WASHINGTON – A man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape and murder has been freed after DNA testing showed he’s innocent. Fifty-eight-year-old Donald Eugene Gates left the federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, just hours after a Washington judge ordered his release. Gates tells The Associated …
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MINEOLA, N.Y. – A railroad engineer and the passenger he allegedly let drive a commuter train carrying almost 400 riders during rush hour at speeds of up to 80 mph (129 kph) are facing reckless endangerment charges. The engineer has also been charged with official misconduct. Nassau County District Attorney …
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California – The Air Force says it has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, firing it to targets in the Pacific Ocean. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek said the ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:01 a.m. Sunday. …
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TORRINGTON, Wyo. – Carl Rupp and his neighbors follow the old rancher’s creed: “Keep your money in your pocket.” Rupp has farmed his whole life. He lives in Goshen County, a rural spot along the Nebraska line where cattle outnumber humans 16 to 1 and you can still see the …
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This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from August 19, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We’re focusing on how to get bipartisan support and how to get members …
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PUEBLO, Colo. – The Army says a low level of mustard agent has been detected in a building storing chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. The leak was found Monday when a mobile laboratory drew an air sample from inside the building. The Army says the air inside the …
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This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” July 21, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: Two things bother me about Barack Obama’s recent trip to Russia that I haven’t seen anybody really talk about. First, he got a …
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WELLINGTON, Fla. – The baby of a Florida woman with swine flu has died after hospital officials say doctors tried to deliver her. A press release from the Wellington Regional Medical Center says the mother, Aubrey Opdyke, remains in critical condition. Doctors placed her in a coma to give the …
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HOBOKEN, N.J. – The city’s mayor resigned Friday just three weeks after taking office, the latest casualty of a sweeping federal corruption probe that resulted in the arrests of 44 people, including rabbis and dozens of public officials in the New York City area. Mayor Peter Cammarano III, 32, who …
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to disperse the clouds of doubt surrounding his re-election in his first major television address. But even as he spoke, opponents went to their rooftops shouting “death to the dictator” — a sign of continuing defiance. In his half-hour address late Tuesday, Ahmadinejad insisted that …
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