net caught Zero when he fell Monday so he wasn't hurt. Zoo workers cut...

Web site lets kids report school bullies incognito - Added 5 weeks ago

Hoping to combat the "snitch" label that often leads to silent suffering, six Utah schools have introduced a Web site that allows students to anonymously report bullies. A Brigham Young University student, Justin...

Man wins contest with 1,528-pound pumpkin - Added 5 weeks ago

Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August. A lot of weight. The pumpkin gained about thirty pounds a day on its way to victory Monday at the 35th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin...

Cops: Texas teacher offered better grade for sex - Added 5 weeks ago

A teacher initially placed on leave over a book controversy has been charged with trying to have sexual contact with three students, allegedly even asking one girl what she would do for a better grade. Kaleb Tierce,...

Longtime Fla. congressman Paul G. Rogers dies - Added 5 weeks ago

Former U.S. Rep. Paul G. Rogers, a Democrat who earned the nickname "Mr. Health" for his work on environmental and health care legislation during a 24-year career in Congress, has died. He was 87. Rogers died Monday...

3 tourists apparently drown in Hawaii's high surf - Added 5 weeks ago

Two sisters-in-law were struck by large waves on the Kauai shore and were pulled out to sea, and a snorkeler also died over the weekend as high surf hit Hawaii. The women were strolling along Queen's Bath in...

Man allegedly goes for wild ride on stolen combine - Added 5 weeks ago

A Minnesota man is under arrest after allegedly stealing a combine and taking it for drunken ride through several yards and crashing into a garage. The man was charged with first offense operating while intoxicated,...

Prosthetic eye gives horse a shot at show career - Added 5 weeks ago

A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse _ thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a...

Missouri grandmother's curiosity squashes scam - Added 5 weeks ago

Delpha Speak has 13 grandchildren and she didn't think it was completely implausible that one of her grandsons-in-law would call her to say he was in trouble. The 72-year-old retiree could tell something was wrong, and...

Cops: Man tries to pay for fast food meal with pot - Added 5 weeks ago

A McDonald's cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office said the cashier called Monday with a description of...

Congresswoman hit by car, breaks ribs, vertebrae - Added 5 weeks ago

U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio suffered broken ribs and vertebrae when she was struck by a car while jogging last week, but the damage wasn't discovered until after she fainted from pain on an overseas trip, her...

Guests at White House dinner for Italian PM - Added 5 weeks ago

Guest list for Monday's White House dinner honoring Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as provided by the White House. President Bush and Laura Bush Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Alfred A. Affinito,...

Wis. shooting victims sue law enforcement leaders - Added 5 weeks ago

The parents of four young people killed by a sheriff's deputy and the lone survivor of his shooting spree last year claim in a lawsuit that the gunman's law-enforcement superiors were negligent in supervising him and...

Supreme Court rejects obese Ohio inmate's appeal - Added 5 weeks ago

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an Ohio prisoner who argued he is too obese to be executed. Richard Cooey is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday. The court denied his request for a stay without...

Miss. FBI chief from civil rights era dies at 94 - Added 5 weeks ago

Roy K. Moore, an FBI agent who oversaw investigations into some of the most notorious civil rights-era killings, including those depicted in the movie "Mississippi Burning," has died. He was 94. Moore's daughter,...

Gay couples rush to wed ahead of Calif. election - Added 5 weeks ago

Gay couples from around California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage. Aaron Twitchell and...

New law meant to improve stability for foster care - Added 5 weeks ago

For many thousands of America's foster children, prospects for a permanent home and stronger support will be brighter under a new law that bridged Washington's partisan divide and is touted as the most significant...

Parties jockey for advantage on economic aid - Added 5 weeks ago

House Democrats and Republicans pushed dueling economic aid plans Monday as they jockeyed for political advantage on addressing a crisis that is shaping the last weeks of a high-stakes election. Democrats scheduled...

Houston TV station helicopter crashes, 2 dead - Added 5 weeks ago

A pilot and television camera operator died Monday when their helicopter crashed near Houston on the way to cover a news story. KTRK, an affiliate of ABC, reported the helicopter it had leased was flying to the scene...

Federal probe lingers in Florida boot camp death - Added 5 weeks ago

A looming federal investigation and possible trial is making it difficult for seven juvenile Florida boot camp guards and a nurse acquitted last year of state charges in the death of a 14-year-old boy to move on with...

Fire marshals: NY blaze likely caused by fire play - Added 5 weeks ago

A blaze that claimed the lives of a couple and their three children in a Manhattan apartment was likely caused by a child playing with a lighter or matches, authorities said Monday. The couple's 10-year-old son...

Police say 'hot kielbasa' was meant for snorting - Added 5 weeks ago

A Brooklyn butcher shop worker called his specialty "hot kielbasa" _ for snorting, not eating. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the kielbasa was really cocaine _ not the Polish sausage sold in a popular meat market. ...

Study: Peers, not profs, influence student views - Added 5 weeks ago

On issues such as abortion, gay marriage and religion, college students shift noticeably to the left from the time they arrive on campus through their junior year, new research shows. The reason, according to UCLA's...

