Police said a tornado ripped off most of the roof of a sports arena in Blillings, Mont. The tornado was first reported at about 4:45 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, said Lt. Mark Cady, of the Billings Police Department. The tornado approached the city from the southeast, doing the most damage in two neighborhoods called...
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On early Saturday an Air India plane crashed in the southern city of Mangalore killing at least 160 people. The Boeing 737-800 plane, budget flight IX-812 from Dubai to Mangalore, overshot its landing, crashing into a patch of jungle beyond the runway. “The accident occurred after the aircraft landed at Mangalore airport and overshot the...
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Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Mich., won the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip after strutting confidently in an orange and gold bikini, wearing a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress and saying health insurance should cover birth control pills. Rima Fakih, 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan...
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TV chef Juan Carlos Cruz was arrested Thursday and booked on suspicion of solicitation to commit murder. Juan Carlos Cruz is under arrest in an alleged murder for hire plot involving homeless people, Santa Monica police said. Homeless people told the city’s homeless liaison officers that Cruz asked them to kill someone, Trisler said. They...
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The University of Virginia campus is in shock today as they mourn the death of fourth-year women’s lacrosse player Yeardley Love. Police found Love, 22, dead in an off-campus apartment at 2:15 a.m. Monday. Her body showed signs of physical abuse and struggle. A member of the UVA men’s lacrosse team, 22-year-old George Huguely, has...
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“Colleges are not only looking for the best, they are looking for a diverse student body,” says Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández, assistant professor of education at the University of Toronto and author of The Best of the Best: Becoming Elite at an American Boarding School. Here are Top 10 America’s Best Prep Schools: .
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Part of Times Square, known as the Crossroads of the World, were shut down and evacuated Saturday night by police due to bomb threat. A potentially deadly car bomb ignited, releasing smoke, but failed to explode. Anthony Ogburn was on the scene in Times Square, celebrating his 50th birthday. He heard that a man, a...
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He Pingping, who was the shortest man in the world, died Saturday at the age of 21.  He was 2 feet and 5.37 inches tall. He was in the hospital for the past two weeks in Rome.  He was in Italy filming an episode for a TV show when he fell ill will chest...
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The U.S. Geological Survey said on Monday that a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the southeast coast of Taiwan. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami alert was issued. The quake hit at 10:59 a.m. local time (0259 GMT), 195 miles (295 kilometers) off the southern Taiwan city...
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A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing at least 67 people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said. The U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site that a magnitude 6.9 temblor struck an area in southern Qinghai, near Tibet, on...
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