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Suspect shot and wounded inside Wisconsin hospital

The Milwaukee County sheriff says a suspect has been shot and wounded inside Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

 
Kangaroo in Texas? Deputies didn’t believe it either

Confused, but curious officers in West Texas answered calls about a kangaroo hopping along a road and helped capture the pet and return the animal to its owner.

 
Police: Coach vandalizes own school, lets rival take blame

A Tennessee assistant football coach was arrested Wednesday, accused of painting his team’s field house with vulgarities and making it seem like the work of a rival high school.

 
Movie rating board: PG-13 intended as strong warning to parents

Under increasing pressure over its threshold for violence in PG-13 films, the Motion Picture Association of America defended its often-criticized rating system on Wednesday.

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Alligator rode train with woman before discovery at airport

After tracking down a small alligator skulking in a baggage claim area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, authorities are now hunting for its traveling companion.

 
Suicides drop in military, but reasons not fully understood

Suicides across the military have dropped by more than 22 percent this year, defense officials said, amid an array of new programs targeting what the Defense Department calls an epidemic that took more service members’ lives last year than the war in Afghanistan did during that same period.

 
Thankshopping Day? Holiday becomes retail battleground

Thanksgiving is slowly becoming just another shopping day. Over the past few years, major retailers, including Target and Toys R Us, slowly have pushed opening times into Thanksgiving night to one-up each other and compete for holiday dollars.

 
4 ways an American-US Airways merger could impact you

American Airlines and US Airways have cleared the last major hurdle to merging, but it will be several months — if not years — before passengers see any significant impact.

 
Aid flowing into Philippines, but not where it’s needed

Aid is coming to Tacloban: medical supplies, pallets of water and food. But the scale of the disaster and challenges of delivering the assistance means few in this city have received any help.

 
Mom: Ore. worker killed by cougar voiced concerns

The longtime employee killed by a cougar this weekend at a suburban Portland animal sanctuary had expressed concerns about safety measures at the facility, her mother said Monday.

 
51st state? Rural Colorado voters approve secession idea

The nation’s newest state, if rural Colorado residents had their way, would be about the size of Vermont but with the population of a small town spread across miles of farmland.

 
California company recalls packaged salads, sandwiches

More than 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled after 26 people in three states were sickened by a bacterial strain of E. coli linked to its products, federal health officials said Sunday.

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