More Grass Fires Flare in Windy Oklahoma
CROSS PLAINS, Texas - As Gov. Rick Perry toured this wildfire-ravaged town Thursday and urged counties to prohibit fireworks around the New Year's holiday, more grass fires flared in windy weather in eastern Oklahoma.
U.N. declares Iraq vote 'credible'
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A top U.N. official yesterday declared Iraq's recent parliamentary elections legitimate, even as the country's election commission pledged to intensify its review for fraud and ballot-box stuffing.
Winter Storm Shuts Down Roads in Colorado
DENVER - A winter storm packing snow and wind gusts to 75 mph blew across the Colorado Rockies on Thursday, knocking down trees, causing accidents and shutting down roads including heavily traveled Interstate 70 west of Denver.
Pace: U.S. to Launch Phased Iraq Pullout
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The U.S. will carry out planned withdrawals of American troops in Iraq only from regions where Iraqi forces can maintain security against the insurgents, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said Thursday.
5 Juveniles May Be Charged in Mob Beating
MILWAUKEE - A prosecutor began reviewing possible charges Thursday against five juveniles in the brutal mob beating of a man yanked from his car while driving through a north side neighborhood.
Peruvian With New Thumbs Ready to Go Home
BALTIMORE - His scarred right hand trembling, Francisco del Alamo-Benavente grips a large plastic clothespin between his thumb — which used to be his index finger — and his ring finger. Squeezing with all his might, he pries the clothespin about a quarter-inch apart and fastens it to a medal rod.
U.S. to Probe Contractor's Web Tracking
NEW YORK - Unbeknown to the Bush administration, an outside contractor has been using Internet tracking technologies that may be prohibited to analyze usage and traffic patterns at the White House's Web site, an official said Thursday.
Gov't Issues Proposed Space Tourism Rules
WASHINGTON - Thinking of spending that next vacation on the moon or Mars or circling the Earth? Before liftoff, there's a list of things the would-be "space flight participant" should know.
Two Arrested in Anthony-Lopez Video Case
NEW YORK - Two men have been arrested for trying to sell Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez's stolen wedding video back to the couple for $1 million, authorities said.
Bank Robber Turned in by Sons Gets 40 Years
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A family man once regarded as a pillar of the community was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for a string of bank robberies after being turned in by his own sons, who recognized him in a surveillance photo.
Divers Find Body of Missing N.J. Officer
NEWARK, N.J. - Divers recovered the body of a police officer Thursday afternoon near the drawbridge where he and another officer plunged to their deaths on Christmas night.
Chief Backs Review of Police Shootings
NEW ORLEANS - The city's police chief Thursday came out in support of an independent review board to investigate police shootings, a demand made by black ministers after a black man was killed by officers earlier this week.
Small Plane Crashes in Southwest Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. - A small plane crashed into a field, killing all three people aboard, officials said Thursday.
University: Hwang Lied About Stem Cells
SEOUL, South Korea - An already disgraced scientist lied about all of the stem cell lines he claimed were matched to different patients through cloning, investigating researchers said in a new jolt to the shattered reputation of Hwang Woo-suk.
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Fla. Teen Runs Off to Iraq by Himself
Yahoo! News/AP
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Maybe it was the time the taxi dumped him at the Iraq-Kuwait border, leaving him alone in the middle of the desert. Or when he drew a crowd at a Baghdad food stand after using an Arabic phrase book to order. Or the moment a Kuwaiti cab driver almost punched him in the face when he balked at the $100 fare.
Housewife takes desperate measures to drive away workers
WFTS
TAMPA - Tampa police have arrested a suburban housewife on assault charges. They said that 45-year-old Cheryl Kovach was so angry with Verizon workers for digging in her yard, she tried to mow them down with her car.
St. Petersburg gets listed as No. 1 in hate
St. Petersburg Times
ST. PETERSBURG - A six-hour period of black on white violence 19 months ago has earned St. Petersburg an unflattering distinction in a new state report: the city with the most hate crimes in 2004.
Passenger killed when teen drives car into hospital wall
WFTS
LARGO - Thursday morning, Pinellas County investigators were waiting for the results of a blood alcohol test done on a teenage driver who slammed his car into a retaining wall at the Sun Coast Hospital in Largo.
Boca Raton company defrauded cancer patients, prosecutors say
St. Petersburg Times
MIAMI - Prosecutors have asked a judge to issue an injunction and restraining order to halt the sale of products that were allegedly falsely advertised online as federally approved medicines for cancer, migraines and the flu.
Scratched off
Bay News 9
An employee of a bowling alley in Port Richey has been arrested and charged with taking lottery tickets from his employer.
FSU Star Linebacker Accused Of Sex Assault
Local6
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Leading tackler A.J. Nicholson was suspended by Florida State and questioned by police Thursday after a 19-year-old woman accused him of sexually assaulting her.
Ethanol crops option for canker-ravaged land
Bradenton Herald
MANATEE - Ever since Byron and Betty Hodgin lost their 80-acre New Garden Grove near Buckeye Road to citrus canker recently, they have considered selling the land.
Cemetery Headstones Removed, Found Dumped Around City
WFTV
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - Police in Ormond Beach are trying to figure out who removed headstones from a cemetery and dumped them around the city. One of them was found in a park after two people saw it sitting along a trail with no signs of how it got there or where it came from.
Builders eye industrial waterfront
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - The tip of Rattlesnake Point offers a clear view across sparkling Tampa Bay. It's a vista open only to those who work on the industrial sites that occupy the peninsula south of Gandy Boulevard at West Shore Boulevard.
Minister says he's a victim of racial profiling
WTSP
TAMPA - Charges of racism are coming from the minister of a Tampa church who says he was wrongly detained at a mall department store while he was shopping for Christmas presents.
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