AUBURN, Ala. – Police said Friday they had strong leads in the mysterious off-campus shooting death of an Auburn University freshman, but have yet to make an arrest as the slain woman’s parents announced the creation of a fund in honor of Lauren A. Burk. “We have some strong leads, …
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The 10-year-old terminally ill daughter of a prison inmate — who won a battle with his jailers to see her one last time — has died of brain cancer, FOX News has learned. Jayci Yaeger lived long enough to be reunited with her father, Jason Yaeger, earlier this week at …
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RICHMOND, Va. – The daunting fees on abusive Virginia drivers are officially a thing of the past. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed legislation repealing them Thursday. The repeal, passed as emergency legislation by the General Assembly earlier this month, took effect the instant the governor signed the bill around 12:30 …
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WASHINGTON – Homeland Security officials are pushing recalcitrant states to adopt stricter driver’s license standards to end a standoff that could disrupt domestic air travel. States have less than a month to send a letter to the Homeland Security Department seeking an extension to comply with the Real ID law …
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WASHINGTON – Democrats are offering hefty spending increases for domestic programs as they draft an election-year budget plan that still promises surpluses within four years and assumes many of President Bush’s signature tax cuts will die. The roughly $18 billion in spending increases for domestic programs funded by Congress each …
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BAGHDAD – Vice President Dick Cheney, marking five years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq with an overnight stay in the war-torn nation, warned on Monday against large drawdowns of American troops that could jeopardize recent security gains. At a news conference with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David …
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The state’s new governor revealed Tuesday that he had affairs with several women, including a state employee. The confession came a day after he took over from former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who was driven from office amid a prostitution scandal. Gov. David Paterson said the affairs happened …
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TALENT, Ore. – Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend’s NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though. At 6-foot-5 and 400 pounds, Helms wouldn’t have been able to fit into a race …
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A small part of the wing on a U.S. Airways plane dislodged and hit a passenger window as it flew over Maryland, according to the airline. No injuries were reported aboard the Boeing 757 twin-jet airliner traveling on Easter from Orlando to Philadelphia with 174 passengers and …
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NEW YORK – Research In Motion Ltd. appears to have drawn a small boost in the BlackBerry patent battle after several setbacks as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued another preliminary rejection against one of the patents RIM was found to have violated. The latest “non-final” ruling in the …
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