LANSING, Mich. – Ten female inmates who say male workers raped and sexually abused them in a state prison were awarded $15.5 million Friday in what may be the first of several trials. The jury’s decision was unanimous, and the panel’s foreperson took the rare step of apologizing to the …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Brad Paisley’s “Online” video received four Country Music Television awards nominations, and Sugarland received three for their video “Stay.” Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Trace Adkins were next with three nominations apiece. The fan-voted nominations were announced Thursday by …
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The world’s hungry soon will find even slimmer pickings when it comes to emergency food aid from the United States, whose humanitarian relief agency is scaling back amid skyrocketing global prices, The Washington Post reports. The U.S. Agency for International Development plans to reduce the number of recipient nations, the …
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WICHITA, Kan. – Deputies say a woman in western Kansas became stuck on her boyfriend’s toilet after sitting on it for two years. Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat. She initially refused emergency medical services but was …
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Sunday claimed an early lead in elections, including in some rural strongholds of President Robert Mugabe, in an apparent effort to thwart any attempt to rig the vote count. The head of the Pan-African Parliament observer mission said he was sure most …
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JERUSALEM – Israel announced plans Monday for 1,400 new homes on land the Palestinians claim for a future state — just hours after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended a peacekeeping mission to the region. Jerusalem’s city hall announced it would build 600 new apartments in Pisgat Zeev, a …
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A trench collapsed near a sewer treatment plant in Millstadt, Ill., trapping two men, MyFOXStLouis reported. Emergency service crews are working to free the men. Click here to read more on this story from MyFOXStLouis.
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ATHENS, Greece – A passenger train derailed in central Greece, injuring 23 people, railway officials said. The train had been traveling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki when it derailed about 270 miles north of the capital near the city of Larissa overnight, Greek railway company OSE said. …
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 – After spending billions of dollars on Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford Motor Co. gave up on the storied British automakers Wednesday and unloaded them to India’s Tata Motors Ltd. for a mere third of the original purchase price. The deal is another sign of the …
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LOS ANGELES – The city of Las Vegas has shut down a clinic where up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis C and the HIV virus through the reuse of syringes and vials, officials said on Sunday. The clinic at the heart of the scandal, the Endoscopy …
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