PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Fifteen Philadelphia police officers have been taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police.
A spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter says the mayor stands behind the police department but his first glance of the video does appear to show the officers overstepping [...]

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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writer
METAIRIE, La. (AP) _ On the eve of Hurricane Katrina, massive pumps that keep water out of this New Orleans suburb went silent when the roughly 100 workers who run them were allowed to flee under a ”doomsday” evacuation plan.
With the storm raging, flood water on the east bank of [...]

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Pharmaceutical company Merck is currently fighting lawsuits brought by patients of their drug Vioxx, who claim the drug caused them to suffer severe health complications such as heart attacks and strokes. However, new allegations suggest that Merck may have known about the propensity of the drug to cause these health complications and kept the [...]

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Honda Motor Corporation announced on Wednesday that they are recalling 353,000 Accord sedans over possible corrosion in the windshield wiper motor due to water seepage. The corrosion could cause the electrical circuit breaker inside the motor area to fail and cause the windshield wipers to stop working—leading to a crash and/or subsequent injuries, especially [...]

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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) _ The husband of a 21-year-old mother who was kidnapped, raped and killed plans to sue a sheriff’s office over how it handled 911 calls about her disappearance.
Nathan Lee blames Charlotte County sheriff’s officials for not saving Denise Lee in January.
Four 911 calls tipped authorities to Lee’s struggle. Three were from [...]

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Eight teenagers have been arrested for the videotaped beating another girl.  The 16 year old girl was spending time at her friend’s house for spring break when the other girls beat her repeatedly over the course of about 30 minutes.  The victim suffered severe injuries including loss of hearing and eyesight, black eyes, bruises, and [...]

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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) _ A judge has dropped Michael Jackson from a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died at a hospital soon after she was moved to make room for the pop star.
Judge Rodney Melville on Tuesday dropped Jackson from the lawsuit against Marian Medical Center in response to a [...]

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ERIE, Pa. (AP) _ A 10-year-old girl accused of brutally attacking another girl on a playground is too emotionally immature to understand the criminal charges against her and they should be dismissed, a public defender said.
The 10-year-old and another girl, 11, face charges including aggravated assault for the attack on another 10-year-old girl in an [...]

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By JOE MANDAK Associated Press Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ A western Pennsylvania couple has sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home on its Web site violate their privacy and devalued their property.
Images of the home Aaron and Christine Boring bought in the Pittsburgh suburb of Franklin Park in October 2006 appeared on Google’s ”Street View” [...]

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BY: LISA R. WILSON
Naomi Campbell has once again graced the world with her model behavior. The 37-year-old British supermodel was arrested at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 on Thursday, April 3, for allegedly spitting at a police officer after one of her bags was lost. London’s Metropolitan Police said Campbell was released from the airport police [...]

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