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Small plane crashes in N.C. yard; 4 dead
AP - A small plane crashed into a yard Sunday morning, killing four people aboard and embedding its engine into a house, authorities said.
Three Americans in Indonesian plane crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Three American citizens were among the 102 people on board the plane that crashed in the mountains on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, the United States embassy in Jakarta said on Tuesday.
Mass. proposed gay marriage ban advances
AP - Gay marriage in Massachusetts, the only state to recognize same-sex marriage, is moving closer to becoming a ballot issue in the 2008 election.
U.S. halts electronic vote tests by lab: newspaper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a setback to electronic voting systems, federal officials have temporarily barred the nation's major testing laboratory of the systems from approving new machines because of lax quality control procedures, The New York Times reported in Thursday's editions.
Russian rocket rains space junk on western U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pieces of a spent Russian rocket reentered the atmosphere over Colorado and Wyoming early on Thursday, showering parts of the western United States with space debris, U.S. space monitors said.
Feds reject asylum bids by Guatemalans
AP - Carlos Siguenza remembered the threatening letters left at his home in Guatemala in the late 1980s, when the country was embroiled in a 36-year civil war that left about 200,000 dead. 'Join the guerillas or be killed,' he said, quoting the anonymous messages. When he didn't comply, several men tried to shoot him, he said.
Boy hit by train after painting grafitti
AP - A 13-year-old boy had just finished painting graffiti near railroad tracks when he was struck and killed by a commuter train, authorities and friends said Saturday.
Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans who have made a New Year's resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey said on Monday.
Gators crush Buckeyes to claim national title
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The Florida Gators shocked the top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 41-14 to win the Bowl Championship Series title game on Monday.
Longest-serving legislative chief ousted
AP - The nation's longest-standing leader of a state legislative body, Tennessee's wily and eccentric Senate speaker, lost a bid for another term Tuesday.
Kids in poverty have less parent time: Census
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American children living in poverty or in single-parent homes have less interaction with their parents and are more likely to have trouble at school than youths in wealthier, two-parent homes, according to a report released on Thursday.
39 more bones discovered at ground zero
AP - Forensic anthropologists on Thursday recovered 39 bones found in a road being dug up at the World Trade Center site in the three-month-old renewed search for remains of Sept. 11 victims.
Tsunami watch issued for Hawaii, Alaska
AP - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami watch Friday for Hawaii and Alaska's western Aleutian islands after a 8.3-magnitude earthquake in the northern Pacific.
3 dead in fire at W.Va. apartment
AP - At least three people were killed in a fire late Saturday at an apartment building, authorities said.
Officers' keen eyes lead to boys' rescue
AP - Police officer Gary Wagster spent all night watching Michael Devlin's apartment. He suspected Devlin might be holding a 13-year-old boy captive inside and worried what the 300 pound man might do to the boy.
Backyard weather network set to expand
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Satellites have not yet replaced the humble rain gauge when it comes to collecting weather data in the United States, and scientists on Monday said they intend to expand the network over the next few years.
NYC child killer must pay $15M to mother
AP - Joel Steinberg, the disbarred lawyer who served 17 years in prison for killing his illegally adopted daughter, must pay $15 million to the girl's birth mother, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Nicotine in cigarettes rising: Harvard study
BOSTON (Reuters) - The amount of nicotine that smokers typically inhale per cigarette rose by 11 percent from 1998 to 2005, perpetuating a 'tobacco pandemic' that makes it harder for smokers to quit, a Harvard study said on Thursday.
Toyota to recall 533,000 Sequoias, Tundras in U.S.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp. plans to recall about 533,000 Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickup trucks in the United States to repair faulty components that could make the vehicles difficult to steer.
Sex offender applies for school as a boy
AP - A charter school alerted authorities to a 29-year-old sex offender who tried to enroll there, pretending he was just 12, in what sheriff's officials said Friday may have been an attempt to lure children into sexual abuse.
Carter calls his Mideast book 'accurate'
AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that the storm of criticism he has faced for his recent book has not weakened his resolve for fair treatment of Israelis and Palestinians.
U.S. drivers eat, shave, email -- oh, and drive
CINCINNATI, Jan 22 (Reuters Life!) - Talk on the phone while you're driving? Fix your makeup? Check e-mail? You're not alone.
MySpace to send U.S. users missing children alerts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular online social network MySpace said on Tuesday it will begin sending online alerts to users in certain U.S. regions to help find missing children as part of an expansion of plans to expand safeguards for users.
Bush's words on immigration split Hispanics
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's pledge to push for an immigration overhaul in an address to Congress on Tuesday, met a mixed response from Hispanics who said it was broadly positive but lacked details.
Most U.S. workers not in "dream jobs," survey says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than four out of five U.S. workers do not have their dream jobs, which most people describe as work that is fun, according to a survey released on Thursday.
Manual outlines when to isolate sick passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parking an aircraft at a distant gate may help keep potentially infectious travelers away from the general public, according to a manual released on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Abducted girl, 6, found in Arizona
AP - A 6-year-old girl was abducted Friday by a registered sex offender who had been staying at her home, authorities said, and she was later found walking alone on a street the next town over.
"Padre Nuestro," "Manda Bala" top Sundance awards
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Sundance Film Festival juries on Saturday gave top prizes to two films, 'Padre Nuestro' and 'Manda Bala,' highlighting a range of movies here that concerned world issues, the war in Iraq and families.
Newspapers lose ground in Web-savvy schools: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More U.S. teachers are using national and international online news sites in the classroom, leaving behind newspapers that fail to grasp the Internet's importance in trying to reach students, a study found.
Newly-crowned Miss America to lead a model life
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aspiring Broadway actress Lauren Nelson was crowned Miss America 2007 in Las Vegas on Monday, with pageant organizers vowing she would lead a clean life after a string of scandals in recent months about misbehaving beauty queens.
Best-selling author Sidney Sheldon dead at 89
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sidney Sheldon, an Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter who went on to become one of the world's most prolific novelists, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 89, a publicist said.
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