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5 people die in rural northwest Ohio house fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

REPUBLIC, Ohio (AP) - A fast-moving fire leveled a 130-year-old farmhouse overnight on Tuesday, killing five people believed to be from the same family. Authorities said they believe the victims were three young children who lived at the home along with two adults. "We assume those are the ones

Deputies' shooter struggled with mental illness

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 27th

By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIELAssociated Press FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) - The mother of an Alabama man accused of shooting two sheriff's deputies wrote of his increasingly erratic and threatening behavior in three requests to have him placed in mental institutions against his will in recent years,

Soldiers: Mexico beauty queen had gun in her hands

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By MARTIN DURANAssociated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) - A Mexican beauty queen killed over the weekend in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers likely was being used as a human shield, a federal official said Tuesday. Maria Susana Flores Gamez, crowned 2012 Woman of Sinaloa

As Great Lakes plummet, towns try to save harbors

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By JOHN FLESHERAP Environmental Writer ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) - For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that

News Summary: Fire highlights Bangladesh factories

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By The Associated Press TRAGIC IMPETUS: Bangladeshi garment workers hope that a fire Saturday that killed 112 people at a factory that made T-shirts and polo shirts for Wal-Mart and other retailers worldwide will change their working conditions. EXTREME POVERTY: Workers sometimes earn less than

Female military members sue to serve in combat

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By BY PAUL ELIASAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition

Yemeni man sets himself on fire outside Cabinet

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By AHMED EL-HAJAssociated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Medical officials say a Yemeni man set himself on fire outside the Cabinet building in the capital Sanaa. The officials say Abdel-Hakim Hamoud Qasim is in critical condition after Tuesday's self-immolation. They spoke on condition of

Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt

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By By YADANA HTUNAssociated Press MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) - Security forces cracked down on protesters occupying a copper mine early Thursday, using water cannons and other devices to break up the rally hours before opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected to hear their grievances.

Shakespeare's Globe building new indoor theater

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By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Shakespeare's Globe, the open-air London playhouse that helped win modern audiences over to all-weather outdoor theatergoing, is embracing the great indoors. The Globe on Tuesday unveiled details of a new indoor venue that will sit alongside the

Egypt mass protests challenge Islamist president

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By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB CAIRO (AP) - More than 200,000 people thronged Cairo's central Tahrir Square, protesting against Egypt's Islamist president Tuesday in an opposition show of strength, as the standoff over Mohammed Morsi's assertion of near-absolute powers