DALLAS – Authorities searched for three suspects after gunmen opened fire in a store in far North Dallas, killing one person and injuring three others. Police said they couldn’t immediately pinpoint a motive for the deadly shooting, which occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday at The Gas Pipe, a store that …
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JERUSALEM – Barrages of rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli towns Sunday and the Israeli air force responded with a missile strike as violence surged after the expiration of a shaky truce. One rocket struck a house in the town of Sderot, but no injuries were reported. The blast scattered …
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BUFFALO – A 19-year-old woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of her newborn daughter whose body was found in a garbage bin in Buffalo. Police say 19-year-old Alicia Zebrun of Lackawanna was apprehended by Buffalo detectives Monday night and taken to Erie County Medical Center for …
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HOLLY, Mich. – Police say a 7-year-old boy has died after a friend accidentally struck his head with a child-sized golf club. Michigan State Police Capt. Harold Love says it happened Friday evening in Holly, an Oakland County village about 40 miles northwest of Detroit. The victim was playing at …
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Rivals for sexiest statesman status, Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Sarkozy may soon fight it out tete-a-tete. The black-belt Russian prime minister agreed to show the French president his martial arts moves, Putin told the French newspaper Le Figaro. The former Russian president, a champion judoka, said Sarkozy “is interested in …
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ATLANTA – The only panda born at a U.S. zoo so far this year was placed in an incubator on Monday for closer monitoring by zookeepers after visitors flocked to watch mother and child on a live video feed at Zoo Atlanta. Zoo officials said in a release they wanted …
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MADISON, Wis. – The wife and daughter of a man who committed suicide can inherit his estate even if they assisted him in the act, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. State law prohibits anyone who “intentionally kills” another from inheriting from the person, but Wisconsin’s District 4 Court of …
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OGDEN, Utah – A Utah homeowner was billed for 1.4 million gallons of water for part of last winter, and even though Rick Baur disputes it, he paid the bill. “I was blown away,” said Baur, an Ogden resident who made good on the $9,700 bill in August. “It’s enough …
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This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” August 14, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. HEATHER NAUERT, HOST: Now we’re talking about the youth vote which could make all the difference in this year’s election. Eighteen to 29 year olds …
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FRESNO, Calif. – Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies. Yet no larger action was taken. Food and Drug Administration officials insisted as recently …
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