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Cruise passengers return home, feds probe fire
Passengers of the Carnival Triumph tried to put the memories of their nightmarish cruise behind them Friday, boarding buses and planes for home after ...
Dolphin entangled in fishing line freed off Calif.
A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego. Lifeguards and SeaWorld animal ...
Man arrested in Alaska Coast Guard base deaths
An Alaska man was arrested Friday in last year's shooting deaths at a Coast Guard communications station on Kodiak Island that left two employees ...
Cruise passengers became comrades on trip home
When their cruise ship lost power, passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph could have been selfish and looked out only for themselves and their loved ...
Va man pleads guilty to killing 8, shooting copter
A man who shot and killed eight people, including his sister and her family, at his central Virginia home in 2010 was sentenced Friday to five life ...
Bunnies taking toll on cars at Denver airport
Silly rabbits. The furry creatures are wreaking havoc on cars parked at Denver International Airport by eating spark plug cables and other wiring.
Opponents denounce call for anti-gay prom in Ind.
A quiet Indiana community known for its parks and corn festival has become the latest setting for the debate over gay rights and bullying after ...
No guns at home, so Japanese shoot 'em up in Guam
Their well-equipped arsenals offer everything from tiny revolvers (for ladies) to Berettas, Glocks, semi-automatic pistols and M16 military assault ...
My classmate, the robot: NY pupil attends remotely
In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that's ...
Bartender, I'll have another ... for charity
Call it benevolence through beer, donating via daiquiri or generosity by gin and tonic. A new Houston bar is offering its customers not just a relaxed ...
A glimpse downstairs at America's Downton Abbey
If the Crawley family of "Downton Abbey" were American, they'd summer at Newport. The wild stateside success of the British period drama about ...
NY man gets prison time, fine for rhino horn buy
A New York City antiques dealer who admitted he illegally bought rhinoceros horns has been sentenced to six months in prison. David Hausman also was ...
Ex-LA cop hostage story renews manhunt questions
Karen and Jim Reynolds say they came face to face with fugitive Christopher Dorner, not on a snow-covered mountain trail, but inside their cabin-style ...
Online chatter continues over Dorner rampage
The death of ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in a fiery standoff with authorities has done little to quell online chatter over a man ...
As others pull back, Vegas amps up gun promotions
One Las Vegas shooting range was selling "take a shot at love" packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another offered wedding packages in ...
Cartel kingpin is Chicago's new Public Enemy No. 1
A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city's new Public Enemy No. 1 — the same notorious label assigned to Al ...
A glance at Carnival's decisions for disabled ship
Since an engine-room fire left the Carnival Triumph powerless in the Gulf of Mexico four days ago, Carnival Cruise Lines officials have been faced ...
Key moments in disabled Carnival ship's voyage
A disabled Carnival cruise ship carrying 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members was slowly being towed across the Gulf of Mexico to shore Thursday, ...
Bookkeeper who stole $53M gets nearly 20 years
A former city bookkeeper was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $53 million from her Illinois community, in what ...
Long-married couples in NY to share celebration
Murray and Esther Redlitz fell for each other in the worst of circumstances. The two Holocaust survivors met in Poland while trying to find missing ...
Brother of Josh Powell kills himself in Minnesota
A year after Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state, his brother has committed suicide.
Afghan leader, US general discuss civilian deaths
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded an explanation from the new top commander of U.S. and NATO troops for an airstrike that local ...
Man accused biting off ear lobe pleads not guilty
A Connecticut man accused of biting off his cousin's ear lobe and swallowing it during a fight over loud music has pleaded not guilty to assault and ...
JFK memorabilia draws hundreds to Mass. town
A preview of John F. Kennedy memorabilia including notes by his special assistant on the day the president was assassinated is drawing hundreds of ...
Rare Ruhlmann piano to be auctioned in NYC
An art deco grand piano that sailed aboard the French ocean liner Normandie in the 1930s and spent decades inside a Buffalo mansion is up for auction.