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HARTFORD, Connecticut - The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on a tour of East Coast colleges. The pilot, Bill Henningsgaard, was killed along with his son,...
FORT BLISS - The cast of Fox television's newest comedy about the Army want to make you laugh and tug at your heartstrings, but they mean no disrespect to the country's soldiers or their families. Last week, the cast of "Enlisted," which is scheduled to premiere on Nov. 8, visited Fort...
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up. Connect With Us...
Hundreds of friends and supporters of an 18-year-old graffiti artist who died after being shocked by a stun gun during a police chase in Miami Beach gathered on Saturday (local time) in a tearful rally at the site where he had been spray-painting. Colombian-born Israel Hernandez-Llach died on...
CASCADE, Idaho - A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness. Hannah Anderson, 16, appeared to be uninjured and will be reunited soon with her...
The first family’s return to Martha’s Vineyard yesterday brought with it the thrills and excitement of welcoming the commander in chief — as well as the eye rolling and forehead slapping that comes with welcoming him, too. “They closed South Road, one of three roads to this part of the island,” said...
QUITO, Ecuador -- When you spin the radio dial in this high-altitude city you could almost be anywhere. The airwaves are crowded with the likes of Beyoncé, Shakira and Pitbull, just like you were cruising a highway in Miami or Manhattan — rather than tooling through the snow-capped...
WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the time when a major immigration bill landed on his desk. There was hope for movement on a deficit deal with Republicans, and in the optimistic early days of his second term, even a belief that he would have achieved stricter gun...
