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GM recalling 636,000 sport utility vehicles DETROIT, MI - General Motors Corp. is recalling about 636,000 sport utility vehicles from model years 2002 and 2003 to repair faulty windshield wiper equipment that has caused at least two accidents, the automaker said Monday. Read the entire story ... Banker files class-action lawsuit against Jackson, Timberlake KNOXVILLE, TN - A banker filed a class-action lawsuit against Janet Jackson, dance partner Justin Timberlake, CBS, halftime show producers MTV and the networks' parent company, Viacom. Terri Carlin said the "sexually explicit conduct" by the performers caused millions of people to "suffer outrage, anger, embarrassment and serious injury." Read the entire story ... Devereux Arizona pilots program for abused children SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Devereux Arizona, a non-profit organization that cares for abused and neglected children, is piloting a program designed to improve the emotional and physical well-being of the children in it's care. Read the entire story ... 17-year-old rapist may remain in country STERLING HEIGHTS, MI - A 17-year-old boy accused of impregnating his 12-year-old sister was arraigned Wednesday on a felony rape count. Read the entire story ... Swine may be carriers of bird flu ROME - U.N. experts sought to dampen fears Friday that bird flu had spread to another species after tests found the virus in the snouts of pigs in Vietnam. Read the entire story ... No need for insurance reform DES MOINES, IO - Insurance Commissioner Therese Vaughan said she sees no need to change the way insurance companies are regulated, despite a barrage of complaints from homeowners whose insurance premiums have soared. Read the entire story ... by Staff Satirists A Glendale man who committed suicide by diving into a wood chipper was identified Monday ... A gun shop owner who had been disarmed by two men robbing his store was able to retrieve a hidden revolver from a back room and shoot his assailants, killing them both, police said Thursday ... A man who fatally shot three people in a drug-induced rampage was put to death Monday by lethal injection ... Protesting what he called society's injustice toward homosexuals, a 40-year-old man set himself on fire in St. Peter's square on Tuesday ... Read all the commentary ... |
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