Girls found dead near small Oklahoma town

There's not much you can say about a story like this..." WELEETKA, Okla. (AP) — The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers.By Tuesday, investigators had no...

Desmond Tutu shocked by Gaza conditions

Desmond Tutu has said that he is shocked by conditions in the Gaza strip after months of Israeli sanctions. Tutu won the South African Nobel Peace Prize in 1984."Tutu, who has been on a UN fact-finding mission to...

The Island of Forgotten Diseases

This sounds like pretty much the worst place in the entire world. "On the desolate central Asian island of Vozrozhdeniye – or Vozrozhdeniya – near the south rim of the shrinking Aral Sea, you'll find "the remains of the world's largest biological-warfare testing...

How Gorgeous is Your Camel?

A camel beauty pageant. Odd as this story sounds, animal pageants are by no means new. We have dog shows, cat shows, horse shows... county fairs have cattle shows. Why not camels? Turns out that camel pageants can...

Getting rattled on 'the Rock'

" Alcatraz Island, Calif. — EACH day at sundown, when the last tour boat departs this desolate, wind-swept outpost, one lonesome soul is left behind. He's the night watchman of Alcatraz. Guided by the beam of his flashlight, Gregory Johnson inches down the gloomy infirmary...

Clinton Neighbors Shot, Woman Dies From Head Wound

A woman who lives on the same cul-de-sac as former President Clinton died Monday after a mysterious shooting on an isolated road that left her lawyer husband wounded, authorities said.Sgt. Marc Simmons, a detective, said 55-year-old Peggy Perez-Olivo died about 3 p.m. at a...

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Armed with a pair of high-powered binoculars and an infrared camera, the Georgia Army National Guard soldier can easily spot those trying to step across several strands of trampled, rusty barbed wire — all that separates Mexico from the promise of the United States.

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