DENVER – Authorities have arrested a 14-year-old girl on suspicion of manslaughter while they investigate her story that she helped her father commit suicide. The girl said her 56-year-old father, a self-employed electrician, tried to fatally shoot himself Sunday and was near death when she found him, allegedly prompting her …
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CLEVELAND – Shooting at baskets he practiced on all summer, former Cleveland prep star Mike Gansey fashioned yet another West Virginia upset — this one in two overtimes. The junior guard scored a career-high 29 points — 19 of them in the two overtimes — and the Mountaineers sent No. …
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NEW YORK – Jennifer Aniston (search) says she’s been able to “tune out” the “tough and the nasty” headlines and rumors surrounding her separation from Brad Pitt. “There is always going to be the tough and the nasty. You just tune out to that,” said Aniston in an interview on …
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NEW YORK – The McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHP) Monday said its has agreed to acquire J.D. Power & Associates (search), best known for its automobile ratings. Terms weren’t disclosed. New York-based McGraw-Hill is a leading producer of textbooks, the publisher of BusinessWeek magazine, and the parent of credit-rating service Standard & …
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CRAWFORD, Texas – President Bush (search) plans to visit the Netherlands and the ex-Soviet republics of Georgia and Latvia in May, along with a previously announced trip to Russia to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II (search), White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Thursday. …
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This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” March 14, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET JIM ANGLE, GUEST HOST: China’s parliament passed a law today authorizing the use of force to stop any move …
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WASHINGTON – At least 108 people have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, most of them violently, according to government data provided to The Associated Press. Roughly a quarter of those deaths have been investigated as possible abuse by U.S. personnel. The figure, far higher than any previously …
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KIEV, Ukraine – Former President Leonid Kuchma (search) was questioned Thursday in connection with the 2000 killing of an investigative journalist who wrote about top-level government corruption, prosecutors said. Kuchma was questioned as a witness as part of an investigation into the slaying of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze (search), said prosecutor …
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HOUSTON – A 2-year-old remained in critical condition Sunday after being shot by his 4-year-old brother, who may not have known the difference between a real and a toy gun, police said. Police Sgt. Cameron Grysen (search) said the boys had been arguing at their home in southwest Houston (search) …
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HOLON, Israel – Israeli troops are now sporting gear that Dick Tracy would be proud of: tiny video screens, worn on the wrist, which display video shot by unmanned airplanes. Similar screens have been in use for close to a year in the Israeli military’s attack helicopters, helping pilots identify …
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