U.S. Navy to send destroyer within 12 miles of Chinese islands
By Andrea Shalal and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy plans to send the USS Lassen destroyer within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea within 24 hours, the first of more regular challenges to China's territorial claims, a U.S. defense…
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DETROIT (AP) — A 26-year-old woman on Monday expressed her indescribable pain and regret for the death of her newborn son whom she stuffed into a plastic bag after giving birth to him at her suburban Detroit workplace.
Associated PressMan Returns To His Ex And Kids While Married To Someone Else
DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband and I have been back together for eight months. We were divorced for two years, during which time he remarried. We stayed in contact during his second marriage and he says he still loves me, so he left her. He's now back with me after living on his own for a few months. I'm…
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A New Mexico man who had been watching the hit TV series "The Walking Dead" beat his friend to death because he believed the victim was turning into a zombie, police said on Monday. Damon Perry, 23, of Prewitt, New Mexico, is charged with murder after allegedly attacking Christopher Paquin, also…
Reuters56 mins agoWhat led Oklahoma woman to crash into homecoming parade crowd?
A young Oklahoma woman will make her first court appearance Monday after being charged with killing four people and injuring dozens of others by driving her car into a crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade Saturday. The annual celebration turned into a horror scene when Adacia…
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At least three people died when a tour boat carrying 27 people sank off the coast of British Columbia on Sunday.
TribuneWhat Really Killed Notorious English Leader Oliver Cromwell?
The last weeks of Oliver Cromwell's life were marked by a roller coaster of illness. During the embalming of Cromwell, examiners found that his brain had overheated, his lungs were engorged, and his spleen, while of normal size, was filled with matter that looked like the "Lees of Oyl," or the big…
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The driver of the second vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the crash Saturday night on a highway about five miles south of Beatrice, Nebraska, the Nebraska State Patrol said in a statement. Creighton's president, the Reverend Daniel Hendrickson, said a memorial mass was planned on…
ReutersIndonesia arrests India's most wanted criminal after 20 years on the run
Indonesian police have arrested one of India's most wanted gangsters, sought in more than two dozen murder cases, on the resort island of Bali, Indian federal police said on Monday, ending a two-decade-long international manhunt. Rajendra Nikalje, widely known as Chhota Rajan, has been on…
ReutersSausages, ham cause cancer, red meat 'probably' too: agency
Sausages, ham and other processed meats cause bowel cancer, and red meat "probably" does too, a UN agency warned Monday, in a potentially heavy blow for the fast-growing livestock industry. A review of 800 studies from around the world found "sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of…
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South Carolina police stumble upon massive cache of 7,000 guns
Five county sheriffs with over 120 years of collective law enforcement experience stood in a house outside Pageland, S.C., last Saturday and agreed that they had never seen anything like it. Authorities say they have seized an illegal stash of thousands of guns, most of them stolen, from a house…
Christian Science MonitorShow us respect or ties will suffer, Saudi ambassador tells Britain
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Stung by criticism in Britain of his country's human rights record, Saudi Arabia's ambassador in London threatened "potentially serious repercussions" for the two countries' relationship unless a more respectful discourse developed. Saudi Arabia is an absolute…
ReutersHere's What Your Manager Is Thinking When You Ask for Time Off
Time away is one of the most beloved perks of professional employment. Here are some things your manager hopes you consider before you book that trip. In certain industries and companies, there are trends regarding what level or tenure of employee can take time off during high-demand seasons.
U.S.News & World ReportOff the Deep End: Man's Drunken Lake Dive Bursts His Bladder
The injury tore a hole in the 24-year-old's bladder wall, allowing urine to leak into his abdomen, according to a new report of the man's case. Hitting the water with a full bladder was "the equivalent of throwing a water balloon on the sidewalk," said Dr. Bradley Gill, a resident in urology at the…
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Florida bear cull called off; hunters kill nearly 300
(Reuters) - Florida's first bear hunt in two decades, which sparked protests by animal rights activists, was called off after just two days after nearly 300 bears were killed, wildlife officials said on Sunday. The hunt, which was slated to last up to one week and allow as many as 320 black bears…
ReutersActress Charlotte Rae tells 'The Facts of My Life' in memoir
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In "The Facts of Life," Charlotte Rae played the unflappable Mrs. Garrett, a girls' school housemother who smoothly guided her charges through crises and comedy.
Associated PressOklahoma woman charged with killing four people with car to appear in court
A woman suspected of plowing her car into a crowd at a homecoming rally for Oklahoma State University, killing four and injuring dozens, is set to make her first court appearance on Monday to answer to four counts of second-degree murder. Adacia Chambers, 25, is suspected of driving while…
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