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

MSNBC -- Meanwhile, many news organizations are referring to the FLDS group as a sect, meaning a break-off from a traditional religion (in this case, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). In contrast, Lalich said she uses the word cult, "and I think.. 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 28, 2007 @ 7:31am neoform

CNN -- Claims of terrorism represented less than 0.01 percent of charges filed in recent years in immigration courts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a report issued Sunday by an independent research group. This comes despite the fact.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 11:28pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A man who spent 25 years in prison for rape was exonerated Monday as a judge threw out his convictions because DNA evidence showed he couldn't have committed the attack. An advocacy group said it was the 200th such case. Jerry Miller smiled and the cou.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 19, 2007 @ 1:00pm neoform

CBS News -- The families of those killed in the Virginia Tech massacre may not be able to grieve in peace at the funerals of those they lost. An anti-gay religious group known for protesting at the funerals of American soldiers killed in Iraq is planning on appearing.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 3, 2007 @ 10:14pm neoform

Yahoo News -- ExxonMobil Corp. gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in a coordinated effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming, the Union of Concerned Scientists asserted Wednesday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 26, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Nine teenagers and two adult guides who were missing on an adventure trip in the Sierra south of Yosemite National Park were found safe this afternoon, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department said. Three of the people are from the Bay Area. Four girls,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 7, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a ban on Internet gambling brought by an online gambling association, but gave the group legal standing to challenge the law in an appellate court. U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper in Trenton determined th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 15, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- A group of college students who didn’t emerge for more than a day from a cave they were exploring have been found safe, an emergency worker said Sunday. The two women and one man were found in a 500-foot-long crawl space about the width of a sewer pi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 6:13pm neoform

BBC News -- A US human rights group says it is suing private security firm Blackwater for unspecified damages for war crimes and wrongfully killing Iraqi civilians. The Center for Constitutional Rights is acting on behalf of an injured survivor and three families.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 9, 2007 @ 6:07pm neoform

wftv -- It's the first trial of its kind. A man is facing a judge and jury for violating Orlando's ban on feeding the homeless. Eric Montanez, 22, was caught feeding a group in Lake Eola Park earlier this year. The prosecution told Eyewitness News their case rest.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 24, 2007 @ 11:50am neoform

CNN -- A bear attacked a group of U.S. tourists on a remote trail in the Carpathian Mountains, killing a woman and injuring two other people, authorities said Sunday. The attack happened Saturday night at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) when the group of six touris.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 9:56am neoform

Yahoo News -- Canoeist Dennis Bohrn and his companions were stunned when they saw a woman jump off the Perrine Bridge, her body landing near them in the Snake River. Many in the group were crying by the time they managed to reach the woman and paddle her body to shore... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 23, 2007 @ 3:15pm mrmdc

ABC News -- Annie Laurie Gaylor speaks with a soft voice, but her message catches attention: Keep God out of government. Gaylor has helped transform the Freedom From Religion Foundation from obscurity into the nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics, with.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 3:55pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Claiming U.S. dollars used to purchase gasoline made from Middle East oil funds terrorism, a group called the Terror-Free Oil Initiative opened the nation's first "terror-free" gas station... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 13, 2006 @ 9:03pm neoform

USA Today -- Question: How and why was the Iraq Study Group created? Answer: Congress created the panel March 15 after it was clear that Iraq was dangerously close to civil war and Democrats and Republicans were bitterly divided about what to do and public support f.. Read More