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Two fined for German fatal train crash

Two train track managers were convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter and fined in connection with a 2006 high-speed train crash that killed 23 people.
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[World] Violence breaks out over Italy trash crisis

Tensions remained high Saturday after a night of clashes between police and protesters furious at Italian government plans to dump mountains of uncollected trash from Naples in their towns....
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[World] North Sea oil platform evacuated over leak

More than 150 people were evacuated from an oil platform in the North Sea on Saturday because of an oil and gas leak that rescuers feared could result in an explosion....
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[World] Boeing 747 splits in two on take off

A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport, authorities said....
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[World] New London Mayor scraps Venezuela oil deal

The British capital's new mayor, Boris Johnson is ending a controversial deal that has provided cheap Venezuelan fuel for London's transport network....
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[World] U.N.: Russian jet downed Georgia spy drone

The United Nations observer mission in Georgia on Monday concluded that the plane that shot down an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft last month belonged to the Russian military....
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[World] 49 'mobsters' held in raid on Italy crime clans

Italian police have arrested 49 suspected mobsters in raids on Camorra crime clans near Naples....
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Schwarzenegger urges new fees to boost firefighting

California firefighters need more equipment and staff to handle wildfires that are increasingly a year-round problem, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday.
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Racial tensions brewing in Crown Heights

Seventeen years after race riots left the streets of one New York City neighborhood bloodied, tensions are rising again there between Orthodox Jews and blacks.
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First MLK grandchild born

The first grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Sunday in Atlanta.
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Midwest tornadoes kill 7, including toddler

Seven people died in tornadoes that blew through the Midwestern United States on Sunday, with six reported dead in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota, authorities said Monday.
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Weather helps firefighters get control of wildfire

Days of moist, cool weather helped firefighters get a handle on a destructive wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that scorched 3,900 acres and at least 29 homes.
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Nearly complete Pentagon memorial tells story of 9/11

As president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, Jim Laychak has been involved in nearly aspect of the project's planning.
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Obama: Florida, Michigan are Clinton's 'last slender hope'

Sen. Barack Obama accused Sen. Hillary Clinton of stoking anger in Florida and Michigan over the Democratic Party's decision not to recognize the states' primary votes.
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Probe lands on Mars, NASA says

The first pictures from NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander, which successfully touched down near Mars' north pole Sunday, showed a pattern of brown polygons as far as the camera could see.
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Twisters sweep across nation's midsection, killing eight

Tornadoes swept through the Midwest on Sunday, killing seven people in Iowa and a toddler in Minnesota.
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SUVs plunge toward 'endangered' list

Jorge Fernandez strolls across the used-car parking lot littered with dozens upon dozens of sport utility vehicles the size of small tugboats.
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