SAN FRANCISCO – Trembling and with their tails between their legs, the dozens of dogs rescued from a South Korean meat farm were in rough shape both physical and mentally when they arrived in Northern California this week to start new lives. Fifty-seven dogs and puppies were rescued from a …
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SPARTA, N.J. – Authorities say a newspaper carrier concerned about an elderly customer’s well-being alerted police, who entered the woman’s home and found she apparently had suffered a heart attack several days earlier. Douglas MacRae delivers The New Jersey Herald. He told the newspaper (http://bit.ly/1yg6KdR ) that he contacted Sparta …
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The wreckage of a plane that crashed in September off the coast of Jamaica and the remains of the couple aboard have been recovered from water almost two miles deep, the couple’s family said Wednesday. Larry and Jane Glazer, both 68-year-old experienced pilots and prominent business owners, …
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BOSTON – Federal authorities say Massachusetts child welfare officials discriminated against a young mother with a mild developmental disability when they took her daughter into state custody two days after she was born. The Justice Department and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a recent joint investigation, said …
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The owners of the mountain cabin where rogue ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner holed himself up during a deadly gun battle with deputies will be paid $200,000. San Bernardino County and Palmdale resident Candace Martin and her son Eric Funnell agreed to the settlement in …
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STUART, Fla. – Authorities say an overloaded SUV carrying 12 relatives crashed over the weekend on Florida’s Turnpike, claiming three lives. Sgt. Mark Wysocky with the Florida Highway Patrol says a blown tired caused the 2006 Ford Expedition to overturn Saturday in Martin County, on central Florida’s Atlantic Coast. Troopers …
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. – A 95-year-old Northern California man has become the world’s oldest active pilot. The Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/1yuDpQR ) reported Tuesday that Guinness World Record keepers confirmed that a flight last month by Peter Weber Jr. qualified him for the record book. Weber was 95 years, 4 months and …
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – A husband and wife have been stabbed with a sword in a domestic dispute at a Connecticut water pipe smoking lounge. Police identify the injured couple as George Ayoub and Najeh Frehi. Ayoub owns the 1001 Arabian Nights Hookah Lounge in West Hartford, where he was …
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LOS ANGELES – A California appeals court says police don’t have to turn over records of license plates that are electronically scanned. The unanimous ruling Wednesday by the 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected a request by advocacy groups for records from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles …
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Three students of Palestinian descent were shot and injured while attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont on Saturday evening, according to police. Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said the shooting occurred just before 6:30 p.m. Saturday and police are looking for the shooter. Two of the …
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