 | Teen 'sport killings' of homeless on the rise (News)
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All Nathan Moore says he wanted to do was smoke pot and get drunk with his friends.
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| Police: U.S. seniors fight off muggers, killing one (News)
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A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.
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| Girl's feet severed on ride at Six Flags in Kentucky (News)
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A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.
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| Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 (News)
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Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle,&..
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| Times Square bombing caught on tape (News)
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Security camera footage shows a person approach a Times Square military recruiting office and ride away on a bicycle shortly before a bomb damaged the building Thursday morning.
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| 'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68 (News)
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Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68.
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| Television's 'Mr. Wizard' dies at 89 (News)
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Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
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| Sony touts tiny, film-thin TV screen that bends (News)
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In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all -- a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video.
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| Deadly $2 heroin targets teens (News)
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A cheap, highly addictive drug known as "cheese heroin" has killed 21 teenagers in the Dallas area over the past two years, and authorities say they are hoping they can stop the fad before i..
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| Man who glued TV watchers to the couch dies (News)
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Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died.
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| Astronaut Wally Schirra, fifth American in space, dies at 84 (News)
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Wally Schirra, one of the original astronauts in the Mercury 7 project, died Thursday at age 84, NASA officials said.
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| Vatican issues 10 Commandments for drivers (News)
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Got road rage? The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists to be charitable to others on the highways, to refrain from drinking and driving, and ..
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| Are humans hard-wired for faith? (News)
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"I just know God is with me. I can feel Him always," a young Haitian woman once told me.
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| 'A Christmas Story' director, son killed in crash (News)
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Film director Bob Clark, best known for the holiday classic "A Christmas Story," was killed with his son Wednesday in a head-on crash with a vehicle that a drunken driver steered into the wr..
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| Report: Parks shut down drop-tower rides after teen loses feet (News)
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A teen who lost her feet in an accident at a Kentucky amusement park has undergone surgery, a park spokeswoman said Friday, while two park operators closed similar rides around the country.
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| Entertainer Robert Goulet dies at 73 (News)
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Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced baritone whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career, has died. He was 73.
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| 1867 nanomachine now reality (News)
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Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of microscopic nanomachines.
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| Ex-SNL comic Al Franken running for Senate (News)
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Outspoken comedian and liberal radio host Al Franken announced Wednesday that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate from his home state of Minnesota.
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| Author Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 (News)
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Kurt Vonnegut, whose absurdist visions and cynical outlook infused such books as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," has died. He was 84.
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| Don Ho, Hawaiian 'Tiny Bubbles' crooner, dies (News)
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Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune "Tiny Bubbles," has died. He was 76.
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| Agency investigating Rove's political operation (News)
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A small federal agency responsible for safeguarding federal employees from political coercion has launched an extensive investigation into the activities of the White House's political operation and i..
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| Police: U.S. seniors fight off muggers, killing one (News)
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A tour group of U.S. senior citizens fought off a band of muggers in eastern Costa Rica, sending two of the assailants fleeing and killing a third, police said Thursday.
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| 'B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies (News)
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Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning "B.C." comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, died Saturday while working at his home in Endicott, New York. He was 76.
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| Trapeze artist plunges to his death during show (News)
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The fatal plunge of a Mexican circus trapeze artist during a show packed with children is under investigation by the state's workplace safety division, officials said Tuesday.
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| Second wave of tornadoes rakes Plains (News)
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Tornadoes tore across the nation's midsection for a second night Saturday, 24 hours after a storm leveled Greensburg, Kansas.
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