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U.S. / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- A 31-year-old Fremont man accused running down and trying to kill pedestrians in San Francisco entered a plea today of not guilty by reason of insanity to 35 felony counts. Omeed Aziz Popal is accused of 16 counts of attempted murder, 16 assault charge.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- With no cell phone service in the remote stretch of road where their tour bus rolled down an embankment, the uninjured flagged down a motorist who had to drive about two dozen miles to get help. Most of the 51 passengers returning home from a ski trip.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 11:50pm neoform

Examiner -- As Sarah Kreager, 26, tried to sit down on a Baltimore City bus Tuesday, police say, a middle-schooler told her she couldn’t. When she attempted to take another seat, a middle-schooler wouldn’t let her. Finally, according to police, Kreager just sat d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 1:42pm neoform

Forbes -- A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 2:26pm neoform

CNN -- Drivers who were on the Minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival. "The whole bridge from one side of the Mississippi to the other just completely gave way, fell all the way down," survivor Gary Babineau told CNN. "I probably h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 8:03am neoform

CNN -- A life-saving mission was cut short when a plane carrying six members of an organ transplant team went down in Lake Michigan shortly after the pilot signaled an emergency. Police and emergency workers searched 57-degree waters Monday to find two pilots.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 3, 2007 @ 11:12am neoform

ABC News -- The current U.S. emphasis may be on the surge in Iraq, but there are plans to start drawing down U.S. forces by the beginning of 2008, according to senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the planning. The senior U.S. commanders in Iraq -- Lt. Gen. Ray.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:17am neoform

CNN -- A high school in Colorado was locked down Thursday amid unconfirmed reports that two masked men were seen entering the building. Officers from various law enforcement agencies could be seen outside Boulder High School, and the entrances to the parking.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 4, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

FOX News -- Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about 200,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark Thursday. At least three people have been killed — two hit by lightning and a third stuck in a submerged c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

Washington Post -- Yesterday morning. Second floor. Norris Hall. In Room 207, Mr. Bishop's German class is underway. A few doors down, Professor Librescu is posting slides for his engineering students in 204. Outside, the Virginia Tech campus is gray and chilly but pretty n.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 29, 2006 @ 5:12pm neoform

CBS News -- A decade after the feds tracked him down, CBS 5 Investigates has uncovered exclusive new information about Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, including a secret code he developed, and the confessions revealed as the code is broken... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Dec 8, 2006 @ 8:53pm neoform

CNN -- The remote logging road that James Kim and his family drove down before getting stranded deep in the Rogue River Canyon is normally blocked by a locked metal gate, but it was open the night they got lost because a vandal had cut the lock, authorities said.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 29, 2006 @ 11:05am mrmdc

Reuters -- A federal judge in Los Angeles, who previously struck down sections of the Patriot Act, has ruled that provisions of an anti-terrorism order issued by President George W. Bush after September 11 are unconstitutional... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 29, 2006 @ 10:34am mrmdc

St. Petersburg Times -- This is a love story about a man and his missing Mamba. It began in July 1968, in a body shop called Korky’s in North Hollywood, Calif., down the street from a bar run by a dwarf... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Nov 16, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

Philadelphia Local News -- Violence is almost never a good thing. The temptation to slap someone in the head, or inflict serious bodily harm - while understandable from time to time - rarely gets you anywhere but arrested, beaten down or killed... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 16, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

MSNBC -- At least two people died after wind-driven wildfires burned into a southeast Colorado town and an Army post. An air tanker pilot was also killed when his plane went down while battling another blaze. At least 20 buildings were damaged in Ordway and abo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 14, 2008 @ 11:04pm neoform

BBC News -- The US military is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite due to crash land on Earth in the next few weeks, the Pentagon has announced. President George W Bush approved the option to fire a missile from a US Navy ship to destroy the satellite be.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 31, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Authorities warn that two lanes of northbound U.S. Highway 101 in Redwood City will be closed through the day and that all northbound traffic will be blocked tonight to let crews repair damage caused by Tuesday's gasoline spill. Caltrans will shut down.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

SF Gate -- Thousands of Southern California residents were without power Thursday as strong winds knocked down power lines and blew blinding dust across desert roadways. More than 19,000 customers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power were without el.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 20, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The California Street cable car line is out of service today while crews fix a damaged cable, Municipal Railway officials said. The system was shut down around 7:50 a.m., and may remain out of service until Thursday, Muni spokesman Alan Siegel said... Read More