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Derailment spills UPS packages, blocks trains

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BURNS HARBOR, Ind. -- A freight train bound for Chicago derailed Friday, splitting open several train cars loaded with UPS packages just days before Christmas. Hundreds ...
Secret Santa's legacy lives on through others

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she...
Insurgents paying price to oppose al-Qaida

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Former Sunni insurgents -- wearing masks and wailing in grief -- joined a funeral procession Friday for a leader killed for turning his guns on Islamic extrem...
Humpbacks safe, for now

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Humpback whales are safe -- at least for now. Giving in to U.S. pressure and worldwide criticism, Japan's government on Friday announced a whaling fleet now in ...
Teens accused in 'Mortal Kombat' death

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - GREELEY, Colo. -- A teenage girl and her boyfriend made brief court appearances Friday on charges of beating her 7-year-old half-sister to death while imitating moves fr...
Be sure your car's prepared for winter

Daily Herald Staff
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. -- It's the sleigh and not your car that is supposed to dash through the snow, but if vehicles are not adequately prepared for winter, driving can be more ...
Belgium under terror alert

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgian police Friday arrested 14 Muslim extremists suspected of planning the jailbreak of an al-Qaida prisoner convicted of plotting a terrorist at...
Some OnStar no longer on call

By Peter Svensson Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- When Adele Rothman bought her 16-year-old son a car in 2003, she made sure to pick one that had OnStar, the onboard communications and safety system. What th...
United, Delta double surcharges

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - United Airlines has doubled a surcharge it added to tickets last month to offset high fuel costs, a spokesman said Friday. Delta Air Lines quickly followed suit. The mov...
Oldest U.S. veteran of WWI dies; 2 remain

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher, one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war t...

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