PHILADELPHIA – The checks to Temple University really were in the mail — for $5 million. It was a total surprise for the school to receive the anonymous donations, which arrived in a pair of nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail from a bank in Arizona, said Stuart Sullivan, Temple’s …
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – An 18-year-old North Andover man is accused of killing his therapist. Police say Thomas Belanger stabbed 53-year-old Diruhi Mattian in the teen-ager’s apartment Wednesday, then attempted to slit his own throat. Mattian was taken to Lawrence General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Eagle-Tribune of …
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LONDON – Lawyers released evidence Friday that they say shows British soldiers may have tortured and executed up to 20 Iraqis after a battle in 2004 — the most serious allegations of abuse made against British forces in Iraq. Attorneys for five Iraqi men detained by British troops after the …
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Four daughters whose bodies were found in a Washington D.C. house with their mother died by homicide, but the coroner couldn’t say how they were killed because their remains were so badly decomposed. Toxicology results released Wednesday ruled out death by overdose of common prescription and over-the-counter medications for the …
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LA PAZ, Bolivia – A plane carrying more than 150 people crash-landed in a bog in eastern Bolivia on Friday after fierce storms turned it away from its destination and it tried to reach another airport hundreds of miles away, according to officials and news reports. All on board survived. …
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DENVER – A Jewish school’s plea for basketball playoff games to be scheduled at times other than the Jewish Sabbath got support Thursday from an Islamic civil rights group. “In a nation as religiously diverse as America, it is important that we all make the extra effort to accommodate the …
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FALLUJAH – Michael J. Totten is an independent journalist reporting on the war in Iraq. Here is a portion of his latest journal entry provided exclusively for FOXNews.com. Click here to visit Michael J. Totten’s Web site. “This is not Norway here, and it is not Denmark.” – Lebanese Forces …
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An 18-month-old boy who had only just learned to walk has been run over and killed by his own father in a freak family tragedy. Jake Younger was knocked over as his dad reversed his car outside the family home in Gateshead. Grandfather Alan Younger, 55, gave the toddler the …
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CHESTERTOWN, Md – Democratic Rep. Al Wynn and Republican Rep. Wayne Gilchrest were unseated Tuesday by primary challengers to the left and right respectively. Both lawmakers have been in office for many years — Wynn is serving his eighth term, Gilchrest is on his ninth. Voters registered dissatisfaction with both …
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LONGYEARBYEN, Norway – A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. “The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is our insurance policy,” Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told …
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