A combative cat named Lewis who frightened the neighbors and got his owner into legal trouble two years ago has done so well under house arrest that the case has now been scratched.
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D.C. police will target neighborhoods for rogue fireworks and send out two-man scout cars to respond to thousands of pyrotechnics calls they expect to receive today.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday....
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) -- On a pedestal in a Texas intersection hundreds of miles from where terrorists crashed planes seven years ago, two flight attendants and two pilots, rendered in bronze, now care for a traveling child....
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Fire officials say they are having some success in battling a wind-driven wildfire that has burned nearly 6,000 acres in the mountains above Goleta, and forced thousands of people from their homes.
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The pilot of a single engine plane has suffered minor injuries after making an emergency landing on the water off Seal Beach. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the Cessna plane was pulling a banner Friday afternoon when he made the emergency landing.
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Joe Torre's had a feeling his team is starting to come together. Andre Ethier homered and hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth, Derek Lowe won for the first time in three starts and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Giants 10-7 on Friday for their fourth straight victory in their first visit of the season to
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A fire has burned at least 10 acres of dry brush near a state park in Malibu. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Inspector Frank Garrido says the fire broke out about 3:30 p.m. Friday when a mobile home caught fire.
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A motorcyclist has died this afternoon in a crash near the 27 mile marker on South St. Vrain Drive, west of Lyons, according to preliminary reports from the Colorado State Patrol.
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