TOKYO – Thirteen people were washed to sea after a freighter caught fire and ran aground in stormy weather off east Japan on Friday, officials said. Of the 13, one was found washed ashore and died in a hospital, according to Kyodo News agency. Four more were rescued, Kyodo said, …
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CHICAGO – Is it safe to give preschoolers Ritalin, the popular attention deficit disorder drug? The first long-term government study of that age group warns of side effects with the stimulant drug, which isn’t recommended for children under age 6. There were benefits for children who had severe ADHD, but …
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LONDON – A British Airways employee was suspended from work for refusing to remove a necklace bearing a Christian cross, a British newspaper reported Saturday. Nadia Eweida, a check-in worker at Heathrow Airport, told the Daily Mail she was suing the airline for religious discrimination after being sent home for …
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ST. LOUIS – Daylong rain caused Game 5 of the Major League Baseball’s National League championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets to be postponed Monday night. The game was rescheduled for Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. The teams are tied at two games each in …
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NEW YORK – McGruff the Crime Dog is going digital. The 26-year-old mascot is the centerpiece of the National Crime Prevention Council’s new campaign to “Take a Bite Out of Cyber Crime.” The Web site ByteCrime.org, formally launched Wednesday, offers a free, 36-page online brochure with tips. • Click here …
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A train smashed into a truck pulling a trailer packed with farm workers Monday morning, killing 27, South African paramedics said. Metrorail, the company operating the commuter train, said in a statement that eyewitnesses reported seeing the truck stall at the rail crossing. Netcare 911 …
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OAXACA, Mexico – Four youths wearing masks tossed gasoline bombs at a McDonald’s restaurant in the conflict-torn city of Oaxaca on Sunday, damaging the windows, seats and play area, police said. Security personnel at the shopping center where the McDonald’s is located extinguished the blaze, police said. The restaurant was …
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WASHINGTON – Keeping the economy from overheating with inflation remains the top concern of Federal Reserve policymakers, records of their most recent secret deliberations show. The record of their Oct. 24-25 meeting, released Wednesday, revealed that in their discussions about the economy’s health, the Fed members worried somewhat more about …
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NEW YORK – Strong gusts and intermittent rain swirled over Manhattan early Thursday but Big Bird and Snoopy stayed on track — albeit a slightly lower one — to please fans in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Officials waited until right before the 9 a.m. start to decide whether it …
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BRACCIANO, Italy – In the end, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes‘ “wedding of the year” in the lakeside Italian town of Bracciano gave little satisfaction to those closest to it. Fans and residents assembled under the walls of the 15th-century Odescalchi castle where the celebrities exchanged vows in a Scientology …
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