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House fire kills three students

Published April 7, 2008

Police do not know why the victims were unable to escape the house safely.

2 arrested at Los Angeles airport over attempt to take a dozen sensitive infrared cameras to China

Published April 7, 2008

.LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men attempting to board a plane to China with nearly a dozen sensitive infrared cameras in their luggage were arrested on Saturday, a federal official said. Federal agents stopped...

Somali official: pirates have docked hijacked French boat

Published April 7, 2008

>MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - France has made contact with pirates who hijacked a French luxury yacht off Africa's eastern coast with 30 French and Ukrainian crew members on board, the French foreign minister...

British government narrows possible ‘eco-town’ sites to 15

Published April 4, 2008

>LONDON (AP) - The British government selected 15 possible locations Thursday for its ambitious plans to build 10 new low-energy, carbon-neutral towns entirely from recycled materials. The so-called...

Third unsolved killing rattles Madison residents

Published April 4, 2008

Officers say it's too early to tell whether the three cases are linked.

Jury selection begins in trial about a plot to bomb U.S. airliners

Published April 3, 2008

>LONDON (AP) - Jury selection began Wednesday for the trial of eight British men accused of planning to bomb airliners bound for the United States and Canada in order to kill hundreds of passengers...

Medical residents need not pay Social Security taxes, court rules

Published April 3, 2008

Residents will receive refunds of between $2,700 and $3,500 per year they paid into the system.

Muslim Brotherhood members ordered to be investigated

Published April 3, 2008

>CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The Egyptian state prosecutor on Wednesday ordered 147 detained members of the Muslim Brotherhood to be investigated on rioting accusations, a judicial official said, in the latest...

States sue EPA for global warming

Published April 3, 2008

An April 2007 ruling required the agency to decide whether to regulate emissions.

Colombian drug lord, accused of shipping to U.S., sentenced in Brazil

Published April 2, 2008

.SÃO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A reputed Colombian drug lord whose cartel is accused of having shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States was sentenced Tuesday to more than 30 years in...