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MIAMI - Ruth Shafer Fleisher says she was born to fly. At 13, the daughter of an airplane mechanic was already logging flight hours, piloting any type of plane she could get her hands on....
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The cases vary, and no one has declared victory just yet.But the suits focus on one key argument: Traffic laws must be uniform across the state, and city-by-city camera laws violate that principle....
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Some knew her, others only knew of her. But they will never forget the day 18 years ago when the blonde, blue-eyed 11-year-old was snatched in broad daylight on her way to a bus stop....
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WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he might refuse to speak with a prosecutor investigating suspected CIA prisoner abuses, a probe he branded as political and bad for national security....
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OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- President Obama and his family prepared to depart Martha's Vineyard today, heading back to the White House for two days before taking another break before school begins, this time at Camp David....
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LOS ANGELES — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging residents who live near the massive Los Angeles-area wildfire to listen to authorities and evacuate if ordered....
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A published report says Britain decided in 2007 to make the Lockerbie bomber eligible for a return to Libya, after talks stalled between Libya and British petroleum giant BP over a huge oil exploration deal....
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Japan's apparent new prime minister-in-waiting, 62-year-old Yukio Hatoyama, may seem an unlikely figure to radically change the face of Japanese politics....
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Investigators in Tarrant County are looking into the discovery of skeletal remains found last Sunday....
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Starting Tuesday, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office will assume responsibility for the field operations and enforcement elements of the county’s Animal Services division....
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The skeletal remains found on Aug. 17 of West Fort Island Trail are beginning to reveal their secrets....
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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Florida
Governor Charlie Crist chose George LeMieux, a former chief of staff,
to serve out the U.S. Senate term of Republican Mel Martinez, who
announced this month he would resign when a replacement is named....
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A spokesman for South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer says Bauer will call for embattled Gov. Mark Sanford to step down....
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AZUSA, Calif. — About 1,000 firefighters are battling a brush fire in the foothills above the San Gabriel Valley northeast of downtown Los Angeles....
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MELBOURNE - Authorities say they've broken up a retail theft ring that might have stolen millions of dollars in merchandise from central Florida Publix supermarkets over the past decade....
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HYANNIS PORT, Mass. — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in an enduring political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a yearlong struggle with bra...
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Despite fears of an impending swine flu pandemic this fall and winter, more than half of all health-care workers surveyed in Hong Kong said they will not get vaccinated....
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LONDON (Reuters) - G20 finance ministers will discuss next week how to curb excessive bankers' pay but the group of leading nations is not expected to heed a French call to "cap and tax" bonuses, officials and analysts said....
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A string of vehicle bombs apparently targeting a foreign construction company have killed at least 41 civilians in the city of vfg in southern Afghanistan....
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A 9-year-old Inverness youth was arrested today and booked after allegedly punching an Inverness Primary School guidance counselor in the face....
