LONDON – Police used dogs to search for more bodies Monday at a former children’s home on the British island of Jersey after a child’s skull was found under a concrete slab there. The skull was found Saturday by a police dog in an investigation of the property, which was …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader. The pilot project to be announced Thursday will involve …
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WASHINGTON – A federal judge says he will hold a former USA Today reporter in contempt if she continues refusing to identify sources for stories about a former Army scientist under scrutiny in the 2001 anthrax attacks. At a hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton said that reporter …
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JERUSALEM – Israel ordered its military and embassies to go on alert Thursday, and advised Jewish institutions worldwide to follow suit, as Lebanese guerrillas threatened to avenge the assassination of a fugitive commander tied to a string of spectacular attacks against U.S. and Jewish targets. Israel’s government swiftly denied involvement …
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LONDON – Britain could reduce its vulnerability to terrorist attacks if it stopped its Muslim minority from retreating to ghettos that become breeding grounds for Islamic extremists, a think tank said Friday. The report, published by the Royal United Services Institute, said Britain allows such isolated communities to form out …
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ZURICH, Switzerland – It was one of the biggest art robberies in European history, police said Monday. Armed and masked, three men entered a private Zurich museum just before closing Sunday and made off with paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth 180 million Swiss francs (US$163.2 million; …
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It looks like Paris Hilton’s little brother is following in his big sister’s footsteps. The 18-year-old hotel heir Barron Hilton was arrested at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday for driving under the influence on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.. The not-as-famous-as-his-siblings Hilton was reportedly …
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TAMPA, Fla. – Harry Richard Landis, who enlisted in the Army in 1918 and was one of only two known surviving U.S. veterans of World War I, has died. He was 108. Landis, who lived at a Sun City Center nursing home, died Monday, according to the Florida Department of …
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PITTSBURGH – A man says he can now retire because someone bought his massive record collection on eBay for the asking price — $3 million. A buyer from Ireland agreed to shell out $3,002,150 for the collection of nearly 3 million vinyl albums, singles and CDs, owner Paul Mawhinney said …
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LOS ANGELES – A lawyer for Britney Spears was turned down Tuesday in a bid for a gag order on attorneys in the pop star’s child-custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon rejected the request after attorney Anne Kiley argued that media coverage was “emotionally and …
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