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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 Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

CNN -- Families of the trapped six miners accused those in charge of rescue effort of having "given up" on the missing men. In a statement read by a spokesman, the families urged the Utah mine's owner and federal officials to drill a hole into the mine large eno.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 16, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Washington Post -- Virginia Tech will offer the families of the 32 students and faculty members slain by Seung Hui Cho a one-time payment of $180,000 from a fund created to receive private donations in the weeks after the April 16 massacre, the administrator of the Hokie Sp.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 11:02pm neoform

CNN -- The families of some of the 32 people killed on Virginia Tech's campus demanded representation Monday on a gubernatorial panel studying the killings, saying they feel "ostracized." They are also questioning the status of a memorial fund that has genera.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 14, 2007 @ 9:15pm neoform

SF Gate -- A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the government does not have to turn over evidence from the trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui to family members of those killed in the terrorist attacks. The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 8, 2007 @ 11:59pm neoform

New York Times -- Families earning more than $1 million a year saw their federal tax rates drop more sharply than any group in the country as a result of President Bush’s tax cuts, according to a new Congressional study... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 4, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Just a fraction of the children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch remain in foster care after parents traveled this sprawling state to reunite their families. By Tuesday, 397 children had been returned to their parents, leaving just a few dozen of t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Most families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech have agreed to an $11 million state settlement that will compensate families who lost loved ones, pay survivors' medical costs and avoid a court battle over whether anyone besides the gunman.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 27, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

MSNBC -- We believe the right thing to do is to put another hole down and try to locate these men and in discussions with MSHA that was agreed to and that is what has been done,” said Rob Moore, vice president of Murray Energy Corp. The seventh hole was being.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 25, 2007 @ 11:15am neoform

USA Today -- When Michelle Engel returned from a trip to Florida to help her sick mother, she found a leaking hot water heater in her home that had damaged drywall, carpeting and floorboards. Her husband, John, and son, Michael, could not help — they were both st.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- Family members of two of the three families who have fallen victim to cell phone stalking have spoken out about their nightmare, saying police near their home in Tacoma, Wash., are not able to help them, and they are reaching out to media to help solve th.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Jun 8, 2007 @ 11:00am neoform

Alter Net -- The lawyers representing the families of four American Blackwater contractors killed in Fallujah make the case that the company's executives are suing the families to keep them quiet and to avoid any accountability. The following article is by the lawy.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 8:11am neoform

USA Today -- Fire fatalities have steadily declined in the U.S. since the late 1970s, thanks partly to improved building codes requiring safety measures such as sprinkler systems, multiple fire exits and fire-resistant construction materials. But a deadly blaze in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

Yahoo News -- Civil liberties and immigration advocates sued federal officials Tuesday on behalf of children confined to a former Texas prison-turned-center for immigrant families awaiting possible deportation. The federal lawsuits, announced by the American Civil.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Oct 23, 2006 @ 8:26am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- AMID THE HYPE about the birth of the 300 millionth American last week, a bigger population milestone was largely ignored. For the first time, according to the Census Bureau, households headed by single people outnumber those headed by married ones... Read More