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Fairgoers attending 'jumping frog' fair hurt in carnival ride collapse

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. - A carnival ride at the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest in northern California collapsed, injuring all 24 people aboard, authorities said...

Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez leading vote, officials say

SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican Republic - Officials say Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez is leading the presidential election with 53 per cent of the vote and 10 per cent of precincts reporting...

Police find three decomposing bodies inside New Jersey home

TRENTON. N.J. - Police found three decomposing bodies with multiple stab wounds inside a northern New Jersey home Friday night. a prosecutor said. The bodies of an elderly man. an elderly woman - w...

Chemist gets life for killing husband in acid vat

FRESNO, Calif. - A biochemist was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday for killing her estranged husband by knocking him out and stuffing him into a vat of acid, possib...

Huckabee apologizes for quipping about gun aimed at Obama

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech Friday to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someo...

Exit polls show Dominican Republic president could win re-election

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Exit polls in this Caribbean country show Leonel Fernandez could win a third term as president and capture enough votes to avoid a run-off. Fernandez obtained 56...

Texas authorities checking how many polygamist sect 'girls' are women

SAN ANTONIO - When Texas child welfare authorities released statistics showing nearly 60 per cent of the teen girls taken from a polygamist sect's ranch were pregnant or had children, they seemed to p...

China's 1-child policy causes extra pain in the wake of killer quake

WUFU, China - After their daughter was born, Bi Kaiwei and his wife, Meilin, decided to adhere to China's one-child policy and its slogan, "Have fewer kids, live better lives." For them and other c...

Bin Laden says Palestinian cause is at the heart of al-Qaida's holy war

CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden vowed Friday to fight Israel for the liberation of the Palestinians, claiming their cause is at the heart of al-Qaida's holy war with the West. Bin Laden's third stat...

U.S. to ship $20 million in food aid to help Haiti cope with rising costs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - More emergency food aid is on its way to Haiti. The U.S. government says it will ship $20 million in emergency food aid to the Caribbean country. Today's announcement by the...