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National guardsman takes girl whose dad was killed to dance
BEACH PARK, Ill. - A Northern Illinois kindergartener whose father was killed in a military training accident last year had a date to her first father-daughter dance: A soldier with the Illinois Army ...
Feb 08, 2018
Rescuers comb Taiwan quake rubble for remaining 7 missing
HUALIEN, Taiwan - Rescuers in Taiwan continued their search for survivors in a dangerously tilted building Thursday, more than a day after it was damaged in an earthquake that shook the island’s...
Feb 08, 2018
Pence out to counter NKorean 'propaganda' at Olympic games
PYEONGTAEK, Korea, Republic Of - Vice-President Mike Pence is trying to counter North Korean “propaganda” around the Winter Olympics with his own symbolism and rhetoric, shining a spotligh...
Feb 08, 2018
Bangladesh court sends former leader Khaleda Zia to prison
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A Bangladesh court sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday to five years in prison on corruption charges. The conviction means that Zia, the archrival of the curren...
Feb 08, 2018
The evangelical singer who would be Costa Rica's president
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Religious and social conservatives in Costa Rica have found a lot to object to from President Luis Guillermo Solis’ government. A decision to allow in-vitro fertilization....
Feb 08, 2018
China dismisses accusations from former Maldives leader
MALE, Maldives - China dismissed accusations from the former leader of the Maldives that it is attempting to effectively buy up the Indian Ocean island state, while the Maldives government said Thursd...
Feb 08, 2018
Native church's lawsuit spurs training for airport screeners
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A wooden box carried an eagle feather and bone whistle, a gourd rattle and a feather fan - items that carry spiritual energy and are used in Native American religious ceremonies. Th...
Feb 08, 2018
West Brom's Rodriguez charged with racial abuse charge by FA
LONDON - West Bromwich Albion forward Jay Rodriguez was charged by the English Football Association on Thursday with racially abusing an opponent during a Premier League game. The England internationa...
Feb 08, 2018
Ski school gives city kids their first shot on the slopes
VERNON, N.J. - In the mountains of northwest New Jersey, a group of schoolchildren are doing something they do not have the opportunity to do back home in Newark: ski. Schone Malliet created the Natio...
Feb 08, 2018
Baseball union to open free agent camp in Bradenton
NEW YORK - The baseball players’ union will open its own spring training camp for the first time since the end of the 1994-95 strike, inviting free agents to work out at the IMG Academy in Brade...
Feb 08, 2018