Cubans leaving island in rising numbers, fueling clash of new and old in Miami
Father of missing Michigan baby faces murder charge
1 dead, 2 hurt in Metro Red Line welding accident
One contractor died and two Metro employees were injured in a welding accident in a Red Line subway tunnel between Union Station and the Judiciary Square stop early Sunday, Metro said.
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AP sources: Navy SEALs raid Somali town, don’t find al-Qaida suspect related to Nairobi attack
A U.S. military official tells The Associated Press that Navy SEALs have raided a Somali coastal town looking for a specific al-Qaida suspect in connection with the Nairobi shopping mall attack,
Continue Reading »8-year-old girl killed after running in front of ice cream truck in Kansas City
An 8-year-old girl has died after being struck by an ice cream truck she was trying to catch in Kansas City.
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Lottery ticket turns into $17,500 tip for Springfield, Ore., bartender
An Oregon bartender got the tip of a lifetime this week.
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Prescott, Ariz., fire chief who oversaw department when 19 firefighters died is leaving job
The chief of the Arizona fire department that lost 19 wildland firefighters in June says he is being forced out of his job.
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2 more bikers in police custody in NYC motorcycle-SUV brawl; 1 charged with gang assault
LA officials seek fix to $1B program after students crack iPad security, access video games
Education officials in the nation’s second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000 students after an embarrassing
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