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- Peace Corps volunteer killed in Africa
Thomas Maresco, 24, an aid worker from Port St. Lucie, Florida, died Saturday from a gunshot wound in Lesotho, the Peace Corps said. Police believe he was the target of a robbery.
- Flight attendant, JetBlue part ways
A JetBlue flight attendant whose fame took off after his dramatic exit down an emergency chute is is no longer employed by the airline.
- Police: Ohio man held family hostage
Police in Ohio say a father cut his family off from the outside world, sexually abused at least one of his daughters and locked one child in a closet-sized room for a year.
- New blowout preventer placed on Gulf well
A new blowout preventer was installed atop BP's plugged well and its failed predecessor was being hauled to the surface, officials said Saturday.
- UAE posts $599 mn trade surplus with India
UAE's trade surplus with India rose to 2.2 billion dirhams ($599 million) in the first quarter of 2010 from a deficit of 7.3 billion dirhams in the corresponding period last year, the foreign trade ministry said in a report.
- Muslims take to Minnesota State Fair to fix image
Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning f...
- Minnesota's highways get middling grade
Deteriorating rural freeways and congested urban interstate highways hurt Minnesota's standing, even though the state has one of the lowest rates of traffic deaths and relatively few bridges in poor c...
- September is National Preparedness Month
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Emergency management officials in Minnesota want to use the month of September to remind residents that being prepared can make all the difference if a disaster strikes.
