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- Va. woman rides to landfill in trash bin
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AP - Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped. "They opened the door and she got out," said landfill manager Ron Kimble.
- Lone survivor of 1971 crash fell 2 miles
A Lockheed Electra turboprop flying over the Amazon rainforest on Christmas Eve in 1971 broke into pieces in midair, thrusting 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke into a free fall. She dropped 2 miles into the jungle canopy but survived with only minor injuries; the 91 other people on board died. With search crews unable to locate the site, her ordeal was far from over.
- Gloomy jobs data hits U.S. copper ahead of holiday
NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - U.S. copper futures ended lower on Thursday, as a stronger dollar and concerns about economic recovery from weak June U.S. unemployment data weighed on values ahead of the long holiday weekend. New York commodity markets will
- Bush to visit small Okla. town for 4th of July
WOODWARD, Okla. -- When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W. Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept. But he did. Now this community of 12,000 is scurrying to get ready for what
- Los Angeles will end use of coal-fired power-mayor
* LADWP to eliminate coal-fired power use by 2020 * Targets 40 pct of power needs from renewables by 2020 * Rates to rise as renewables replace coal power * LADWP to cut 10 pct power use in decade through efficiencies LOS ANGELES, July 2 (Reuters) - Los
- NY Senate challenger getting boost from Clinton
WASHINGTON -- In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New York congresswoman challenging White House-backed Sen. Kristen Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary. Clinton has not endorsed in
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon was due to arrive in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday on a diplomatically risky mission to seek the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
AP - A rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson is on display inside a New York City showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities.
Reuters - Honduras' interim government said on Thursday it was open to holding early elections to resolve the impasse over ousted President Manuel Zelaya, as the Organization of American States readied a mission to Honduras to push for his reinstatement.
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