BUFFALO, N.Y. – Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik has left the hospital and returned to Florida less than a week after he was slashed in the throat by a teammate’s skate. Zednik went home Friday after being released Thursday evening, officials at Buffalo General Hospital said. Zednik lost five pints …
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SEATTLE – Starbucks Corp. and AT&T Inc. will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of the international coffee retailer’s U.S. shops, beginning this spring. The move announced Monday ends a six-year partnership T-Mobile, which did not include free Wi-Fi and charged higher fees …
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CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple Inc. updated its iPhone and iPod Touch lineup Tuesday, doubling the memory and setting a new premium price for its high-end models. The latest iPhone features 16 gigabytes of memory and retails for $499. The previously released 8 GB version of the hybrid cell phone, multimedia …
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Two Iowa men pleaded guilty Wednesday to marijuana charges in Canada after they fell through the ice of a partially frozen river while trying to illegally enter the country from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Daniel Rathjen, 19, of Marengo and John Lindley, 19, of Iowa City each …
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NEW YORK – The lawyer representing a man accused of hacking to death a Manhattan therapist said his client has been found fit to stand trial. Attorney Bryan Konoski told The Associated Press on Friday that David Tarloff was found fit after being examined by two psychiatrists at Bellevue Hospital …
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COTTONWOOD, Minn. – Two brothers were among the four students killed in a southwestern Minnesota school bus crash, authorities said Wednesday. A third student was the daughter of a teacher, and a fourth was the son of a former teacher. The Minnesota State Patrol identified the victims of Tuesday’s crash …
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LONDON – Britain’s defense chiefs debated on Friday whether to withdraw Prince Harry from Afghanistan after a U.S. Web site ended a news blackout agreement aimed at protecting him. Harry, third in line to the British throne, has been serving on the front line with an army unit in one …
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has picked Blu-ray over HD DVD in the market battle for the format of high-definition video. The nation’s largest retailer said Friday it has decided to sell only Blu-ray DVDs and hardware in its 4,000 U.S. stores and no longer carry rival HD DVD offerings. The announcement …
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LONDON – An inquest was opening Friday into the death of a man whose body lay in his apartment for years while another resident continued to live there. Local authorities said workers found the body of the man, believed to be in his 70s, on a sofa after neighbors complained …
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A Jacksonville, Fla., middle school teacher was suspended Tuesday for 10 days without pay after duct-taping a student to his desk, Local6.com reports. The Duval County School Board voted to suspend Kasey Goodin after hearing the Kirby-Smith Middle School teacher’s report on what happened. Goodwin claims the incident was a …
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