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  • 7 Filipino marines 5 Abu Sayyaf militants killed in Sulu clash

    Soldiers load the bodies of Filipino marines killed during a clash with Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province south of the Philippine capital Manila. At least seven marines and four militants have been killed as the military launched an offensive against gunmen blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in Sulu. -- PHOTO: ...

  • Philadelphia Soul Owners Taking Arena Football League To China

    Arena Football League from the league. I sat down and chatted with Jaws (please see video at end of this post) this past Wednesday during a break at the Rothman ...

  • Faith-healing Philly father of dead children believes in divine healing

    By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.But now they've lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. And instead of another ...

  • Cops Montco woman was drunk texting at time of fatal crash

    chessler@21st-centurymedia.com NORRISTOWN – A Towamencin woman was texting and driving drunk when she struck and killed a 15-year-old boy walking with friends on a Hatfield roadway and then fled the scene, according to prosecutors.Sarah Ann Derstein, 31, of the 100 block of Clemens Court, was arraigned Friday before District Court Judge Kenneth Deatelhauser of Souderton on charges of ...

  • No quick fix for collapsed Washington bridge on holiday weekend

    A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday, May 24, 2013. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Three people were rescued from the water. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in ...

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Stranger Than Fiction [DVD]

Stranger Than Fiction [DVD]

Stranger Than Fiction is a better-than-average gimmick movie, one that takes a grabby, clever premise that would seem to have little weight and stretches it successfully over a feature-length story. The gimmick is that, one day, an ordinary man suddenly begins he ... ...

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  • Judge rules controversial Arizona sheriffs office profiles Latinos

    By JACQUES BILLEAU and WALTER BERRY,Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.The decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up years of ...

  • Camp Rainbow registration set

    ASTON - Registration for Camp Rainbow will begin the first week of June. The camp is a half-day program for township children entering the first through fifth grades and will run from June 24 through Aug 2.The cost is $25 per week per child, with the exception of the week of July 1 as camp will only be in operation for three days. For this week, the cost is $15.Attendees at the camp will be ...

  • Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region of Dagestan

    MAKHACHKALA, Russia - A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two ...

  • Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital

    KABUL, Afghanistan-A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. Another blast in the country's east killed 12 people at a mosque during ...

  • No Quick Fix for Downed Bridge on Holiday Weekend

    Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards. Transportation experts are also working to find out whether the spectacular disintegration of the heavily ...

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