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Pine beetle threat grows in the West
15.07.2008 23:25
usatoday.com
The worst pine beetle epidemic in 25 years is killing millions of acres of trees in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho, ...
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Movie and TV crews help Louisiana recover
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
A record number of feature films and television pilots are being filmed in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, creating an ...
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Shutdown of 'lifeline' to hit rural police forces hard
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
A computer service connecting thousands of rural police to critical Internet access is shutting down, jeopardizing service in ...
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8 feared dead in Calif. canal after collision
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
Divers searched for the bodies of at least eight people who plunged into a fast-moving canal after a crash involving a vehicle ...
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NYPD: Off-duty cop in shooting failed drunk test
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
An off-duty police detective failed a required sobriety test after wounding an armed suspect, leading to suggestions that off-duty ...
USA
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9-vehicle pileup leaves kills 2, injures 12 in Mo.
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
A tractor-trailer apparently hit vehicles stuck in traffic on a St. Louis-area highway causing a pileup that killed two people ...
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Feds acknowledge fence will hamper border life
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
The U.S.-Mexico border fence will make life harder on some South Texas farmers, damage valuable wildlife habitat, impair views, ...
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FAA to require fuel-tank changes
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
The federal government today plans to require that the safety of thousands of airline jet fuel tanks be upgraded to prevent explosions ...
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Married couples who play together stay together
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
Most couples know their marriages are happier when they make time to have fun. But often it's the fun that's first to fall by ...
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Accused abuser gets prison for lying in 11 adoptions
15.07.2008 23:24
usatoday.com
A woman who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while collecting more than $1 million in subsidies ...
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Germany's Nuclear Opposition Fading as Energy Prices Soar
15.07.2008 15:21
dw-world.de
Skyrocketing fuel prices are leading more and more Germans -- including one prominent member of the Green Party -- to challenge the country's cherished plan of mothballing its 17 nuclear power plants.
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Calif. firefighters get help from NASA drone
15.07.2008 14:21
usatoday.com
Fire crews battling nearly 300 blazes burning across California are getting help from a pilotless plane that transmits real-time ...
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Cooler weather lets crews control more Calif. wildfires
15.07.2008 14:21
usatoday.com
Cooler weather with higher humidity on Tuesday allowed fire crews to get better control over wildfires across the state.
USA
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Some Mo. guardsmen's personal information stolen
15.07.2008 14:21
usatoday.com
The Missouri National Guard says the personal information of about 2,000 guardsmen has been stolen.
USA
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2 officers hurt, suspect killed in Ga. shootout
15.07.2008 14:21
usatoday.com
Atlanta police say a burglary suspect is dead and two police officers are wounded after a shootout.
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