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SALTSBURG, Pa. – An elderly woman, her sister and her niece were found shot to death inside an auto glass business and a handgun similar to one owned by a relative was found nearby, police said. Police asked a judge for permission to get a DNA sample from the relative, …

Richard Phillips, the American cargo ship captain who risked his life to save his crew in a standoff with Somali pirates, returned home to Vermont on Friday and said the true heroes were the members of the military who freed him. Phillips, who was freed Easter Sunday by Navy snipers, …

PHILADELPHIA – Their thumbs sure must be sore. Two central Pennsylvania friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt, exchanging a thumbs-flying total of 217,000. For one of the two, that meant an inches-thick itemized bill for $26,000. • Click here for FOXNews.com’s Personal Technology Center. • Got …

L’AQUILA, Italy – This quake ravaged medieval city took a limping step toward normalcy Thursday as butchers, bakers and other shopkeepers reopened for business, three days after a deadly earthquake made the historic center uninhabitable and halted nearly all economic activity. The death toll from Italy’s worst quake in three …

Surgeons in Russia thought they were going to remove a cancerous tumor from a 28-year-old patient – but instead they found a 5-centimeter tree growing inside his lung. It happened in Russia’s Urals region while doctors were operating on Artyom Sidorkin, the Russian newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda Daily reported Monday. Doctors …

CAMDEN, N.J. – Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack … except for fans sitting in suite 319. The minor league Camden Riversharks have designated a peanut-free section at Campbell’s Field to accommodate fans with food allergies. The special section went into effect Tuesday night when the Riversharks hosted Somerset …

ARCADIA, Mo. – Frustrated rescue workers and volunteers on Tuesday spent a second day searching miles of rugged woods, hills and ponds for a 3-year-old boy who wandered away from home. The best clue so far in the search for Joshua Childers came Monday evening when a searcher found one …

BANAI BABA ZIARAT, Pakistan – A Pakistani flag now flies over army troops dug in on a strategic ridge that until two days ago was held by the Taliban, a base where militants trained fighters, built tunnels and equipped caves with electricity and air vents. The takeover of the highest …

KABUL – Doctors voiced concern over “unusual” burns on Afghan villagers wounded in an already controversial U.S.-Taliban battle, and the country’s top human rights groups said Sunday it is investigating the possibility white phosphorus was used. The American military denied using the incendiary in the battle in Farah province — …

Kendra Wilkinson is getting in shape for her wedding next month by a sticking to her favorite fitness routines – hiking, biking and sex. “I’m not really doing anything different,” the reality star, 23, told People magazine. “We love to hike and go on bike rides.” PHOTOS: Click for pics …