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NEW DETAILS: Brothers Accused Of Spokane Burglaries

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 11th

SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane County sheriff's detectives have arrested the brother of a man accused of taking property worth $200,000 in burglaries. Detectives arrested 31-year-old Teddy Baumgardner on Monday at his Deer Park home. Investigators believe he was

Ga. woman battling flesh-eating disease talks

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NEW YORK (AP) - A Georgia woman who survived a rare fleshing-eating disease told Katie Couric she doesn't take life for granted anymore. Twenty-four-year-old University of West Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland walked onto stage Tuesday on Couric's new show, "Katie," using a new

Police ID gunman found dead in South Dakota salon

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By DIRK LAMMERS and KRISTI EATONAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota man took his two young children from a baby sitter's home at gunpoint, and then apparently killed himself inside of a hair salon Tuesday after officers found an employee shot to death in a car in the

Danger in air again at Reno National Air Races

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By SCOTT SONNERAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) - The annual air race in Nevada's Valley of Speed has a new name. Fans returning to see vintage World War II fighter planes streak across the sky will sit farther away. And a redesigned course poses less risk as pilots make the final turn

Sonar to give best view yet of Civil War shipwreck

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By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press ABOARD THE RESEARCH VESSEL MANTA, Gulf of Mexico (AP) - The world will soon get its first good look at the wreckage of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in combat in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War, thanks to sophisticated 3-D sonar images that divers have

Experts say fake bomb used in Calif. bank robbery

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MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Bomb squad experts concluded Tuesday that the suspicious box an armed bank robber left at a Moreno Valley bank was a fake bomb. The robbery occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. at a Chase branch in Moreno Valley when two bank employees were arriving to work. The man, who

Minnesota woman loses music downloading appeal

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By STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota woman accused of sharing songs online owes record companies $222,000 for willful copyright violations, a federal appeals court said Tuesday, reversing a lower court's ruling in a long-running lawsuit over music downloading. A

Ohio grand jury charges man in death of niece, 5

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HILLSBORO, Ohio (AP) - A man accused of killing his 5-year-old niece has been indicted by a southwest Ohio grand jury on charges including aggravated murder. But Highland County prosecutor Anneka (AN'-ee-kuh) Collins on Tuesday cited factors including 19-year-old Matthew Pierson's youth and

House passes bill to strengthen FHA

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has passed legislation to strengthen the financial position of the Federal Housing Administration, a key source of financing for low-income and first-time homebuyers. The measure would set a minimum rate for the annual premiums paid for mortgage insurance, exclude

Court: Idaho woman can't challenge fetal pain law

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By REBECCA BOONEAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ended an Idaho woman's challenge of a law banning some abortions that might cause fetal pain, saying she didn't have legal standing to contest it because she wasn't charged with that crime. The