WAHPETON, N.D. – A prisoner escaped from the Richland County Jail early Thursday after overpowering a guard, apparently with a metal part from a table, authorities said. Charles Beeney, 39, was described as 5-foot-11, about 165 pounds, with blue eyes, long, dark hair and tattoos all over his body. Authorities …
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CHICAGO – A white supremacist convicted of soliciting the murder of federal Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow (search) was ordered along with his followers to pay about $450,000 in attorneys’ fees in a copyright case in which the judge sided against him. U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan (search) set the amount …
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NEW YORK – Here’s some advice to television viewers who want to know what next fall’s season will be like: Be afraid, be very afraid. Be afraid of poisonous spiders crawling over your face while you sleep; of aliens invading human bodies or landing in a spaceship in the Atlantic …
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NEW YORK – Ted Koppel (search), who has anchored ABC News’ “Nightline” (search) since its inception a quarter-century ago, said Thursday he will leave the network when contract expires at the end of the year. “Ted and I have discussed a number of options under which he might have remained …
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OSLO, Norway – A suspect in the brazen daytime theft of two Edward Munch (search) masterpieces was being questioned over the weekend, and police said they were hopeful more arrests would follow. The 37-year-old man, who has not been identified, was arrested Friday in Oslo. He is suspected of involvement …
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Elderly patients with dementia were significantly more likely to die prematurely if taking certain anti-psychotic drugs, the government said Monday in an advisory to health care workers and patients. The Food and Drug Administration is asking manufacturers of atypical anti-psychotic drugs (search) to add to their labeling a boxed warning …
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WASHINGTON – Researchers are aiming to learn more about how the Earth was populated by collecting and analyzing genetic samples from 100,000 people around the globe. The five-year Genographic Project (search), being announced Wednesday, will use sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA to figure out the patterns in which …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A Pakistan embassy official who was kidnapped in Iraq two weeks ago was freed Sunday, the chief Pakistani government spokesman said. Malik Mohammed Javed (search) was abducted April 9 after he left his residence in Baghdad to attend prayers at a mosque. The Pakistani government said after …
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NEW YORK – Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO), whose founder is trying to mount a big comeback after getting out of prison, posted a first-quarter net loss Tuesday and forecast more losses in the second quarter. The company is seeing some improvement at its flagship publishing business, which has …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – Comments attributed to Colombia’s president that microchip implants could be used to track Colombians working temporarily in the U.S. drew attention — and criticism — Thursday. The alleged statement by President Alfaro Uribe dismayed some Colombians after it appeared in Colombian newspapers. “It would be a blatant …
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