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U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- A bicycle messenger who had recently started his own delivery business was killed Wednesday when he was hit by a pickup next to Alamo Square, San Francisco police said. Kirk Janes, 35, was killed at 10:55 a.m. at Fulton and Steiner streets at the north.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- The grandson of a 77-year-old man found shot and killed in his Sonoma Valley home has been arrested on suspicion of murder, authorities said today. Sean Patrick Mooney, 20, of Chico is being held at the Sonoma County Jail in connection with Tuesday nig.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 12, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states. Seven people died in Picher, once a bustling mining center.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 4, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Six people were killed, including two children, in a home Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Three other children were wounded. The four dead adults were shot and the two children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV. At least o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

MSNBC -- A man known for confrontations with city officials killed five people at a city council meeting in suburban St. Louis Thursday night before he was shot to death by police. Two Kirkwood police officers and three people attending the meeting were killed.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- A pedestrian was struck and killed by a southbound Caltrain commuter train in San Mateo this afternoon, authorities said. The pedestrian, who was not identified, was hit around 3:10 p.m. just north of the Hayward Park station. Trains stopped in both di.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 17, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- A motorcyclist was killed in Solano County today when he attempted to pass motorists at high speed and slid on the dirt center divider, which catapulted him off his bike, according to the California Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at 2:55 p.m. wh.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 10, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- For the second time in two years, a San Francisco prosecution witness who strayed from witness protection has been killed in the city, authorities said Wednesday. Justin Lee, 40, was chased down and slain Monday night in the Mission District, the very.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 7, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Seven people were killed and 20 injured after a tour bus carrying people on a ski trip left a highway and rolled over Sunday night in southeastern Utah, a highway patrol spokesman said. At least 50 people were on the Arrow Stage Lines bus when it crash.. Read More

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

CNN -- The mother of a 17-year-old boy killed by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo said the attack has forever ruined Christmas for her, while police reportedly are investigating whether one of the victims taunted the deadly jungle cat. Sources close to the inves.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 28, 2007 @ 2:54pm neoform

CNN -- A quarter of Blackwater security guards in Iraq use steroids and other "judgment-altering substances," according to a lawsuit filed by the families of several Iraqis killed or wounded in a Baghdad shooting in September. Blackwater denies the charges... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 4:40pm neoform

CNN -- A 14-year-old gunman shot students and teachers at a Cleveland high school, wounding four, and was then killed, the mayor told CNN affiliates WOIO and WKYC. It was not known if police shot the gunman or if he took his own life. The shooting victims.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- A sheriff's deputy who killed six young people at a house party in Crandon, Wisconsin, apparently died after shooting himself three times in the head with a .40-caliber pistol, the state attorney general said. Initial reports that 20-year-old Tyler Peters.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 29, 2007 @ 10:39am neoform

CNN -- A biplane stunt pilot died after he crashed in front of thousands of spectators during a Dayton, Ohio, air show Saturday, a day after another pilot was killed during an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. WHIO-TV reported pilot Jim LeRoy of Billings, Montana,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 12:38pm neoform

SF Gate -- A zoo tiger was killed by his longtime exhibit mate. Hoshi, an Indochinese tiger who joined the Charles Paddock Zoo in fall 2000, was found dead in his den Sunday. Zoo director Alan Baker said the tiger died from asphyxiation caused by exhibit mate.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 4:52pm neoform

USA Today -- An al-Qaeda-umbrella group claimed its militants killed three American soldiers after capturing them last month in Iraq, according to a new video released Monday. "The Americans sent 4,000 soldiers looking for them and ... fearing that this will have b.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 21, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Washington Post -- A sniper sprayed dozens of bullets at a courthouse, killing a police officer and wounding a sheriff's deputy and a civilian, then apparently killed a caretaker and himself Sunday in a nearby church, police said. Investigators think the gunman deliberat.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 11:17pm neoform

MSNBC -- Phil Spector stepped out of his mansion with a gun in his hand at 5 a.m. four years ago and said, “I think I killed somebody,” a chauffeur testified Tuesday in the record producer’s trial on charges of murdering an actress. It was the first time.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 3, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

Jacksonville.com -- A Superior Court jury convicted a vegan couple of murder and cruelty to children Wednesday in the death of their 6-week-old, who was fed a diet largely consisting of soy milk and apple juice. Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31, will receive automa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 29, 2007 @ 9:15pm neoform

BBC News -- Two people have been killed and at least two others wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Kansas City, Missouri, US officials say. The incident at the Ward Parkway centre happened just before 1600 (1900 GMT). "We have at least two fatalities.. Read More