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Grizzly bear attacks seven teens in Alaska
Jul 25, 2011 02:22 EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A grizzly bear has attacked seven teenagers in Alaska, injuring four of them, Alaska State Troopers said on Sunday.
Bodies of 2 missing boaters found in Wisconsin river crash
Jul 24, 2011 22:10 EDT
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The bodies of two men missing since a fatal boating accident on a Wisconsin river last week were found on Sunday, authorities said.
Man accused of shooting wife, 6 others at Washington casino
Jul 24, 2011 14:40 EDT
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A gunman walked onto a dance floor at a Seattle area casino on Sunday and opened fire on his estranged wife and her companion, injuring seven people, police said.
Pearl Harbor skull could date to World War II
Jul 20, 2011 22:23 EDT
HONOLULU (Reuters) - Military scientists are trying to determine if a skull found in Pearl Harbor among debris dating to the 1940s belonged to a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, officials said on Wednesday.
Man accused of 1957 murder waives extradition
Jul 20, 2011 13:43 EDT
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle man accused of killing a 7-year-old girl in 1957 waived extradition on Wednesday and will be returned to Illinois to face a murder charge.
Woman, 3 daughters killed in Wyoming flash flood
Jul 19, 2011 20:32 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Colorado woman and her three young daughters were killed on Tuesday when their car was swept into a stream by flash floods in a national forest in south-central Wyoming, authorities said.
Four killed, two injured in Wyoming flash flood
Jul 19, 2011 17:35 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Four people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday after their cars were swept into a stream by flash floods in south central Wyoming, authorities said.
Man survives in trunk after car plunges into river
Jul 19, 2011 11:04 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Washington state man was listed in satisfactory condition on Monday and was "incredibly lucky to be alive" after his car flipped into a river near the Idaho-Washington border, authorities said.
Bodies of woman, 4 children found in burning home
Jul 18, 2011 21:34 EDT
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - The dead bodies of a woman and four children were pulled from a burning house in southern Oregon on Monday and police said they had taken the woman's husband into custody.
Colorado prison inmate sues state for reviving him
Jul 18, 2011 20:28 EDT
DENVER (Reuters) - The lawyer for a convicted murderer who is suing Colorado prison officials for ignoring a do not resuscitate order when the inmate went into cardiac arrest said on Monday that the case is about upholding the life-ending wishes of prisoners.
Dodgers owner: Proposed MLB loan "deal with the devil"
Jul 18, 2011 20:27 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt argued in court papers filed on Monday that taking a loan from Major League Baseball would be akin to a "deal with the devil."
Man survives in trunk after car plunges into river
Jul 18, 2011 19:47 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Washington state man was listed in satisfactory condition on Monday and was "incredibly lucky to be alive" after his car flipped into a river near the Idaho-Washington border, authorities said.
Bear mauls boy at Colorado bowhunting gathering
Jul 15, 2011 20:05 EDT
DENVER (Reuters) - A marauding black bear tore through a mountain campsite at a bowhunters gathering in west-central Colorado on Friday and mauled a teenage boy, wildlife officials said.
Exxon: Ruptured pipeline carried tar sands crude
Jul 15, 2011 18:56 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil said on Friday that a pipeline that failed two weeks ago, leaking oil into the Yellowstone River, routinely transported a heavier and more toxic form of crude than the company and federal regulators initially acknowledged.
Exxon: Ruptured Montana pipeline had carried tar sands crude
Jul 15, 2011 15:01 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil said on Friday that a pipeline that failed two weeks ago, leaking oil into the Yellowstone River, routinely transported a heavier and more toxic form of crude than the company and federal regulators initially acknowledged.
Montana spill pipeline may have carried oil sands crude
Jul 14, 2011 23:57 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured, leaking oil into Yellowstone River, may have sometimes carried a heavier and more toxic form of crude than initially thought, federal regulators said on Thursday.
California orders gay history in school textbooks
Jul 14, 2011 20:38 EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California became the first state on Thursday to require that public school textbooks include the accomplishments of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans as Governor Jerry Brown signed the mandate into law.
Girlfriend of drug company exec found dead at his home
Jul 14, 2011 20:06 EDT
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The girlfriend of a prominent pharmaceutical executive was found bound, nude and hanged from a balcony at his mansion near San Diego, and homicide detectives said on Thursday they have not ruled out suicide.
Girlfriend of drug company exec found dead at his home
Jul 14, 2011 16:53 EDT
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The girlfriend of a prominent pharmaceutical executive was found bound, nude and hanged from a balcony at his mansion near San Diego, and homicide detectives said on Thursday they have not ruled out suicide.
Girlfriend of pharmaceutical exec found dead at his home
Jul 14, 2011 15:16 EDT
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The girlfriend of a pharmaceutical company CEO has been found dead at his mansion near San Diego, prompting an investigation by homicide detectives, police said on Thursday.
