CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A student at a Charlotte charter school has been shot in the shoulder, but is expected to survive. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers arrested a suspect not long after Wednesday’s shooting, which took place in the parking lot of Crossroads Charter High School around 10 a.m. Police are …
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LONDON – British officials say former hostage Peter Moore has arrived safely back in Britain after his long captivity in Iraq. The Foreign Office says Moore will spend about a week being debriefed at a British military base now that he is out of Iraq. Officials said Friday he and …
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Two former professional athletes are calling for the “respect of women’s choices” in response to the upcoming Super Bowl advertisement featuring the pro-life birth story of college football standout Tim Tebow. The YouTube video, released by Planned Parenthood, features Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner and former NFL player Sean James. …
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JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister attempted to end a war of words with Syria on Sunday, saying his country is open to peace talks with its longtime enemy. Israeli and Syrian officials have traded threats over the past week, raising concerns of an escalation between two countries that have officially …
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BAGHDAD – A homicide car bomb exploded Thursday outside the gate the main government compound in the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, killing at least 12 people, including four police, a security official said. The province, where Al Qaeda-backed Sunni insurgents once held sway, has seen a rise in attacks …
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JACKSON, Miss. – A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in …
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NEW CASTLE, Pa. – A hearing is under way in Pennsylvania to determine whether a 12-year-old boy can be tried as an adult on charges he killed his father’s pregnant fiancee. Jordan Brown was 11 when he allegedly shot 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk in their New Galilee farmhouse in February …
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Federal health regulators are warning doctors and patients that popular heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec may cause bone fractures when used for more than a year. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday several studies have shown increased risk of hip, wrist and spine fractures in patients using drugs …
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Nurse anesthetists can safely provide care without doctors supervising them, according to a report released on Tuesday. And a second report found that physicians trained in other countries provide care just as good as U.S. doctors. Both reports, published in the journal Health Affairs, suggest ways to help provide care …
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This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from April 7, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It includes significant reductions in the nuclear weapons that we will deploy. It cuts our delivery …
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