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Linda Pugach, blinded in infamous NYC crime, dies
Linda Pugach, who was blinded in 1959 when her lover hired hit men to throw lye in her face — and became a media sensation after later marrying him ...
Republic Airways buys jets from Brazil's Embraer
Brazilian planemaker Embraer said Thursday it signed a contract with Republic Airways Holdings Inc. for the sale of 47 E-175 passenger jets for an ...
Fire in frigid Chicago makes for eerie winter wonderland
Chicago's worst blaze in seven years broke out in an unstable, vacant warehouse, but the true sight was what the firefighters left behind.
Security at Calif. dist. has high-powered rifles
The semiautomatic rifles look like they belong in a war zone instead of a suburban public school, but officials in this Los Angeles-area city say the ...
NM teen spends time at church after family slain
The New Mexico teen accused of killing his family and plotting to randomly gun down Wal-Mart shoppers spent much of the day after the early morning ...
WTC workers scrawl graffiti of defiance, hope
On most construction projects, workers are discouraged from signing or otherwise scrawling on the iron and concrete. At the skyscraper rising at ...
LA teacher suspected of sex abuse of 20 kids
An elementary school teacher who worked for nearly four decades in the Los Angeles Unified School District was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...
Sickening fog settles over Salt Lake City area
Michelle Francis keeps one eye on Utah's air quality index and the other on her 9-year-old daughter's chronic asthma these days. The air pollution is ...
Va. university lockdown ends; gun report a hoax
A lockdown at a Virginia university has been lifted after state police determined a report of a gunman on campus to be a hoax. Virginia State Police ...
Great white shark hanging out near NC coast again
A 16-foot great white shark named Mary Lee is among those who like calling North Carolina home. The Ocearch Shark Tracker has kept track of the ...
Sheriff: Second suspect possible in college attack
A second suspect may emerge in the aftermath of the shooting at a Houston-area community college that left three people injured, the Harris County ...
Coast Guardsman in custody after disappearance
A Coast Guardsman who disappeared more than three months ago and showed up at his home over the weekend was in military custody at Pearl Harbor on ...
Hate crime, murder alleged in Philly basement case
A paroled killer targeted mentally disabled adults in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, confining them like "zoo animals," forcing ...
Al-Qaida leader's brother condemns Mali operation
The brother of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday sanctioned violence against the West in retaliation for the French-led campaign against ...
Convicted Pa. pastor faces trial in 1st wife death
A former Methodist clergyman convicted of bludgeoning his second wife to death in 2008 now faces trial on whether he killed his first wife, too.
Questions and answers about China and North Korea
China took a step against longtime ally North Korea on Tuesday by voting in favor of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Pyongyang's ...
Fight leads to gunfire on Texas college campus
Luis Resendiz hid quietly in a small room with dozens of classmates after gunshots erupted in a courtyard on his college campus north of Houston.
Bishop apologizes for role in hiding priest abuse
Prosecutors who have been stymied for years in their attempts to build a criminal conspiracy case against retired Los Angeles Archdiocese Cardinal ...
Authorities: NM teen planned more shootings
The New Mexico teenager accused of gunning down five family members over the weekend ambushed his father as he returned home from an overnight shift ...
Midwest bundles up as bitter cold grips region
Homeless people scrambled to find shelter, schools closed down and plumbers wrestled with frozen pipes Tuesday as the Upper Midwest endured a third ...
NIH group: most research chimps to Chimp Haven
All but about 50 of hundreds of research chimpanzees belonging to the National Institutes of Health should be retired to the national sanctuary in ...
Prosecutors want 35-year term in Mumbai attack
An American who played a central role in the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, that left more than 160 people dead should spend no more than 35 ...
Pa. ex-pastor convicted of murdering his 2nd wife
A former pastor awaiting trial in the 1999 death of his first wife was convicted Tuesday of fatally bludgeoning his second wife nine years later.
Ex-foster child testifies in Mass. class action
Beginning at age 8, Lauren James bounced among at least 14 different foster homes, along the way being forced to scrub floors, clean up after dogs, ...