PHILADELPHIA – “Heads up! Enemy helicopter inbound!” It’s not something you’d expect to hear at a store in an American shopping mall but, then again, not many malls have Black Hawk helicopter simulators. The new Army Experience Center, which opened Friday at the Franklin Mills Mall, is not exactly a …
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DELTONA, Fla. – A Volusia County teenager is accused of stabbing his father with a miniature sword because he was upset his father wanted to give him a haircut. According to a sheriff’s office report, the 15-year-old Deltona boy told deputies he gave his father more than one warning to …
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LAS VEGAS – Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections. How about stealing someone’s computer passwords? Forget trying to fool the person into downloading …
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PORTO ROTONDO, Sardinia – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied a tabloid report that he had divorced his wife and intended to marry a champion gymnast less than half his age. “There is not a single word of truth” to the report carried by a Moscow tabloid, Putin said …
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CHICAGO – A small study of toddlers finds that about one-quarter of babies born very prematurely had signs of autism on an early screening test. The research is preliminary since formal autism testing wasn’t done. But the results are provocative, suggesting that tiny preemies may face greater risks of developing …
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WASHINGTON – Iraqi leaders have been given the latest U.S. evidence of Iranian support for militias inside Iraq, and Baghdad will decide what to do about it, two senior Pentagon officials said Wednesday. Marine Lt. Gen. John Sattler, director of strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, …
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BOSTON – The Boston Red Sox jersey secretly buried under the new Yankee Stadium in a failed curse attempt sold Thursday for $175,100 in a charity auction. The bid was the highest of 282 for the battered No. 34 David Ortiz jersey, which the Yankees jackhammered out from under two …
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SAN ANTONIO – UCLA vs. Memphis Should be easy to tell who wins the UCLA-Memphis game. Just look at the scoreboard. If Memphis puts up 80 points, the Tigers are in good shape. At 90, they’re pretty much set. At 100, it’s a virtual lock. As much as the Final …
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A Texas high school sophomore is suing his school district after he was booted from campus for wearing a John Edwards for 2008 president T-shirt last year, MyFOXDFW.com reports. Pete Palmer, a sophomore at Waxahachie High School, wants the right to wear the shirt at school. The suit, filed by …
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LOS ANGELES – Estelle Getty always liked a bargain. Despite her sitcom success with “The Golden Girls,” son Carl Gettleman told friends and family gathered at a private memorial service Thursday that his mother always chose frugal over flashy. He recounted a time when his Emmy-winning mother’s Toyota Tercel was …
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