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Inside bin Laden’s lair with SEAL Team Six

2011-05-05T08:00:27-05:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — So much could have gone wrong as SEAL Team Six swept over Pakistan’s dark landscape, dropped down ropes into a compound lined by wall after wall, exchanged gunfire and confronted “Geronimo” face to face. The vital things went right.
Just about every contingency the 25 commandos trained for came at them, rapidly, chaotically and dangerously, in their lunge for Osama bin Laden.

WWII pilot gets Distinguished Service Cross

2009-02-03T10:31:00-06:00

BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — A Texas man nearing his 90th birthday has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in a daring 1943 attack on Nazi-controlled oil fields in Romania.

Ohio dad who shock-collared kids gets 16 years

2009-02-03T09:58:00-06:00

XENIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for disciplining his children with a dog shock collar.

Cop suspected in wife’s vanishing loses new love

2009-02-03T09:57:00-06:00

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — A woman who became engaged to a former suburban Chicago police sergeant suspected in his wife’s 2007 disappearance moved out of his home Friday, hours after he spoke about his current and past relationships on a national television show.

Pythons found after brief escape from Calif. home

2009-02-03T09:44:00-06:00

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A 23-foot, 130-pound python can run but it can’t hide.

Bush first visit to future Dallas home

2009-01-28T08:24:00-06:00

DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush has made his first visit to the $2.1 million Dallas house that he’ll soon call home.

Doctor says octuplets appear healthy

2009-01-28T08:22:00-06:00

BELLFLOWER, Calif. (AP) — Newborn octuplets in Southern California are a feisty bunch that appear healthy even at nine weeks premature, a doctor said Tuesday.

Austin program works to restore wildlife habitat

2009-01-28T08:15:00-06:00

AUSTIN (AP) — Patricia Roberts-Miller says her yard was a boring swath of grass when she and her family moved into their North Austin home three years ago.

TI to shed 3,400 jobs by September

2009-01-27T09:33:00-06:00

Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips for cell phones and other gadgets, said Monday it will cut 3,400 jobs because demand has slackened amid a slowing economy.

Elder Bush: Son held to principles after attacks

2009-01-27T09:32:00-06:00

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush says he’s proud of how his son held to his principles during his presidency and kept the U.S. safe after the 2001 terror attacks.