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11 rare Siberian tigers die from malnutrition at cash-strapped Chinese zoo, report says
BEIJING - Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday. A manager...
Settlement could pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over 9/11 illnesses
NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could p...
Australian border officials rescue 2 boats carrying asylum seekers in Indian Ocean
ADELAIDE, Australia - Australian authorities have rescued 32 asylum-seekers on two boats that were having trouble in the Indian Ocean off northern Australia. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor ...
Starving sea lion pups wash up on California beaches, experts blame El Nino ocean currents
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. - Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centres. Veterinarian...
Yemen arrests US man in al-Qaida sweep, hospital shootout; ex-classmate says he turned radical
BUENA, N.J. - He was raised in the state of New Jersey, where he was on the school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, susp...
Settlement could pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over Sept. 11 illnesses
NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could p...
US officials: Terrorism suspect who worked at nuke plants not linked to any breaches
BUENA, N.J. - An official in the state of New Jersey says a suspected terrorist who worked at a complex of nuclear power plants did not breach security there. Mike Drewniak, a spokesman for Gov. Ch...
NYC agrees to pay up to $657M to settle health lawsuits filed by World Trade Center workers
NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could p...
NYC agrees to pay up to $657M to settle health lawsuits filed by ground zero workers
NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could p...
Wife, daughter of US Senate leader Harry Reid hospitalized with injuries from auto accident
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday - the wife with a broken back and neck - after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truc...
