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Probe into flight that overshot runway in Jamaica begins
MIAMI — While crash investigators began combing through debris to determine what caused an American Airlines flight to overshoot the runway in Jamaica, aviation experts on Wednesday pointed out just how fortunate the 160 people aboard were...
Wis. teen pleads guilty in Facebook sex case
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Anthony Stancl, the former New Berlin Eisenhower High School student accused of using the social networking site Facebook to coerce male schoolmates into sexual encounters, was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of sexual assault...
2 deputies shot in Washington state; suspect killed
EATONVILLE, Wash. — The man who shot two Pierce County, Wash...
Obama pledges to cut ‘red tape’ to help small banks
WASHINGTON — Meeting with leaders of a dozen small banks at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama...
With the development of Chrome OS, Google is ready to take...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google and Microsoft have long competed for talent and the attention of Wall Street, but the two have never taken each other head on. Google's main business is search. Microsoft's is Windows and Office software...
Teenager set on fire released from hospital
MIAMI — Michael Brewer's family members and friends gathered around the television set in their Deerfield Beach, Fla., home on Tuesday, anxious to see the news they had already heard...
IRS wants receipts, not your word, to value charitable giving
Year-end holiday giving and cleaning tend to get...
Old cell phones can help worthy causes
Hoping you get a new cell phone this Christmas? You have company...
GM hires former Microsoft CFO as new finance chief
DETROIT — General Motors Co. said Monday it has hired the former chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp. as its new CFO, a key part of GM's plan to rebuild its finances after bankruptcy...
