PARIS – France’s Interior Ministry says it is grouping its elite police intervention units into a single force to better fight potential terrorist attacks. Three existing units, comprising a total of 500 people, will be united under a single command. The anti-terrorism group will be called the Intervention Force of …
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. – Two climbers missing on Mount Hood for the past five days are likely dead and a search will not resume anytime soon because of severe avalanche danger, officials said Tuesday. Dr. Terri Schmidt, an expert on hypothermia and mountain survival, said there was less than a …
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DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Authorities say the bodies of a woman and her husband have been found in a Dawson County river, and the woman’s stepfather was arrested. Dawson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Tony Wooten says the body of 21-year-old Jennifer West Budrawich of Effingham County was found on Sunday, …
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TEHRAN, Iran – An aide says a nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was killed in fighting between protesters and security forces. The close aide to Mousavi says the nephew, Ali Mousavi, died of wounds in a hospital on Sunday. SLIDESHOW: Bloody Protests in Iran (WARNING: Graphic) The …
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Walk around Kodinji village and you’ll think that you have double vision. The village is home to as many as 230 sets of twins. Nobody knows why there are so many twins in the village of 15,000 people, although one local doctor suspects it might be due to the water. …
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The popular Cash for Clunkers program generated nearly 700,000 new car sales during the past month, giving the U.S. auto industry a badly needed jolt of activity during the deepest decline in auto sales in two decades. The government, releasing final data on the car incentives, said Wednesday that dealers …
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This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” August 13, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: Chicago is known for dirty — Chicago is known for dirty politics, Windy City. Native Rahm Emanuel — no exception to the Chicago …
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Government safety officials are once again warning parents about Simplicity bassinets after two infants were trapped and killed. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday that two young children died after getting trapped in previously recalled Simplicity close-sleeper/beside sleeper bassinets. If the fabric velcro-fastened flap covering the metal bars of …
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SAN MATEO, Calif. – Authorities say an explosion at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo has forced students to leave and classes to be canceled. There are no reports of injuries. San Mateo police Lt. Mike Brunicardi says officers received several calls just after 8 a.m. Monday from teachers and …
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Apple iPods have burned users or caught fire more than a dozen times, but neither the company nor the federal government has disclosed this to the public, according to a Seattle television station. In a report posted on its Web site Tuesday, KIRO-TV says it used the Freedom of Information …
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