CHICAGO – Two executives of a German-based company have been arrested on federal charges of conspiring to import honey from China contaminated with an illegal antibiotic, authorities said Tuesday. Prosecutors issued a statement saying the honey was falsely labeled as coming from countries including Russia and Ukraine to avoid paying …
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SANTIAGO, Chile – The Chaiten volcano poured out gas and ash for a sixth day on Wednesday as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised support for thousands of people forced to flee their homes. • Click here to view photos. Rodrigo Rojas, planning director at the government’s Emergency Bureau, said the …
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OMAHA, Neb. – A 16-year-old boy is suffering from serious injuries after stealing a police squad car, then crashing the cruiser a short time later. Police say the incident began when the teen was arrested by Omaha police Saturday night on an Iowa warrant. Investigators said the boy had been …
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WASHINGTON – Responding to congressional pressure, the Bush administration on Friday said it is suspending oil deliveries into the government’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the remainder of the year. The move came days after Congress passed legislation requiring President Bush to temporarily halt shipments into the reserve in hopes of …
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NEW YORK – A former mental patient “terrified” Uma Thurman by stalking and harassing her for more than two years, a prosecutor said in closing arguments at his trial. “This is not about a man in love,” Assistant District Attorney Jessica Taub said at Jack Jordan’s state Supreme Court trial …
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A New York coed is demanding $10,000 after actress Lindsay Lohan was photographed allegedly wearing the student’s mink coat, which disappeared in January after a night of clubbing. Masha Markova, 22, tells the New York Post her $11,000 blond mink coat disappeared on Jan. 26 at 1Oak in the Meatpacking …
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SEA BRIGHT, N.J. – Authorities in New Jersey are monitoring a group of wayward bottlenose dolphins isolated in the Shrewsbury River near the popular beach resort town of Sea Bright. A federal official said Saturday that state police and Coast Guard boats were enforcing a 50-yard buffer around the dolphins. …
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LOS ANGELES – The list. A politician keeping track of those who stand with them, and those who don’t… It’s almost as shocking as gambling in Casablanca. I’ve never met a politician who doesn’t have one. So why was it big news this week that Doug Band, who travels with …
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BERLIN – German police say a World War II bomb has been found outside the 18th century Residence Palace in the city of Wuerzburg. Experts have determined that it is no longer dangerous. Police say the roughly 550-pound bomb was unearthed Monday during construction work in a square outside the …
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LONDON – Rescue crews worked Monday to save dolphins that became stranded in a river in southwest England. Rescuers believe a pod of about 15 dolphins swam up the Percuil River in Cornwall and were beached, and that other dolphins responded to their distress cries. The Coastguard said the arrival …
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