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Man Jumps Onto Semi as Bet, Then Needs Rescue

28 minutes ago |AP

SABINA, Ohio (June 20) -- Police say a man called 911 from the back of a tractor-trailer after he jumped onto the truck as a bet with a drinking buddy, then traveled nearly 17 miles on an Ohio highwa ...

Twin Car Bombs Kill at Least 27 in Baghdad

2 hours 19 minutes ago |AP

BAGHDAD (June 20) -- Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank today in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of the capit ...

Poles Pick Successor to President Killed in Crash

2 hours 39 minutes ago |AP

WARSAW, Poland (June 20) -- More than two months after Poland's president was killed in a plane crash, Poles are voting today to choose his successor. Polls show that his surviving twin brother faces ...

Wildfire Burning in Arizona Forces Evacuations

3 hours 41 minutes ago |AP

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (June 20) -- Crews worked through the night against a 600-acre wildfire burning near downtown Flagstaff that prompted evacuations of homes and a hotel, officials said today. The fire ...

BP CEO's Yacht Outing Infuriates Gulf Residents

4 hours 16 minutes ago |AP

Chris Ison, PA / AP

EMPIRE, La. (June 20) -- It could have been a turnaround week in BP's campaign to convince the public that it's doing everything possible to contain the damage from the worst offshore oil spill in U. ...

Woods Surges Into Contention at US Open

12 hours 51 minutes ago |AP

Eric Risberg, AP

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (June 19) -- Forget fist pumps. When Tiger Woods watched a long putt on No. 17 roll in, he raised his right arm and extended his index finger high in the air.

Mexican Author Carlos Monsivais Dies at Age 72

12 hours 58 minutes ago |AP

Guillermo Arias, AP

MEXICO CITY (June 19) -- Renowned Mexican journalist, critic and political activist Carlos Monsivais died Saturday at 72. Examining his own country like a pop anthropologist, Monsivais chronicled Mex ...

Obama Says GOP Making Life Harder for the Jobless

14 hours 1 minute ago |AP

WASHINGTON (June 19) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday pinned blame on Republicans for making life harder for the unemployed and for those who could lose their jobs without new federal interventi ...

Man Shoots 4 People, Self at Calif. Fast Food Restaurant

14 hours 4 minutes ago |AP

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (June 20) -- A gunman attacked his stepdaughter's family as they ate lunch at a California restaurant, killing her husband and 6-year-old son, wounding the woman and another ch ...

Kagan Unscathed After Revelations From Past

16 hours 22 minutes ago |AP

Alex Wong, Getty Images

WASHINGTON (June 19) -- Tens of thousands of pages worth of documents from Elena Kagan's past have left President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee relatively unscathed and important details about ...

Former NBA Player Manute Bol, 47, Dies

18 hours 31 minutes ago |FanHouse

Ed Zurga, AP

(June 19) -- Manute Bol was known for being one of the tallest NBA player in the history of the game at 7-foot-7. The only thing that he was known better for -- and perhaps the only characteristic th ...

Critics Blast BP CEO for Attending Yacht Race

18 hours 36 minutes ago |Politics Daily

Chris Ison, PA / AP

(June 19) -- Critics slammed BP's embattled CEO Tony Hayward for leaving the United States to attend a yacht race while the company's ruptured oil rig continues to disgorge thousands of gallons of cr ...