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Climber dies on Mt. RainierJune 11, 2008ByOne climber died on Mount Rainier Tuesday morning and two others were suffering severe hypothermia and frostbite after being caught in a blizzard that forced them to spend Monday night on the mountain. Because Army helicopters were unable to get enough of a break in the weather Tuesday to take the hypothermic climbers to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, they spent a second night on the mountain Tuesday night, said Kevin Bacher, a spokesman for Mount Rainier National Park. |
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Father faces first-degree charges for toddler's second-degree sunburnJune 11, 2008ByGolf ball-sized blisters covered a Berea, Ky., toddler's shoulders when his mother retrieved the boy from his father's home Sunday, and police have charged his father with first-degree criminal abuse. The 2-year-old had been outside earlier that day for an hour and a half with no apparent protection from the sun, police said. |
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Florida tomatoes cleared in salmonella scareJune 11, 2008ByTALLAHASSEE, Fla. _ Florida tomatoes have been deemed safe to eat by federal regulators, state officials announced Tuesday afternoon. The decision to add the state's tomatoes to the all-clear list comes amid a widening investigation into a salmonella outbreak that has been linked to certain kinds of raw tomatoes. |
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Obama considers some former military leaders for vice presidentJune 11, 2008ByWASHINGTON _ Barack Obama is considering former military leaders among his potential choices for vice president, according to a Democratic senator who discussed an extensive list of possible picks with members of the team vetting candidates. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N. |
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Task force to probe tie between speculators, oil pricesJune 11, 2008ByWASHINGTON _ The nation's top regulator of oil trading on Tuesday announced the creation of a special federal task force to study the role of speculators and the investment practices of large institutions that critics believe are running up oil prices. The announcement came as a special advisory committee went before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to discuss ways to make the oil markets more transparent. |
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Verizon, Time Warner, Sprint cut access to child porn newsgroupsJune 11, 2008ByNew York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday unveiled an aggressive new attack on child pornography built on an unlikely partnership between law enforcement and three large Internet service providers. Cuomo announced an agreement with Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint to eliminate access to child porn newsgroups _ bulletin board style discussions found on a network of servers _ and to purge their services of illegal Web sites identified by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. |
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Wisconsin lake bursts bank and disappearsJune 11, 2008ByLAKE DELTON, Wis. _ For 55 years, acrobatic jet skiers forming human pyramids and waving American flags thrilled crowds at the Tommy Bartlett Show on these scenic shores. But when the shows resume Thursday, the skiers will be no more and gone too will be the backdrop of the tranquil lake. |
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