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Russia slams US for involvement in Ukraine crisis

Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union.

Shelters set up for Arizona wildfire evacuees

A Type II incident management team, the second-highest level available, took charge of the fire Friday because of the continuous sources of fuel ahead.

Suicide barrier at Golden Gate Bridge moves ahead

The Golden Gate Bridge moved a big step closer to getting a suicide barrier after bridge officials on Friday approved a $76 million funding package for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their deaths.

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Family of 4 found dead in California home

Police in Turlock, Calif., said on Friday they found a family of four dead inside a home in what appeared to be a murder-suicide.

 
Ex-cop suspected in deaths of 2 women stuffed in suitcases

A former police officer in Wisconsin is suspected in the deaths of two women found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway.

Miss. tea party official in Cochran photos case found dead

A tea party official charged with conspiring to take photos of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s wife inside a nursing home apparently committed suicide Friday, police said, days after Cochran won a nasty Republican primary.

 
Kentucky attorney shot, killed; suspect in custody

A defense attorney well known in his small, southern Kentucky town was shot and killed outside of his law office early Friday, police said.

Doctors using fecal transplants to cure intestinal infections

It may sound like a miracle drug, but this cutting-edge treatment is profoundly simple — though somewhat icky: take the stool of healthy patients to cure those with hard-to-treat intestinal infections.

Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker Jr. dies at 88

Former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., a moderate Republican known as the politician who inquired what President Richard Nixon knew during the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings, has died. He was 88.

GoPro ready for initial public offering on Thursday

GoPro, the maker of wearable sports cameras, is expected to sell its shares publicly for the first time and begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market Thursday.

 
Chinese tycoon treats NYC homeless to fancy lunch

A Chinese tycoon served up a fancy lunch Wednesday to hundreds of homeless New Yorkers at a Central Park restaurant.

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