TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – The military says two Marines were killed when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Southern California. The Third Marine Aircraft Wing chopper was carrying just the two when it went down late Friday afternoon at the base in Twentynine Palms. Both Marines on board …
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SALT LAKE CITY – A pregnant Utah woman driving herself to the hospital gave birth to a healthy, nearly 10-pound baby boy on the side of an interstate highway Saturday, police said. The 32-year-old woman’s labor became overwhelming shortly after she left the North Ogden area and she called 911, …
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LINCOLN, Neb. – Emergency personnel and a bomb disposal expert have determined that a suspicious “banana” hanging in a pine tree in Nebraska is simply a harmless geocache. The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Fwa2wl ) that a utility worker spotted the device wrapped in yellow tape and attached to a …
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WAUKESHA, Wis. – Police interrogation video of two Wisconsin girls accused of nearly killing a classmate to please a fictional character shows them describing their calculated plan to kill their friend. WISN-TV obtained the 9-hour videotaped interrogation of the girls, ages 12 and 13. One of the girls wipes away …
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A blind dog who wandered away from her Ester home during a cold snap has been reunited with her owner. The 11-year-old Labrador retriever named Madera ventured away from home on Feb. 6, when the temperature dipped below 40 degrees. Her owner Ed Davis says he didn’t …
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LEWISTON, Idaho – A mystery man photographed pulling a driver from an SUV dangling over a 20-foot cliff above a northern Idaho canyon has come forward as the daring rescuer. Jason Warnock of Clarkston, Washington, tells the Lewiston Tribune newspaper (http://bit.ly/1IRKY7o ) that he left soon after saving the 23-year-old …
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – One sailor has died and another has been seriously injured while training in a swimming pool at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, officials say. The two were found unresponsive Friday at the bottom of the base’s Combat Swimmer Training Facility, which personnel use for fitness …
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LOS ANGELES – A man who built a tiny house on wheels for a woman who had been sleeping on the streets has raised nearly $60,000 to construct similar shelters for other homeless people in his South Los Angeles neighborhood. Elvis Summers said Thursday he’s humbled by the global response …
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Charter Communications announced a $55 billion deal for Time Warner Cable Tuesday, giving mogul John Malone the prize he has been chasing for two years. The acquisition by Charter, which is backed by Malone’s Liberty Broadband, would vault the cable operator into the ranks of the biggest U.S. broadband and …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California regulators are limiting how much water can be used to irrigate lawns on new buildings. The state Building Standards Commission voted unanimously Friday to reduce the amount of water that can be used on such landscapes. The standards came in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive …
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