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Michael Brewer Was "Best Friend" Says Boy Originally Accused of Helping Set Teen on Fire

Photo: Michael Brewer. Sitting in his lawyer's Fort Lauderdale office before going in front of the cameras, Jarvis described his relationship with Brewer, 15, as a friendship that deepened considerably over the past year, as...

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Agencies Call For More Aid To Fight Climate Change

Red Cross Asks Governments To Do More To Help Poor Nations Cope With Climate Change (AP) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A global network of aid agencies on Wednesday called on governments to do more to reduce the impact natural...

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Myanmar cyclone survivors still need shelter: U.N.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes 18 months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, killing at least 140,000, the United Nations said Wednesday.

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Bond set in fatal Ohio traffic accident

CINCINNATI, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Court records show the defendant in a fatal Ohio traffic accident was operating a motorcycle on a suspended license and had had numerous traffic offenses. Bobby Luke, 27, of Aurora, Ind., had been...

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Pilot: 'When Mother Nature gets grumpy, get comfortable'

If you're traveling by air to see friends and family this holiday season, the chances of a delay-free trip are about as likely as enjoying the process of clearing airport security -- very slim. Should that be a surprise to you,...

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2004 Calif. quake's aftershocks studied

ATLANTA, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've determined the 2004 earthquake along the San Andreas fault in California had 11 times more aftershocks than previously thought. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers...

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How Capitalism Failed Us

Rebecca Solnit : Remembering People Power: Seattle 1999 and Berlin 1989 WTO protester arrested in Seattle in July 2000 demonstration. Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most...

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Year after NY stampede, Black Friday gets makeover

Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her last-minute decision against it might have saved her life.

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Small earthquakes shake California-Mexico border (AP)

CALEXICO, Calif. – Earthquakes continue to rattle the California-Mexico border, but there are no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck at 5:01 a.m....

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Fire prompts evacuation of Adams Co. apartments

By Howard Pankratz The Denver Post A late morning fire apparently caused when food ignited in an apartment kitchen led to the evacuation of at least 24 units of the apartment complex in unincorporated Adams County, North...

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