MADRID, Spain – A judge sent two Moroccan brothers to jail Saturday on provisional charges of collaborating with a terrorist group in connection with the deadly Madrid train bombings (search) last year, but ordered their parents freed. The family, detained Tuesday, was questioned overnight by a judge leading the probe …
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WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (search) wants Western Hemisphere countries to cooperate with one another to stem “anti-social, destabilizing behavior” like corruption, gangs and drug trafficking. “The kinds of problems that the hemisphere faces are problems that don’t lend themselves to single-nation solutions,” the Pentagon chief said while …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – About 1,000 U.S. Marines (search) and Iraqi soldiers have launched a major operation in western Iraq to disrupt insurgents and foreign fighters in the Euphrates River valley, the U.S. military said Friday. The operation, dubbed Quick Strike, began Wednesday with Iraqi soldiers and Marines positioning their units, …
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LONDON – Scotland Yard believes it has thwarted an Al Qaeda gas attack aimed at ministers and members of parliament. The plot, hatched last year, is understood to have been discovered in coded e-mails on computers seized from terror suspects in Britain and Pakistan (search). Police and MI5 then identified …
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FRESNO, Calif. – An 11-year-old girl who threw a rock at a boy during a water balloon fight escaped jail time Wednesday on a felony assault with a deadly weapon charge after lawyers worked out a deal in the emotionally charged case. Maribel Cuevas (search) was ordered to meet with …
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WASHINGTON – John Dahl’s (search) career can be summed up in four words: good movies, bad timing. Dahl does not dispute this characterization, which extends even to his latest project, the World War II drama “The Great Raid.” (search) The movie sat on the shelf for a year while Miramax …
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ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – A 37-year-old Iraqi male died Aug. 22 at Abu Ghraib ( search) as a result of gunshot wounds sustained while engaging Coalition Forces, according to a U.S. military release. The terrorist was evacuated to the 344th Field Hospital ( search) on Aug. 6 with gunshot wounds. …
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PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A man who got angry with his wife because she wanted to cuddle after sex when what he really wanted to do was watch sports on television was sentenced to death for killing her with a claw hammer. Christopher Offord (search), 30, was sentenced Wednesday by …
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NEW YORK – Michaels Stores Inc. (MIK) said Wednesday its second-quarter net income rose about 15 percent as it sold more full-priced merchandise and expanded its operating margins. The arts and crafts retailer said its net income for the quarter rose to $30.8 million, or 22 cents per share, from …
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Our daughter will be attending college next year. Is there a way to estimate how much financial aid she’ll qualify for? As you know, paying for college is a daunting task. During the past school year, the average tuition, room and board and other expenses at private universities was $26,070, …
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