SMITHSBURG, Md. – Police say a deaf woman walking on the railroad tracks was fatally struck by an oncoming freight…
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Deaf woman fatally struck by train while walking on tracks
GOP Convention planners: Prophets of Rage, anyone can exercise freedom of speech
“Dangerous times do demand dangerous songs.” That’s the message of Prophets of Rage, a hip-hop group made up of former…
Read MoreJury returns death sentence for ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer
LOS ANGELES – A serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” should be sentenced to death for murdering nine women…
Read MoreDid Team Obama fudge the jobs number to stave off a Fed rate hike?
What a coincidence. Just as momentum was building towards an interest rate hike by the Fed, along comes a dismal…
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1st cruise from a US port in decades leaves Miami for Cuba
MIAMI – Passengers set sail Sunday from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba, the first in decades to depart…
Read MoreThe Latest: Germany mulls national ‘transparency register’
BERLIN – The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings…
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Police blame sentencing overhaul for increase in California crime
California communities may be feeling the fallout from a controversial measure that reduced penalties for a range of crimes, as…
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Hydrogen-powered tractor is a mean clean farm machine
With such a focus on alternative propulsion for cars, it’s easy for forget that every day, millions of other vehicles…
Read MoreNew ‘DOOM’ video game will be released in May
The reboot of the popular “DOOM” video game series will be released in May, publisher Bethesda Softworks announced Thursday. Developed…
Read MorePalestinian shot and killed after stabbing Israeli soldier
JERUSALEM – A Palestinian attacker stabbed an Israeli soldier on Tuesday in the West Bank, lightly wounding him before troops…
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