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Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up

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Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up

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Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up

Game between Maryland and Virginia Tech delayed 2½ hours by broken water main

Broken water main delays Terps-Hokies tipoff

Former boss says trainer’s ponytail mistake caused fatal killer whale attack at Orlando park

Former trainer said mistake triggered orca attack

X-Games skier Johnson dies after falling, hitting head while skiing steep chute in California

X-Games skier dies after fall at Calif. ski hill

Calif. X-Games skier dies of head injuries while trying run off steep cliff at Squaw Valley

X-Games skier dies after fall at Squaw Valley

In aftermath of luger’s death, Olympic leaders confront tough questions on high-risk sports

Crucial safety reviews lie ahead after Olympics

Bode Miller gets silver, fellow American Weibrecht bronze in super-G; US medal count hits 20

Bode Miller leads US to silver, bronze in super-G

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil coast; all 64 aboard rescued in harrowing sea

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil; all rescued

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil coast; all 64 aboard rescued

Brazil: all 64 rescued after Canadian ship sinks

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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AP Top News at 3:22 a.m. EST

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US

AP Top News at 3:14 a.m. EST

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Chile assesses damage from mammoth earthquake

AP Top News at 3:11 a.m. EST

AP Top News at 3:11 a.m. EST

8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US

AP Top News at 2:21 a.m. EST

AP Top News at 2:21 a.m. EST

Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

AP Top News at 1:42 a.m. EST

AP Top News at 1:42 a.m. EST

Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building

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AP Top News at 2:07 a.m. EST

Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever

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AP Top News at 6:28 p.m. EST

Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up

Pa. ice rink’s roof partially collapses during youth hockey tournament, but no one injured

Pa. ice rink’s roof collapses, but no one injured

Olympic track reopens with all sliders starting lower on course in response to fatal crash

Olympians slide with heavy hearts

WHISTLER, British Columbia — Someone had to be first, and it was Tony Benshoof.

Olympic track reopens with men starting lower on course, in response to athlete’s fatal crash

Olympic sliding resumes on fast track

WHISTLER, British Columbia — Olympic luge events will start farther down the track than originally planned, officials said Saturday, a decision they made with the “emotional component” of athletes in mind following the death of a Georgian competitor.

Men’s Olympic lugers will start lower on track, in response to athlete’s fatal crash

Men’s Olympic lugers will start lower on track

Georgian athletes mourn fallen teammate, adding somber note to Vancouver opening ceremony

Somber teammates honor fallen luger as games open

IOC president Jacques Rogge says Olympic family is in ‘deep mourning’ over death of luger

IOC president Rogge: Olympic family in mourning

Georgian luger dies after crash; IOC president says death ‘casts a shadow’ over games

Olympic luger from Georgia dies after crash

IOC says Georgian luger dies after crash, casting pall over games

IOC confirms Olympic luger dies after crash

Sabres TV analyst Mike Robitaille recovering from back surgery after being injured in accident

Sabres TV analyst recovering from back surgery

College basketall games, racetracks cancel early as new storm hits East Coast

Winter storm forces sports to reschedule

A winter storm hitting the East Coast with snow, slush and swirling winds has forced postponement of several men’s and women’s college basketball games and the closing of racetracks in Maryland, New Jersey and New York.

Crippled news chopper crashes during Sao Paulo rush hour; pilot dies, but avoids busy highway

Chopper crashes during Sao Paulo rush hour, 1 dead

TV helicopter crashes in Sao Paulo; pilot killed, cameraman injured

TV helicopter crashes in Brazil, pilot killed

Funeral Mass held for Brendan Burke, son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM

Funeral Mass held for son of Maple Leafs GM

New Orleanians exult in Saints’ victory, hope that championship feeling rubs off on them

Saints raise their city’s spirits, maybe for good

US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa

US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

Police: Skier survives 17 hours buried beneath avalanche in Swiss Alps, emerges unharmed

Skier survives 17 hours under Swiss avalanche

Swiss police say skier survived 17 hours buried beneath avalanche

Swiss cops: man survived 17 hours under avalanche

Kevin Harvick wins NASCAR’s Bud Shootout under caution for 2nd consecutive exhibition victory

Harvick repeats as Budweiser Shootout winner

Harvick wins Budweiser Shootout under caution for 2nd consecutive exhibition victory

Harvick wins Budweiser Shootout

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Harvick started Speedweeks in bed, started the Budweiser Shootout in a backup car and started the final few laps out of the lead.

IndyCar star Danica Patrick avoids wrecks, finishes 6th in stock car debut at Daytona

Danica Patrick finishes 6th in stock car debut