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Wife: Ship captain calls US military ‘real heroes’

Published April 13, 2009

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) âÄî The wife of sea captain Richard Phillips says her husband considers the U.S. military the "real heroes" of his ordeal. Hoarse from laryngitis and making her first public...

Prof salary hikes beat inflation

Published April 13, 2009

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series looking at faculty trends in higher education. Wednesday’s will look at emerging trends.

Passenger lands plane in Fla. after pilot dies

Published April 13, 2009

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) âÄî Doug White and his family had just enjoyed a smooth takeoff and were ascending through the clouds when the pilot guiding their twin-engine plane tilted his head back and made...

Soldier accused of killing squad members in Iraq

Published April 13, 2009

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) âÄî An Army sergeant accused of killing his squad leader and another soldier shouted "my career's over, just kill me" as soldiers pinned him to the ground after he shot the...

Economy may contribute to rise in family violence

Published April 10, 2009

Some hospitals report seeing more than twice as many shaken babies as a year ago. Deaths from domestic violence have increased sharply in some areas.

No salmonella found in New York pistachio plant

Published April 10, 2009

New York officials said Friday they found no trace of salmonella in a Long Island nut processing plant whose sister company sparked a vast nationwide recall of pistachios last week.

Man gets death for California yacht murders

Published April 10, 2009

A man convicted of murdering an Arizona couple by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard from their yacht off Southern California was sentenced to death Friday.

Reported tornadoes kill 2 in central Tenn.

Published April 10, 2009

Officials with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency say a reported tornado has killed two people and injured 30 in the central part of the state.

Boston hospital performs face transplant

Published April 10, 2009

A Boston hospital has performed the nation's second partial face transplant on a man who suffered traumatic facial injuries from a freak accident.

3 slain Pittsburgh officers remembered as heroes

Published April 9, 2009

At a memorial service attended by 10,000 people Thursday, each was remembered as a hero, someone who found his calling in uniform and carrying out the motto: To protect and serve.

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