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5 dead after small jet crashes in eastern GA
Five people were killed and two injured when a small jet crashed off the end of a runway in eastern Georgia, an official confirmed early Thursday.
More top universities to offer free online courses
More top universities outside the United States are joining the rush to offer "massive open online courses" that are broadening access to higher ...
Sanitizer, oil, static blamed in hospital fire
A combination of hand sanitizer, olive oil and static electricity likely caused an accidental fire that burned a young patient at a Portland hospital, ...
Gas leak reported before blast leveled restaurant
A day after a natural gas explosion leveled a popular restaurant, investigators raced to search the rubble and tried to understand how the blast ...
Indiana teacher suspended over anti-gay remarks
An Indiana school district reeling from the uproar over a teacher's comments that she believes gays have no purpose in life suspended the woman ...
Attorney likens ex-Peterson lawyer to dictator
A former lead attorney for Drew Peterson managed the one-time police officer's murder trial like a "dictatorship," a current Peterson lawyer said ...
NYC Cardinal Dolan deposed about Wis. abuse cases
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, was deposed Wednesday about abuse cases against Roman Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of ...
Report: Mexico disappearances constitute 'crisis'
Human Rights Watch called Mexico's anti-drug offensive "disastrous" in a report Wednesday that cites 249 cases of disappearances that the group says ...
Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on Facebook
Facebook is apologizing for a problem that makes a 104-year-old Michigan woman lie about her age on the social media website. Marguerite Joseph's ...
Trial begins in case of fatal Ore. hunting mistake
Lawyers for an Oregon hunter who killed a man he mistook for a bear say they concede their client shot the Marine reservist, but they maintain the ...
Ariz. slaying suspect can't recall most of killing
A woman charged with killing her lover testified Wednesday that she has no recollection of stabbing him, slitting his throat or even whether she shot ...
Prosecutor: Maine man knew of Zumba prostitution
An insurance agent accused of helping a Zumba dance instructor run a prostitution business was deeply involved and consulted frequently with her — ...
Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote
A southwest Ohio woman who says she was fired because she voted for President Barack Obama filed a lawsuit against her former employer.
Official: Cadaver dogs search in Kansas City blast
Cadaver dogs searched through the smoldering rubble of a Kansas City restaurant after a gas explosion sparked a massive blaze Tuesday evening in an ...
NKorean propaganda video shows Obama in flames
A new North Korean video portrays President Barack Obama and American troops in flames and says the North conducted its recent nuclear test because ...
Ex, current Peterson lawyers face off in court
The attorney who led the defense team in Drew Peterson's 2012 murder trial sat in the witness box Tuesday and faced questions from his former ...
Suit: Hospital granted request for no black nurses
An African-American nurse claims a Michigan hospital agreed to a man's request that no black nurses care for his newborn. Forty-nine-year-old Tonya ...
Prosecutors seek death penalty in 'Cathouse' case
The former girlfriend of a man accused of killing four people, including a prostitute featured on HBO's "Cathouse" series, testified Tuesday she ...
Shooting spree across Calif county leaves 4 dead
A violent rampage that left four dead in suburban Orange County began in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday when a 20-year-old killed a woman in his home and ...
In info age, Belgian diamond heist is a throwback
At a time when many robberies take place at the click of a mouse, a group of jewel thieves has shown there's still a potential payoff for ...
911 call asking for cigarettes leads to arrest
A Texas woman wanted to make sheriff's deputies the butt of a joke, but she picked the wrong audience when she called 911 to have cigarettes delivered ...
Fla. imam takes stand, denies Taliban connection
An elderly Muslim cleric on trial for allegedly funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban terrorist organization vehemently ...
Texas woman delivers 2 sets of identical twins
A Texas woman has beaten long odds in delivering two sets of identical twin boys. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/W0Asnn) reports Tressa Montalvo ...
Police: Shot reported at Pa. campus was newspaper
Police in Pennsylvania say a student's report of a gunshot being fired was instead the sound of a newspaper hitting the sidewalk. Gettysburg police ...
Coast Guard: Cause of cruise ship fire was a leak
Now that investigators have determined the origins of the engine-room fire that paralyzed a Carnival cruise ship at sea for five days, they will try ...