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Costa captain points finger at bosses

bc-italy-cruiseship-2ndld UPI NewsTrack Giglio, Italy GIGLIO, Italy, Jan. 22 (UPI) — The captain of the Costa cruise ship that capsized in Italy told a judge he had been ordered to sail too close to shore, […]

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United Kingdom

Dad punches dog mauling daughter

bc-britain-ear UPI NewsTrack London, England LONDON, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A 6-year-old girl lost her ear while she was being mauled by a dog in London, officials said. The girl’s father had to punch the […]

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USA

101-year-old woman evicted from her home

bc-us-evicted UPI NewsTrack Detroit, MI, United States DETROIT, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A 101-year-old woman who authorities promised could move back into her Detroit home after being evicted four months ago has not yet been […]

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New Zealand

Newt win throws GOP race wide open

Gingrich rides debate performances to sweeping South Carolina win By Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times (MCT) CHARLESTON, S.C. – Newt Gingrich surged to victory Saturday in the South Carolina primary, riding a pair of […]

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New Zealand

Global cooling killing millions of bats

Cold-loving fungus killing more bats than previously thought By Louis Sahagun Los Angeles Times Federal researchers say an infectious and lethal cold-loving fungus sweeping through parts of North America and Canada has killed millions more […]

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World

Six NATO forces die in chopper crash

bc-afghanistan-choppercrash UPI NewsTrack Kabul, Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 19 (UPI) — A NATO helicopter crashed in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, killing six soldiers, NATO said. There was no enemy activity in the area at the […]

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World

29 killed in Haiti truck accident

bc-haiti-truckcrash UPI NewsTrack Port-au-Prince, Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 17 (UPI) — A runaway dump truck careened into a bus and then veered into pedestrians in Haiti, killing at least 29 people and injuring 56 others, […]

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World

Five bodies found in missing man’s car

bc-cambodia-bodies UPI NewsTrack Phnom Penh, Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Jan. 15 (UPI) — Cambodian police say they found five bodies in a sunken car, believed to be those of a Frenchmen and his four children, […]

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New Zealand

Bodies found in Concordia shipwreck

More rescued after cruise liner disaster Al Jazeera, Doha, Qatar McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Jan. 15–Two more bodies have been found on board the Italian cruise liner that ran aground Saturday, Italian coast guard said, but […]

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World

Leopard attacks four people in India

By Siddhartha Kumar New Delhi (dpa) – A leopard bit and clawed four people after it strayed into a city of north-eastern India, triggering panic for more than two hours before it was trapped, reports […]