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U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:06am neoform

CNN -- An organization that accredits zoos says the San Francisco Zoo had an "impressive" response to a tiger escape on Christmas Day but could have done more initially, according to a report the zoo released Tuesday. A Siberian tiger got out of its enclosure on.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

MSNBC -- A couple accused of stealing millions of dollars from an armored car company did it to escape financial hardships, the woman told the FBI in court documents disclosed Monday. Roger Dillon, 23, and his girlfriend, Nicole Boyd, 25, both of Youngstown, ar.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- A brazen escape by a prisoner being treated at a hospital — the second such escape in as many months — has prompted an investigation about how inmates are handled outside prison walls. Kelvin Poke, 45, overpowered five guards at Laurel Regional Hos.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Every time convicted killer Richard Lee McNair landed behind bars, he dreamed up a new way to escape. He once used lip balm to squeeze out of handcuffs. Another time, he crawled through a prison air vent. Last year, he slipped out with bags of mail... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu May 17, 2007 @ 11:35pm neoform

Denver Post -- It is impossible to imagine the desperation that Elsha Guel must have felt Monday as a flash flood swept her 2-year-old son from her grasp. Out for their usual evening stroll, the mother and child took shelter under a bridge to escape hail from a quick.. Read More