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Stephen Covey, '7 Habits' Author, Dies At 79

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Stephen R. Covey, author of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," has died in Idaho three months after a serious bicycle accident in Utah. Ryan Cameron of Covey's consulting firm, Franklin Covey, said the author died 2:15 a.m. Monday at a

WATCH: Dramatic Landslide Caught On Video

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HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - Authorities say crews have found the body of one of four people missing in a massive landslide in southeastern British Columbia. The B.C. Coroners Service also announced it will take over the recovery operation, as "there was no longer any hope that anyone who had been

Stephen Covey, '7 Habits' author, dies at 79

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By BRIAN SKOLOFF and MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Considered a pioneer in the self-help genre aimed at helping readers become more productive in their lives, author Stephen R. Covey had an enormous impact on both the corporate world and the personal lives of millions.

Drought now grips more than half of the nation

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By JIM SUHR and STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated Press WALTONVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The nation's widest drought in decades is spreading, with more than half of the continental United States now in some stage of drought and most of the rest enduring abnormally dry conditions. Only in the 1930s and the

No charges in NY ATF agent's friendly-fire death

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By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - No criminal charges will be filed in a friendly-fire shootout that left an ATF agent dead after he tried to intervene in a New Year's Eve pharmacy shooting, a prosecutor announced Monday. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice

What A Partner? Idaho Farm Hosts 'Weed Dating' For Singles

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A farm in northwest Boise is trying to help people who are tired of the same old dating scene. The Earthly Delights Farm advertised its latest "Weed Dating" event in late June and offered singles the chance to get to know one another other while working in the

Teens Post Deadly Attack On Facebook, Cops Nab Them

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MSNBC.COM - Two more teens have been charged in the beating death of a 62-year-old disabled man that Chicago police said was recorded on a cell phone and posted to Facebook. Police said a 16-year-old gang member punched Delfino Mora, father to 12 children and a grandfather to 23, last Tuesday in

Pentagon sending aircraft carrier to Mideast early

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By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East several months early to make sure at least two carriers will constantly be present in the troubled region. There are two carriers in the area now, but one was scheduled to leave

US Navy ship fires on boat off Dubai, killing 1

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By ADAM SCHRECKAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. Navy gunners aboard a refueling ship opened fire on a small boat racing toward them in broad daylight Monday near the Gulf city of Dubai, killing one person and injuring three. The rare shooting not far from approaches to the

Ohio man charged in deaths of Michigan sisters

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By JEFF KAROUB and JOHN SEEWER BLISSFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A search that began over the weekend continued Monday for a 38-year-old Ohio man charged in the fatal shootings of his ex-girlfriend and her sister and the wounding of their mother in southeastern Michigan. Michigan State Police said Monday