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Owner: Nephew left Fla. home just before plane hit

Published April 17, 2009

A South Florida man whose home was sliced in two by a small plane says his nephew left the home only shortly before the crash.

Sea hostage’s hometown rolls out the welcome mat

Published April 17, 2009

Richard Phillips, who was freed from his ordeal with Somali pirates on Easter Sunday, was expected to arrive on a chartered jet before being whisked to his home, where the white picket fence in front was festooned with homemade signs, ribbons and bows.

Health advocates tout new model of female condom

Published April 16, 2009

Advocates hope the dynamics will change following last month's approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the FC2, a new version of the female condom produced by the Chicago-based Female Health Co.

Driving teacher allegedly drunk during lesson

Published April 16, 2009

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) âÄî A driving instructor who police say was drunk while giving someone a driving lesson can stay out of jail but will lose his license for a year. Daniel Winsky, 53, of...

Clay, sandbags added to dam protecting ND town

Published April 16, 2009

A convoy of trucks, excavators, bulldozers and backhoes moved in to fortify a seeping dam Thursday in eastern North Dakota as engineers and National Guard troops worked to save a tiny town that would flood if the dam fails.

Talk of delaying WTC towers for decades

Published April 16, 2009

Developer Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have been talking on and off for months about rewriting a 3-year-old agreement that gives the developer rights to build three out of five towers planned at the Sept. 11, 2001, t