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Illinois emergency authorities said a levee along the Mississippi River in far western Illinois burst Saturday and voluntary evacuations were under way in the small community of Keithsburg. Officials with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department said the Pope Creek Levee burst around 8:45 a.m. Keithsburg, a community of 700 residents, …

CANCUN, Mexico – The dismembered body of a French man was found Monday at a home in Cancun, police said. Police found the body after neighbors complained about a smell coming from the home, said Julio Moreno, who is head of investigations for the attorney general’s office in the state …

SANTA ANA, Calif – Prosecutors dropped a felony charge Monday against a man they had alleged slipped a date-rape drug in the drink of former Olympic ice dancer Oksana “Pasha” Grishuk. An attorney for James R. Halstead, 61, said the district attorney agreed to dismiss one felony count of administering …