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Pilot/husband dies, wife lands plane
An elderly woman took control of a small plane from her unconscious husband which was dangerously low on fuel and landed it on a runway at a small northeastern...
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a dove jet
It's a plane that looks a bit like a bird. British Airways has unveiled the first in a flock of Olympic-themed jets that will fly during this summer's...
Racing yacht hit by monster wave
A battered racing yacht and its bruised crew arrived at a California port Tuesday, three days after a monstrous wave knocked off its steering wheel and injured...
Rainstorm kills 2 in Japan
A powerful rainstorm is battering Japan, paralyzing traffic and leaving thousands of homes without electricity. Two people have been killed and dozens injured...
Shooting suspect wanted administrator
A former student at a small Christian university opened fire at random, killing at least seven people, when he learned the female administrator he was looking...
Deadly plane crash mystery
A plane that crashed into a snowy field in Siberia, killing 31 people, appears to have been improperly de-iced, but there was no indication that negligence...
Colombian rebels free captives
Colombia's main rebel group freed what it says were its last 10 military and police captives, a goodwill gesture that President Juan Manuel Santos praised...
7 dead in Christian university shooting
A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding three more, before being captured hours later at...
Moscow: Real life towering inferno
Firefighting helicopters are trying to put out a spectacular blaze atop an under-construction Moscow skyscraper, planned to be Europe's tallest building....
Shooting at Oakland school
Police say they're responding to reports of five people hurt in a shooting at a Christian university in east Oakland. The shooting happened Monday morning...
6.3 aftershock shakes Mexico
Mexico was shaken Monday afternoon by a strong apparent aftershock from a powerful earthquake late last month. Officials said there were no immediate reports...
Plane crash in Siberia kills 31
The ATR-72 turboprop operated by UTair took off at 7:40 a.m. from Tyumen, a regional centre in Siberia about 1,700 kilometres (1,000 miles) east of Moscow,...
Bleach killer and the death sentence
A U.S. nurse convicted of killing five kidney dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach faces a possible death sentence as jurors begin deliberating her...
Hungary's president resigns
Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resigned Monday because of a plagiarism scandal regarding a doctoral dissertation he had written 20 years ago. Schmitt, who was...
Christian pilgrims begin Holy Week
Hundreds of Christian pilgrims marked Palm Sunday in the Holy Land on Sunday, holding masses and processions retracing Jesus' triumphant return to...
Mali coup leader clings to power
The junior officer who overthrew Mali's democratically elected leader earlier this month and dissolved the nation's constitution made a public U-turn...
Big Brother wants to see your email
Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress. An official with Britain's Internet Service Providers'...
Timbuktu under attack
Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for...
Signs of hope in Myanmar
Supporters of Myanmar's opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi erupted in euphoric cheers Sunday after her party said she won a parliamentary seat in a landmark...
Romney poised to seal the deal
A Mitt Romney victory in the Wisconsin Republican primary on Tuesday could all but end the party battle to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in...