 | Jet to NC returns to NY airport after hitting bird
A US Airways jet bound for Charlotte, N.C., has made an emergency landing at an upstate New York airport after the pilot reported a bird strike shortly after takeoff.
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 | Highway deaths drop to lowest levels since 1950s
U.S. highway deaths have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1950s.
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 | Police: Va. Tech gets threats in online postings
Virginia Tech police are investigating new threats of another mass shooting at the university in online YouTube postings.
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 | Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy
On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.
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 | Foreclosures ease, but risk remains
The pace of foreclosures is down, but a new wave could be ahead.
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 | Homes damaged, four injured, in Arkansas tornadoes
Tornadoes have struck parts of Arkansas, injuring four people and destroying a handful of homes.
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 | NY man dies after police use stun gun on him
Police say they're investigating the death of a 44-year-old New York man who died after a sheriff's deputy used a stun gun to subdue him.
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 | NJ man accused of raping, beating five daughters
A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is preparing to stand trial on accusations of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving to avoid child welfare investigators.
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 | Woods crash prompted hundreds of e-mails to patrol
The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs.
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 | Pennsylvania woman accused of recruiting jihadists online
A boyfriend of the American woman charged in a foreign terrorism plot says she never showed any Muslim or other religious leanings.
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