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Train derailment sparks huge fire, evacuations

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT

A train loaded with lumber derails near Portland and hits stationary tanker cars filled with ethanol, igniting a huge fire that prompted the evacuation of a half-mile area.

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Libyan rebels held city despite odds

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:29 PM PDT

Libyan rebel fighters run across a street on April 23, 2011, in the besieged city of Misrata, Libya. It took five weeks of fierce street battles — on rooftops, in alleyways — for Misrata's inexperienced rebels to wrest control of their city's commercial heart back from forces loyal to Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi. When they finally succeeded in pushing government forces out of Libya's third-largest city in late April, it was the greatest head-to-head military victory yet in the uprising that threatens Gadhafi's 42-year hold on power.Tripoli Street is a bullet-scarred wasteland — littered with charred cars and tanks, its cafes and offices shattered. Yet for Misrata's civilians-turned-fighters, the boulevard is a prized trophy, paid for in blood, won with grit and guile.




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Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized with pneumonia

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:39 PM PDT

Ailing Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was back in the hospital on Wednesday with pneumonia, her spokesman told Reuters.

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'Superman' actor Jackie Cooper dies at 88

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:48 PM PDT

Actor Jackie Cooper died on Tuesday.Cooper died on Tuesday at a convalescent home in the coastal city of Santa Monica. "He just kinda died of old age," attorney Roger Licht told Reuters. "He wore out."




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Posted: 04 May 2011 03:48 PM PDT

Dialed In is 4-1 favorite for Kentucky Derby

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Exercise rider Carlos Correa takes Kentucky Derby hopeful Dialed In for a workout at Churchill Downs on Wednesday. Dialed In is the 4-1 morning-line favorite.Dialed In was listed as the 4-1 favorite to win the 137th Kentucky Derby on Saturday and will go off from the eighth post.




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Scully: 'Rosie' makes run for roses, and history

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:37 AM PDT

Jockey Rosie Napravnik rides Kentucky Derby hopeful Pants On Fire at Churchill Downs on Sunday.Scully: Napravnik will try to become first winning female jockey in Derby history




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Drivers go from rage to resignation over $4 gas

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT

U.S. gasoline consumption peaked in 2007 and has since fallen 13 percent, or 1.2 million barrels a day on average. But this year, high prices are having only limited demand impact.When gasoline prices shot to $4 a gallon in 2008, sticker shock cut fuel demand and helped send world oil prices tumbling by more than $100 a barrel in just five months.




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Life Inc.: Gas $9-plus a gallon for some rental cars

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:48 PM PDT

Life Inc.: Many national car rental chains are charging more than $9 a gallon to customers who don't return their vehicle with a full tank of gas, a recent survey found.Life Inc.: Many national car rental chains are charging more than $9 a gallon to customers who don't return their vehicle with a full tank of gas, a recent survey found.




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Mel Gibson's ex drops domestic violence claim

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Oksana Grigorieva has reportedly dropped her claim that ex Mel Gibson abused her.Grigorieva's attorney told Judge Scott Gordon she would not pursue claims that Gibson's alleged violence against her is grounds to change the custody order for their infant daughter.




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Con men, looters plague tornado-torn South

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:54 PM PDT

A suspected looter is arrested in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 30.The South has been plagued by a variety of swindles since the twister outbreak last week that ripped apart houses and killed 329 people in seven states.




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Off the Bench: Triathlete saves life, finishes race

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT

Off the Bench: Triathlete saves life, finishes race

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Video: Trains collide, massive flames erupt in Oregon

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

May 4: Two trains west of Portland, Oregon, collide Wednesday, sending massive flames into the air and prompting a quarter-mile evacuation zone. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)Two trains west of Portland, Oregon, collide Wednesday, sending massive flames into the air and prompting a quarter-mile evacuation zone. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)




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Posted: 04 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Canadian bishop pleads guilty in child porn case

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT

A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing child pornography, prompting the Vatican to say it, too, would impose disciplinary measures.

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Mystery surrounds wounded bin Laden wife

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:47 PM PDT

Osama bin Laden lived with one of his wives and several of his children in this compound.A wife of  Osama bin Laden who was wounded in a raid on his compound may have a treasure trove of information on the slain al-Qaida leader but isn't likely to give it up to U.S. authorities.




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Video: River rescue saves 93-year-old

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:59 AM PDT

May 4: Two National Guardsmen rescue a 93-year-old woman from rising river waters in Missouri. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.  (Other)Two National Guardsmen rescue a 93-year-old woman from rising river waters in Missouri. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)




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Tsunami debris: Mountain of a challenge for Japan

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Japan grapples with the task of disposing of 25 million tons of debris.Japan grapples with the task of disposing of 25 million tons of debris.




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Video: Mom jumps out window to save unborn baby

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:55 AM PDT

May 4: Caught in a shooting rampage by her father-in-law, pregnant mother Amber Carter made a split-second decision to jump out a second-story window in an attempt to save her unborn child. She discusses the dramatic details of a situation that forever changed her life. (Today Show)Caught in a shooting rampage by her father-in-law, pregnant mother Amber Carter made a split-second decision to jump out a second-story window in an attempt to save her unborn child. She discusses the dramatic details of a situation that forever changed her life. (TODAY)




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Intel redesigns transistors for faster computers

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Intel Corp. said Wednesday that it has redesigned the electronic switches on its chips so that computers can keep getting cheaper and more powerful.

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