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Fire kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:41:46 +0000

GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) — Before setting his house ablaze and killing himself and his two young sons, Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore.

New York Giants like chances of repeating

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:29:26 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract.

Congress OKs bill to prod US aviation into new era

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:39:53 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — After five years of legislative struggling, 23 stopgap measures and a two-week shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Congress finally has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air traffic control and piloted planes share the skies with unmanned drones.

Monday, February 6, 2012

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:02:25 +0000

Medical examiner: Powell boys died of 'chop injuries' to head, neck, and smoke inhalation

Congress passes FAA bill that speeds switch to GPS

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:11:40 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to speed the nation's switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology, and to open U.S. skies to unmanned drone flights within four years, received final congressional approval Monday.

Univision, Disney look at English news channel

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:07:25 +0000

MIAMI (AP) — Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday.

2nd wave of evictions is sweeping away Occupiers

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:55:52 +0000

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A tent city that's among the longest-lived Occupy protest encampments is coming down as part of a new wave of eviction orders against demonstrators aligned with the movement in communities including Miami, Washington and Pittsburgh.

‘Halftime in America’ ad creates political debate

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:06 +0000

DETROIT (AP) — People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.

Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:47:49 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.

Syrian state media says gunmen kill 3 soldiers

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:26:48 +0000

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.