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Chinese state media: Major quake kills 4 students

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck mountainous western China on Monday, toppling a primary school and killing four students, Chinese state media reported. The temblor, which...

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Deadly mob beating unnerves Cleveland neighborhood

CLEVELAND (AP) — Even by tough, urban-crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to…

Wildfires force evacuations in central Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying at least three…

Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heavy rain drenched the mid-Atlantic region Monday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers, flooding roads…

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PICHER, Okla. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a…

EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town

2008-05-12 13:30:02 By MURRAY EVANS Associated Press Writer

PICHER, Okla. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a…


Today in History

In 1870,

an act creating the Canadian province of Manitoba was given royal assent, to take effect in July.

In 1907,

actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Conn.

In 1932,

the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was found in a wooded area near Hopewell, N.J.



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