PUNKIN CENTER, Ariz. – Fire officials said humidity and rain helped them battle a more than 70,000-acre wildfire (search) in central Arizona that forced the evacuation of more than 350 homes. The blaze was 60 percent contained Saturday and expected to be fully under control by Monday, officials said. “The …
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For some people, no matter how much time they spend at the gym or on the couch, it may have little effect on their cholesterol levels. A new study of identical twins suggests that genes play a major role on how sensitive our bodies are to fat in the diet, …
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HONOLULU – Hundreds of sailors, Marines and veterans attended a tearful memorial service Monday to honor five Navy SEALs (search) killed last month in related battle and rescue missions in Afghanistan. The crowd filled the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific as the bagpipe sounds of “Amazing Grace” echoed inside …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Temperatures soared past 100 in several cities, and the National Weather Service (search) posted excessive heat warnings and advisories from Illinois to Louisiana and from Nebraska to the District of Columbia. Some areas weren’t expected to receive a break until Wednesday. Some 200 cities in the West …
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DETROIT – General Motors Corp. (GM) plans to end next week its highly successful discount program that allowed customers to buy GM vehicles at the price employees pay, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. The deal fueled a huge surge in GM sales in June and rivals Ford and Chrysler offered …
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LONDON – Police ordered the evacuation of the entertainment district in central Birmingham (search) late Saturday because of intelligence suggesting a security threat. Police initially restricted road traffic into the city center, but then ordered an evacuation after receiving further intelligence, a police spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity. She …
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ASHFORD, Wash. – Four climbers slipped down an icy Mount Rainier slope Thursday morning, catapulting two men across a crevasse and dropping two others inside it. Helicopters rescued the injured men. Rescuers reported that one man slipped, dragging two other climbers and a mountain guide about 40 yards to the …
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Steve Groene (search), the father of two children who were allegedly kidnapped and molested by a convicted sex predator, pleaded with Americans Wednesday to protect other kids from similar fates. “This needs to stop here,” a somber Groene said in an outdoor news conference. “People like …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A 6-year-old boy who had been reported missing Saturday was found drowned Monday, FOX News confirmed. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (search), Charles Dillon Johnson, was found dead in a local lake. Search teams in Wautaga Lake (search) found the boy’s body at around 10 …
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This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” July 14, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Senator Hillary Clinton (search) still hasn’t said whether she’s going to run for president in 2008, but many experts consider the New York Democrat the frontrunner …
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