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LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- A gunman opened fire early Thursday on a SWAT team that burst into a home during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officiers while spraying bullets from atop a staircase, authorities said. One officer was critically wounded....

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Imperial Sugar Co. and managers of its Georgia refinery ignored known dangers of explosive dust for decades before a chain of dust-fueled fireballs erupted at the plant last year and killed 14 people, federal investigators said in a report Thursday....

President Obama is promoting new initiatives for nuclear arms control in a special meeting Thursday of the U.N. Security Council. Concerns over terrorism and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea have brought the issue into the spotlight.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

WALDOBORO, Maine (AP) -- Two Maine men and a woman who reunited after discovering they were separated as youngsters have found another long-lost sibling....

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) -- It's easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric....