Hamas Win Unsettles Peace Process
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Hamas won a huge majority in parliamentary elections as Palestinian voters rejected the longtime rule of the Fatah Party, throwing the future of Mideast peacemaking into question, officials from both major parties said Thursday.
Calif. Hostage Standoff Ends Peacefully
EXETER, Calif. - A 10 1/2-hour bank siege ended early Thursday when police tricked the gunman by giving him cigarettes, then rescued his final hostage, who had been dragged back inside after an unsuccessful dash to safety.
U.S. Military to Release Five Iraqi Women
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Thursday it would release five Iraqi women detainees, a move demanded by the kidnappers of an American reporter to spare her life. A U.S. official said the release had nothing to do with the kidnappers' demand.
Survivor of Mine Explosion Out of Coma
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster that killed 12 men was able to respond to simple commands and follow movements with his eyes after emerging from a light coma, his doctor said.
Blacks Are More Likely to Get Lung Cancer
LOS ANGELES - Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the racial differences long seen in the disease, researchers say.
Women-Owned Businesses Growing in U.S.
WASHINGTON - The number of women-owned businesses, many of them one-person enterprises, grew at twice the national rate for all private companies from 1997 to 2002, with the biggest increases in Nevada and Georgia.
Britain announces 3,300 new troops for Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced 3,300 new troops for
Afghanistan on Thursday, saying that would bring its total
there to 5,700 after it takes over command of a NATO mission
there in May.
Iran: We'll put Israel in 'eternal coma'
Were Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Iran would respond so strongly that it would put the Jewish state into "an eternal coma" like Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's, the Iranian defense minister said Wednesday.
Alleged Crack Dealer Uses Business Cards
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. - The business cards got a response, but surely not what their owner had in mind when he had them printed up.
Mexico denies troops in US border drug chase
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico denied on Wednesday that its
troops were involved in a border incident in Texas where police
chased drug smugglers, apparently dressed in Mexican army
uniforms, who became stranded in the waters of the Rio Grande.
Cheney, Rumsfeld Could Testify in EU Probe
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A European Parliament investigation into alleged CIA secret prisons could ask Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to testify, although it has no legal power to subpoena them, a member of the panel said Thursday.
Study: Most Reservists Earn More in Combat
WASHINGTON - Most military reservists who left their civilian jobs to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan made more money there than in their regular jobs, according to a study that contradicts the notion that citizen soldiers lose money when they go to war.
Bush Taking Bin Laden Threat Seriously
FORT MEADE, Md. - President Bush, defending the government's secret surveillance program, said Wednesday that Americans should take Osama bin Laden seriously when he says he's going to attack again.
Cause of Actor Chris Penn's Death Unknown
LOS ANGELES - The cause of actor Chris Penn's death remained undetermined despite an autopsy performed Wednesday just hours before the premiere of his latest film at the Sundance Film Festival.
General sees rift in Iraq enemy
A deepening rift between radical foreign-led fighters and native Iraqi insurgents has turned violent, the top U.S. intelligence officer in Iraq says. That creates an opportunity for American forces to try to persuade local guerrillas to put down their weapons and join the political process, he says.
U.S. Military to Release Iraqi Women
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Thursday it would release five Iraqi women detainees, a move demanded by the kidnappers of an American reporter to spare her life. A U.S. official said the release had nothing to do with the kidnappers' demand.
Scientists Photograph Kauai Wolf Spiders
KOLOA, Hawaii - No one had ever photographed a baby Kauai wolf spider being carried on its mother's interlocking back hairs until two Hawaii scientists caught the shot.
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Fla. Auto Crash Kills 7 Siblings
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LAKE BUTLER, Fla. - A car full of siblings headed home was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus, killing the seven adopted children just two miles from where they lived.
Killer's execution stayed in challenge to lethal injection
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One or possibly two Florida executions are on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether a convict can challenge lethal injection.
Former Pinellas school resource officer faces sex charges
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LARGO - A Pinellas County deputy is on leave, accused of carrying on sexual relationship with one of the students he was supposed to be protecting.
Dad defends hitting teacher's assistant
BRADENTON HERALD
EAST MANATEE - Manatee County sheriff's detectives have not found evidence that a Lakewood Ranch High School teacher's assistant inappropriately touched the daughter of a man who punched him in the face earlier this week, according to a sheriff's office representative.
Murder suspect kills self after chase
BAY NEWS 9
ST. PETERSBURG - A police pursuit of a murder suspect ended in a deadly crash in St. Petersburg Wednesday night. Clearwater police said the incident began when Connecticut State Police asked them for help because they believed a suspect was believed to be staying at a mobile home park in the area.
Along parade route, beer sales are out
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
TAMPA - Beer drinkers, take note: You won't be able to buy any brew along the Gasparilla parade route this year. Instead, you'll be taste-testers for four new drinks that the makers of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum are testing in Tampa.
Arrest made in ‘cold case’ murder
TBN
CLEARWATER – Daniel P. Welch, 37, 2347 Moore Haven Drive E., Clearwater, was arrested Jan. 18 in the 2004 murder of a Safety Harbor woman. Welch was charged with the murder of Niccole V. Halpin on Jan. 9, 2004.
Two dead in hit-run crash
WTSP
ST. PETERSBURG - Two drivers were killed and a third was being sought in a hit-run crash in south St. Petersburg Wednesday night, police said.
Time to do something with that old boat
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
CLEARWATER - The Pinellas County Commission has approved an ordinance that bans parking derelict vessels in yards, driveways or on public property, such as the street.
Woman accused of six crimes in five hours
BAY NEWS 9
Pasco County Sheriff's deputies arrested Dariel Renee Hutton, 39, on Tuesday evening after what they said was a crime spree lasting more than five hours.
Fla. Man Gets Life For Killing Mom With Crossbow
LOCAL 6
STUART, Fla. - A judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for fatally shooting his elderly mother with a crossbow. Martin Circuit Judge Larry Schack issued the sentence Wednesday despite pleas from relatives who testified that Bruce Neal, 43, is bipolar.
Davis Islands residents lose expansion fight with hospital
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
TAMPA - The long-simmering fracas between a group of Davis Islands residents and Tampa General Hospital reached an apparent end Wednesday, as a county judge sided with the hospital.
Inmate says Onstott confessed to Lunde's murder
BAY NEWS 9
New evidence was released Wednesday in the case against suspected child killer David Onstott, giving a chilling glimpse into Onstott's mind the night he allegedly murdered Sarah Lunde last April.
Teen beats up his grandmother - because she won't buy him beer
BRADENTON HERALD / WTSP
BRADENTON - Investigators say Kurt Cass, 16, went into his 60-year-old grandmother's bedroom Thursday and asked her for $100.00 for beer. When she refused, he allegedly placed a razor blade on her throat and demanded she take him to the bank to get the money, deputies said.
Infant drowns in Plant City
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A Plant City family's 9-month-old baby girl drowned in the family swimming pool Tuesday morning.
After hole swallows second tenant, county inspects apartments
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PALM HARBOR - County inspectors spent two hours going building to building at the Landings at Boot Ranch apartment complex Tuesday.
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