ATF director's confirmation blocked by GOP - Added 5 weeks ago

For more than two years, U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan has been consumed by the latest entry on his resume: acting chief of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Republican has been...

Bush: Banks will get help for access to capital - Added 5 weeks ago

!!-- AUDIO:186,185,184,183,179 -->President Bush said Monday that his administration will work to implement measures to help banks gain access to capital, strengthen the financial system and unfreeze credit markets. ...

Iraq calmer but copycat kidnappings spread - Added 5 weeks ago

Five years ago, retired Air Force intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing, his wife fearing she'll never see him again. Besides the personal...

Last chance to see NY's manmade waterfalls Monday - Added 5 weeks ago

Four manmade waterfalls on New York's East River are about to dry up _ much to the relief of critics who say salty water from the art installation has destroyed waterfront foliage. The waterfalls are scheduled to be...

Pooh characters adorn vacant house in Flint, Mich. - Added 5 weeks ago

!!-- pobj:MIFLI-1009081052 -->Characters from the beloved story of Winnie the Pooh are brightening one of the many vacant homes in the struggling industrial city of Flint. Twenty-year-old Kristina Pringle has a sketch...

Car hits school bus in Louisiana and catches fire - Added 5 weeks ago

Nine people are at a hospital after a car struck a school bus in Lafayette, La. and caught fire. The bus was carrying 15 elementary students on Monday when it was hit. Officials say a mother and her two children were...

Atlanta Jews remember 'bomb that healed' - Added 5 weeks ago

The bombing of a prominent Atlanta synagogue in 1958 claimed no lives, but the community outrage that it prompted helped galvanize the city's nervous Jewish community to embrace the civil rights movement. Members of...

Eating champ delivers top pizza performance in NY - Added 5 weeks ago

Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again _ this time proving he's a pizza powerhouse. He downed 45 slices in 10 minutes Sunday to win the first Famous Famiglia World Pizza Eating Championship in New York's Times...

Jury: $10.7M for NYC woman in wait for brain scan - Added 5 weeks ago

A jury has awarded nearly $11 million to a woman who became partially paralyzed after waiting two hours for a hospital brain scan. Jurors found New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens was negligent in caring for...

Scene of grisly mob slaying has haunted past - Added 5 weeks ago

!!-- pobj:NYSTA202-0601052323 -->!!-- pobj:NYSTA204-0723082323 -->It is a fitting backdrop for a ghost story: An old mansion on a secluded hilltop sits empty, save for a caretaker who lives upstairs. A no-trespassing...

Today in History - Oct. 13 - Added 5 weeks ago

Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct....

Ex-Minn. legislator Allan Spear, gay pioneer, dies - Added 5 weeks ago

Allan H. Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation's first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71. He died Saturday of complications after heart surgery performed Thursday, said Don...

Obituaries in the news - Added 5 weeks ago

Robert W. Plaster LEBANON, Mo. (AP) _ Robert W. Plaster, a Missouri business leader who was accused in the 1970s of plotting to bomb a competitor's truck in an effort to dominate the propane business, died Saturday. He...

Lost manatee rescued in Mass. dies on trip to Fla. - Added 5 weeks ago

An animal welfare official says a wayward manatee that was rescued from cold Cape Cod waters died on the way home to Florida. Chris Cutter of the International Fund for Animal Welfare says the juvenile male manatee...

Chicago cop once jailed in Iowa celebrates release - Added 5 weeks ago

A Chicago policeman went for his first motorcycle ride since being released from an Iowa prison, only to be pulled over _ by officers who wanted to congratulate him. Michael Mette, 31, related the tale Sunday at a...

Soros slams US, EU leaders for 'slow' response - Added 5 weeks ago

Outspoken billionaire investor George Soros on Sunday criticized U.S. and European officials for taking too long to effectively address the financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was "very slow" to react...

NY grave of 1st Ellis Island immigrant gets marker - Added 5 weeks ago

The New York grave of an Irish woman who was the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island has been marked with a Celtic cross. Clergy members joined Annie Moore's descendants and admirers Saturday in a Queens...

World Bank to protect vulnerable countries - Added 5 weeks ago

The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil in international markets. Robert Zoellick, the...

NYC Council speaker supports term-limit law change - Added 5 weeks ago

The speaker of the New York City Council says she supports Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his bid to stay in office for a third term. Christine Quinn said Sunday that voters should have the choice of keeping the current...

Forecasters: Tropical Storm Nana forms in Atlantic - Added 5 weeks ago

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Tropical Storm Nana has formed in the eastern Atlantic, but predict it will weaken to a tropical depression by Monday. The storm is packing 40-mph winds about...

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National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Nana forms in eastern Atlantic, but likely to weaken. ...

Atlanta Jews remember 'bomb that healed' - Added 5 weeks ago

The bombing of a prominent Atlanta synagogue in 1958 claimed no lives, but the community outrage that it prompted helped galvanize the city's nervous Jewish community to embrace the civil rights movement. Members of...