HONOLULU – A fighter jet among a troubled fleet of F-15s that recently returned to the skies plunged into the ocean Friday, but the pilot ejected in time and was rescued shortly afterward. A Coast Guard helicopter plucked the Hawaii National Guard pilot from the ocean. He was taken to …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sweden’s state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket on Thursday said it plans to help satisfy Swedes by adding sex toys to its shelves. The one-year sales trial will start in June at 50 selected Apoteket stores around the country. It was not clear what type of products would be …
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RENO, Nev. – The search is on for Reno’s “Botox Bandit” — the latest case in which patrons skip out on spas without paying for treatments designed to erase signs of aging. Police said a middle-aged woman left Genesis Medical Spa in Reno on March 12 without paying more than …
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SAN’A, Yemen – Three mortar rounds targeting the U.S. Embassy crashed into a high school for girls next door Tuesday, killing a Yemeni security guard and wounding more than a dozen girls, officials said. The State Department said U.S. Embassy officials in Yemen had concluded that the attack was “directed …
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JERUSALEM – Israel‘s defense minister quit the Likud Party on Sunday to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon‘s new centrist faction, saying his former party had been hijacked by “right-wing extremists.” The defection of Shaul Mofaz, one of the most prominent Likud leaders, further marginalized the increasingly hard-line party and gave …
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Minnesota ranks at the top of a list of the nation’s healthiest states in a report released Monday. The state again capped an annual list of health measures put out by several nonprofit groups, which measure infant mortality and obesity rates, numbers of the uninsured, and other health factors. The …
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WASHINGTON – The Senate has voted to set aside more than $3 billion in federal aid to help low-income families meet expected record heating bills this winter and next. For this winter, the Senate cleared $2.1 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program on Wednesday as part of …
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DETROIT – A man killed his mother and a co-worker Wednesday and seriously wounded a teenage niece in an early morning shooting spree that ended when he committed suicide, police said. Jamal Samuels, 22, shot his mother, 56-year-old Annie Samuels, and his 14-year-old niece multiple times at their home on …
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MADRID, Spain – Police have arrested at least seven people suspected of financing and giving logistical support to an Islamic extremist group with links to Al Qaeda, officials said Friday. Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said police who made the arrests late Thursday and early Friday in the Costa del …
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This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” December 28, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. MIKE GALLAGHER, GUEST CO-HOST: The Department of Defense has denied repeated requests from The Weekly Standard magazine to release unclassified documents recovered in post-war Iraq. The documents may offer new details about …
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