YUCAIPA, Calif. – A small earthquake jolted San Bernardino County (search) on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage, authorities said. The 4.0-magnitude temblor hit about 2 miles northeast of Yucaipa at 3:17 p.m. “We felt it, but it felt very mild,” said Yucaipa (search) sheriff’s clerk Robin …
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SEATTLE – A man carrying a hand grenade and shouting threats was shot dead by police Monday in the lobby of the federal courthouse. The grenade was inactive, but police could not see that as the man held it in his hand, Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske (search) said. Witnesses said …
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks (search) wanted to vanish because she feared she could not be the perfect wife. She picked Austin, Texas, as her original destination after seeing actor Matthew McConaughey talk about his hometown on TV. And she funded her odyssey by cashing a cell phone …
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The lead guitarist for the band Rush (search), his son and daughter-in-law are suing the Ritz-Carlton (search), its security director and three sheriff’s deputies stemming from a New Year’s Eve 2003 altercation at the Naples hotel. Alex Zivojinovich (search), whose stage name is Alex Lifeson, his …
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NEW YORK – More television viewers were interested in B-list stars learning how to dance and Diane Sawyer interviewing Brad Pitt (search) than either of the first two games of the NBA Finals (search). Fortunately for ABC, the network televised all of those events. The summer series “Dancing With the …
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LOS ANGELES – Shares of Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) rose as much as 11 percent Wednesday and other casino operators also rallied as investors bet on continued growth in Las Vegas, analysts said. “Some of the Las Vegas-centric names may have bottomed out,” said William Schmitt, an analyst at CIBC …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Insurgents killed 38 people in a series of rapid-fire attacks Thursday, including three homicide car bombings within an hour and a drive-by shooting at a busy Baghdad (search) market that ratcheted up the bloody campaign to undermine Iraq’s government. Iraq’s interior minister, meanwhile, claimed the government offensive …
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Women want to make an informed decision about when to start having screening mammograms together with their doctor after a full discussion of the benefits and risks of the procedure, according to a new survey. Most national guidelines recommend routine breast cancer screening for women using a mammogram starting at …
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JERUSALEM – A day of violence in which six people were killed threatened a four-month truce, but Israeli and Palestinian officials were making efforts to hold the line. The dead in Tuesday’s incidents were three workers at a Jewish settlement in Gaza killed in a Palestinian mortar strike, two West …
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DALLAS – Even for Texas, the scene was remarkable: The governor, flanked by an out-of-state televangelist and religious right leaders, signing legislation in a church school gymnasium amid shouts of “amen” from backers who just as well could have been attending a revival. It wasn’t just the blatant blend of …
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