OLIVIA, Minn. – Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin faces charges of drunken driving and fleeing police after a chase in Minnesota that reached speeds of about 100 mph. Scantlin appeared Monday in Renville County court on charges of felony fleeing police in a motor vehicle; refusing to submit to …
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BEIRUT – Palestinian officials say a shooting in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed two people and wounded three. Tuesday’s shooting in the Ein el-Hilweh camp comes three days after an official from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party — Talal Baladneh, who was also known as Talal …
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MILAN – Italian oil and gas company Eni says it lost 113 million euros ($124 million) in the second quarter due to a sharp decline in oil prices. Eni said Thursday that the loss compared with a net profit of 658 million euros in the same period last year. Eni …
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MOSCOW – Russia has tightened controls on imports of cut flowers from the Netherlands, a move that comes amid a strain in ties over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine. National veterinary agency Rosselkhoznadzor said Tuesday checks have repeatedly found Dutch cut flowers infested with pests. Starting …
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UNITED NATIONS – A Security Council diplomat says the United States and Russia have reached agreement on a draft United Nations resolution aimed at identifying the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria so they can be brought to justice. The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions were …
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – For decades, the family of Wiljo Matalamaki had been wondering where his Purple Heart medal went. It took a random discovery at a dump and a chance meeting, but nearly half a century after it was lost, the medal will be returned to his relatives Sunday …
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MADRID – Spain’s Interior Ministry is defending its department head after a newspaper revealed he secretly met with Rodrigo Rato, the former International Monetary Fund chief suspected of fraud and money laundering. The ministry said in a statement Monday that Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz and Rato discussed “exclusively personal” …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Witnesses say a bomb blamed on Boko Haram Islamic extremists killed at least 24 people and wounded 60 at a village market in northeastern Nigeria. Tuesday’s bombing is the latest in a string of bombings and village raids that have killed hundreds in the space of weeks, …
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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine… His Excellency? Last week, we told you about eccentric former NBA star, Dennis Rodman’s colorful trip to North Korea, during which he became friends for life with Kim Jong Un. But does his unprecedented access to the North Korean dictator make “The …
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SAO PAULO – A Brazilian professional surfer has died after being shot outside his beach home by an off-duty police officer. Investigator Marcelo Arruda says Tuesday that Ricardo dos Santos, known as a daring tuberider who had won international surfing awards, died in a hospital in southern Brazil. Dos Santos, …
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