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PHOENIX -- A potentially deadly heat wave is expected to bear down on some Arizona, Nevada and California desert areas in the next few days, forecasters said on Wednesday.The mercury is predicted to soar well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit and could top 120 F starting on Friday in the deserts of southeast California and southern Arizona, Weather.com and the National Weather Service said.Forecasters s...
LOS ANGELES - The highest military appeals court on Wednesday overturned the murder conviction of a Marine sergeant found guilty in 2007 of leading a squad in Iraq that was accused of killing a civilian they had captured, bound and gagged.Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces found Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins gave a statement to a U.S. Navy investigator while in custody tha...
MOSCOW -- The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has threatened to lead the effort to remove preferential trade treatment for Ecuadorian goods if the country offered asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. "Edward Snowden is a fugitive who has endangered the national security of the United States," Sen. Robert Menendez said in a statement released late on Wednesday. "Trade preferences a...
A custom-made bike for a double amputee veteran was found Wednesday morning, after it had been stolen two days earlier along with four other vets’ bikes in Alaska, police said.The bike was built by an organization called Ride 2 Recovery for Matt DeWitt, an Army veteran who served six years in Afghanistan before losing his forearms. DeWitt said the first time he rode it was Monday, the first day o...
BEIJING - Chinese factory workers released an American executive who they had held captive for almost a week after a compensation dispute was settled on Thursday."The mass labor dispute incident for this unit has been resolved," said Chu Lixian, head of the rights and interests department of the Huairou District Labour Union. "Both sides have come to an agreement through joint efforts made by [Ch...
BEIJING - Chinese factory workers released an American executive who they had held captive for almost a week after a compensation dispute was settled on Thursday."The mass labor dispute incident for this unit has been resolved," said Chu Lixian, head of the rights and interests department of the Huairou District Labour Union. "Both sides have come to an agreement through joint efforts made by Mr....
BEIJING - Chinese factory workers released an American executive who they had held captive for almost a week after a compensation dispute was resolved on Thursday."The mass labor dispute incident for this unit has been resolved," said Chu Lixian, head of the rights and interests department of the Huairou District Labour Union. "Both sides have come to an agreement through joint efforts made by Mr...
Six Americans have been missing at sea for more than three weeks after setting sail from New Zealand, officials said Thursday.Three males -- aged 17, 28 and 58 -- and three women -- aged 18, 60 and 73 -- along a 35-year-old British man were aiming to sail the 70-foot schooner Nina to Newcastle, Australia.A statement from Maritime New Zealand released early Thursday expressed "grave concerns" for t...
BEIJING - Chinese factory workers released an American executive who they had held captive for almost a week after a compensation dispute was resolved on Thursday."The mass labor dispute incident for this unit has been resolved," said Chu Lixian, head of the rights and interests department of the Huairou District Labour Union. "Both sides have come to an agreement through joint efforts made by Mr...
While same-sex couples around the nation rejoiced over the Supreme Court’s landmark gay marriage rulings on Wednesday, the joy of many was tempered by the realization that the cases would have little practical impact on their relationships because they live in one of nearly three dozen states where gays and lesbians can't legally wed. That realization added a bittersweet note to the otherwise jubi...
