Tampa area man swallowed by sinkhole
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — A large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of a house near Tampa, trapping a 34-year-old man in the rubble.
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Boy, guilty of murdering neo-Nazi dad, waits to hear fate
Britain's ecnomy shrinks toward recession
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Wildfires creep close to Southern Calif. homes
Waning winds have helped firefighters stop the blaze's progress.
Photos: Syrians make homes in ancient structures
A defected Syrian policeman, Adnan al-Hamod, 33, lights a kerosene lamp inside an underground shelter he made using a jackhammer to protect his family from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jirjanaz village, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Across northern Syria, rebels, soldiers, and civilians are making use of the country's wealth of ancient and medieval antiquities to protect themselves from Syria's two-year-old war. They are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries, and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and roads. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Calif. governor to rule on ex-Manson follower
Police: 7 missing Calif. kids found safe
The children, who had been missing for several days, were found with their father at his home.
Pentagon says it will resume F-35 flights
Megaupload founder suffers procedural setback in U.S. extradition bid
A New Zealand court ruled on Friday that the United States does not have to hand over all its evidence against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, a setback for the German national in a U.S. bid to extradite him for alleged online piracy, fraud and money laundering. The Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should disclose all its evidence so Dotcom, released on bail last February, could fairly contest the case against him. ...
Many Venezuelans believe in Chavez recovery
SpaceX cleared for cargo run to space station
UK PM's party humbled in vote as anti-EU party surges
British Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservative party was humiliated in an election in England on Friday after it was defeated by a scandal-ridden coalition partner and pushed into third place by an anti-EU party. Cameron and his party had hoped to come second or even win the parliamentary election in Eastleigh, but were pushed into third place by the UK Independence Party (UKIP), a party that advocates taking Britain out of the European Union and strongly opposes immigration. ...
Suspect in Vegas shooting arrested in Los Angeles
A man accused of gunning down an aspiring rapper as he drove on the Las Vegas Strip last week, touching off a fiery car crash that also killed two other people, was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday after an exhaustive multi-state manhunt. Ammar Harris, 26, surrendered at an apartment in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles after it was surrounded by members of a joint Los Angeles police and FBI task force, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Ray Steiber said. ...
Arias weeps as testimony turns to killing of lover
Tuna collapse fears fail to curb Japan's appetite
Man charged in slaying of Miss. mayoral candidate
Fired Groupon CEO Mason admits 'failure' in candid memo
Groupon Inc fired Andrew Mason as chief executive officer on Thursday, ousting a co-founder who captured headlines with his quirky style but failed to reverse a crumbling share price or stop a gradual erosion of its main daily deals business. The leader in Internet daily deals launched a search for a new leader to turn the company around, the same day its stock slid 24 percent after a dismal quarterly results report. ...
