Aug

4

11 feared dead after K2 avalanche; 3 men rescued (AP)

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AP - A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people presumed dead on the world’s second-highest mountain. An Italian who was also stranded made his way down the slope with a rescue team after telling a colleague, “I am surely not going [...]

Aug

4

Changing lug nuts not a war crime, jury told (Reuters)

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Reuters - Osama bin
Laden’s driver performed vital services that enabled “the
world’s most dangerous terrorist” to launch attacks, a
prosecutor told jurors before they began deliberations on
Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial at Guantanamo.

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Aug

4

U.S. charges Colombian rebel over hostage-taking (Reuters)

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Reuters - A senior member of Colombia’s FARC
guerrillas has been charged for his role in the hostage-taking
of three Americans who were rescued last month in Colombia, the
U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
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Aug

4

Favre flying under radar in Green Bay on Monday (AP)

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AP - There was no parade, no motorcade, and no photo opportunity — hardly the way you’d expect Brett Favre to return to the Green Bay Packers after spending most of the past month as the league’s longest-running daytime drama.

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Aug

4

Morgan Freeman seriously injured in car crash (AP)

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AP - Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was hospitalized in serious condition Monday after the car he was driving left a rural road in the Mississippi Delta and flipped several times.

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