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

SF Gate -- Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister. Tornadoes also touched down in Kansas, Minnesota and.. 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 Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- Virginians faced a massive cleanup project Tuesday after at least three tornadoes damaged dozens of homes and injured more than 200 people. At least 200 were injured Monday in Suffolk, where a twister destroyed several homes and businesses, said Bob Spiel.. 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 8, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- Severe weather raked southwestern Missouri on Monday night, killing at least two people and leaving a path of destruction across two counties, authorities said. A line of tornadoes shadowed Interstate 44, running from the southwest to the northeast. The s.. 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 Fri Dec 28, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- More than 3 million people will have to wait until February to get their tax refunds because of Congress’ late fix to the alternative minimum tax, the IRS said Thursday. Congress put a one-year freeze on growth of the alternative minimum tax last wee.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 12, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- Assailants shot six young people Tuesday at a school bus stop, wounding two critically, in a midday attack that followed a fight over a high school girl, authorities said. School police arrested three teenagers in the fight hours before the shooting in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

BBC News -- A teenager who shot dead eight people in a US shopping centre before killing himself wrote in a suicide note that he wanted to be famous. Robert Hawkins, 19, from Bellevue, Nebraska, opened fire at the Westroads Mall in Omaha on Wednesday. A woman w.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Nov 24, 2007 @ 12:20pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people's privacy. Unlike police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- The wildfires in California have forced an exodus of estimated 950,000 people from their homes. But where have they all gone? The American Red Cross reported Wednesday that only a small fraction of the nearly 1 million evacuees spent the past few nights a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

USA Today -- Most Americans believe the nation's founders wrote Christianity into the Constitution, and people are less likely to say freedom to worship covers religious groups they consider extreme, a poll out today finds. The survey mea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 12, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Eight people were shot and three of them died on a particularly violent day in Richmond on Tuesday, police said. The shootings took place in four different attacks throughout the day, starting at 9:45 a.m. in North Richmond and ending with a quadruple.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 2, 2007 @ 9:50am neoform

BBC News -- US emergency teams are searching for bodies a day after a bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed, killing a number of people. At least four people are confirmed dead with up to 30 missing. US officials are not linking the collapse to terrorism... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 11:31am neoform

CNN -- A small plane crashed into two homes Tuesday in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, killing the pilot and the passenger on the aircraft and injuring four people, three of whom were critically burned, authorities said. The two dead were believed to be the only.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- Federal agents investigating widespread fraud after the Gulf Coast hurricanes in 2005 are sifting through more than 11,000 potential cases, a backlog that could take years to resolve. Authorities have fielded so many reports of people cheating aid prog.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 6:39pm neoform

FOX News -- A bus carrying people home from a family reunion crashed on an interstate in southern Kentucky early Monday while passengers were asleep, killing one person and injuring 66 others, officials said. Police said it appeared the driver had dozed off. State.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 17, 2007 @ 1:43am neoform

CNN -- A drag-race car lost control during a parade and spun into a crowd of bystanders on Saturday, killing four adults and injuring as many as 15 people, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the street rod dragster to go into.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 20, 2007 @ 11:43am neoform

USA Today -- It's gloomy out there. Men and women, whites and minorities — all are feeling a war-weary pessimism about the country seldom shared by so many people. Only 25% of those surveyed say things in the U.S. are going in the right direction, according to an.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 13, 2007 @ 3:56pm neoform

CNN -- The new U.S. Postal Service rates that go into effect Monday have people living in Alaska's remotest villages worried about more than just paying 2 cents more for a stamp. The Postal Service also is bumping up rates for Alaska's one-of-a-kind discount.. Read More