BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies At Age 77

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:37 AM EDT (KSFY)

Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies At Age 77

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Iowa coach who helped launch NFL careers is slain -

Seeded on Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:07 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

PARKERSBURG, Iowa – A high school coach who helped launch several professional football careers was gunned down by a former player Wednesday morning in front of students taking part in an offseason workout, authorities said.

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Feds arrest head of anti-gang group in LA

Seeded on Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:56 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

ANGELES – A man who left a ruthless street gang in Central America and won political asylum in the U.S. after starting the Los Angeles branch of an agency that rescues kids from gang life was arrested Wednesday as part of a federal gang crackdown.

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Wal-Mart pays $2M to avoid charges in death probe

Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 5:44 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Instead, she said, the company has agreed to implement an improved crowd-management plan for post-Thanksgiving Day sales, set up a $400,000 victims' compensation and remuneration fund, and give $1.5 million to Nassau County social services programs and nonprofit groups. The agre …

Inspectors find safety problems at nuclear weapons complex

Seeded on Mon May 4, 2009 1:09 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON — Contractors at one of the nation's major nuclear weapons complexes repeatedly used substandard construction materials and components that, could've caused a major radioactive spill, a recently completed internal government probe has found.

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Wacky warning winner: Stop car when nature calls

Seeded on Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:17 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

DETROIT – Itching to use "The Original Off-Road Commode," a toilet seat that attaches to the back of your vehicle? Stop driving first, warns the product's makers, taking first place in an annual contest recognizing silly warning labels.

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Newsbreak: Pharmacy made mistake in horse drug

Seeded on Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:47 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

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Adoptive mom of girl found in storage bin arrested

Seeded on Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:43 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

DETROIT – A prosecutor says the person arrested in the death of a 9-year-old quadriplegic girl whose body was found in a Michigan storage unit is her adoptive mother.

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'Dog the Bounty Hunter' shot at in Colo. Springs

Seeded on Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:37 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Police in Colorado say shots were fired at TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and a bail bondsman when they tried to apprehend a man whose bail was revoked on an attempted murder charge.

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U.S. officials track new flu strain

Seeded on Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:00 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

A new type of swine flu has infected at least two children in California and while both have recovered, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they were looking for more cases.

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Nationals bench Dukes after Little League-related tardy note

Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:46 PM EDT (Yahoo! Sports)

On Saturday, Washington outfielder Elijah Dukes was benched, fined $500 and threatened with a demotion to the minor leagues after he showed up to the park a mere five minutes after the team's usual reporting time.

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Angels rookie Adenhart killed in hit-and-run crash

Seeded on Thu Apr 9, 2009 1:02 PM EDT (Yahoo! Sports)

ANAHEIM, Calif.

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Multistate plane chase ends on Missouri dirt road

Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 12:40 PM EDT (CNN)

The chase began with a stolen plane from a Canadian flight school, meandered through three states with U.S. fighter jets hot on the trail and forced the evacuation of the state Capitol in Wisconsin

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Mom Sees Daughter Hit Head-on by Racing Car

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 11:28 PM EDT ()

A Chula Vista woman died Sunday from injuries she suffered in a head-on collision in Ramona. Alexandria Drake, 25, was driving along State Route 67 around 11 a.m. with her baby in the backseat.

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Woman follows GPS, gets stuck in snowmobile trail

Seeded on Wed Apr 1, 2009 11:20 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

LANGLADE, Wis. – A motorist relying on a GPS navigation unit found out the hard way that technology is not always the answer. Sheriff's officials said a woman was driving when the best routing from the GPS sent her onto a road that forked into a snowmobile trail.

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Kids mistakenly drink wiper fluid at Ark. day care

Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:06 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Ten children at an Arkansas day-care center drank windshield wiper fluid after the owner served it from a container mistaken for Kool-Aid and placed in a refrigerator, authorities said Friday.

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Pet store expects fish shipment, but gets corpse

Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:02 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

PHILADELPHIA – Employees of a Pennsylvania pet store expecting a shipment of tropical fish and salt water got a man's dead body instead. Mark Arabia owns the Pets Plus store in northeast Philadelphia, where the mix-up was discovered Tuesday.

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Obama, taking on unions, backs teacher merit pay

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:07 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama embraced merit pay for teachers Tuesday in spelling out a vision of education that will almost certainly alienate union backers. Educators oppose charter schools because they divert tax dollars away from traditional public schools.

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Dow jumps more than 300 as Citi announces profit

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:15 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK – Wall Street got some good news from Citigroup, and responded with a huge rally. Led by financial stocks, the market made its first big move upward in weeks Tuesday after Citigroup Inc. said it had operated at a profit during the first two months of the year.

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Eagle survives crash through truck windshield

Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 12:23 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

RENO, Nev. – The eagle has landed — with a thud — after crashing through the windshield of a tractor-trailer on a Nevada highway.

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Neb. deputies say man stuffed cat inside 'bong'

Seeded on Mon Mar 2, 2009 2:53 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

OMAHA, Neb. – A man who tried to mellow out his cat by stuffing her into a homemade bong is facing criminal charges — and catcalls from animal lovers.

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Bears fan watches NFL game on laptop, gets $28,000 phone bill : Ben Patterson : Yahoo! Tech

Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:56 PM EST (Yahoo! Tech - Daily Features)

Take an AT&T wireless card with an unlimited data plan, add a laptop loaded with Slingbox software, and toss in a diehard Bears fan on a Caribbean-bound cruise ship that was still sitting in the Port of Miami.

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Chris Matthews Explains "Oh, God!" Utterance

Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:48 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

During today's Hardball, Chris Matthews will address the moment last night when a live mic caught him muttering "Oh, God," as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal came out to deliver the GOP rebuttal to President Obama's address.

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Father arrested after 2 yr old son dies from injuries

Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:20 AM EST (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

EL CAJON – The father of a 2-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder and assault after paramedics found the boy unconscious and he later died, according to San Diego police.

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Police: Man stabs son for wearing hat in church

Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:17 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

BALTIMORE – Police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son after he refused to take off his hat at church earlier in the day. The father and his 19-year-old son got into an argument on Sunday afternoon.

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