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PHOENIX (AP) — The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting is being held without bail and has been assigned a lawyer who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy McVeigh. Jared Loughner entered a Phoenix courtroom Monday handcuffed and wearing a tan inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. The 22-year-old is accused of killing six people on Saturday and injuring 14 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. His expression was impassive as he walked in, looked straight at the...
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Fire officials waited for the weather to improve Thursday as they prepared to torch a house so laden with explosives that authorities have no other choice but to burn it to the ground. The blaze was delayed for at least an hour by an atmospheric condition known as an inversion layer that could hold the toxic smoke close to the ground. Authorities expected the layer to dissipate by late morning and allow the smoke to rise at least 1,000 feet before dissipating. Meanwhile, arson officers opened windows and...
In this July 12, 2008 file photo released by Carnival Cruise Lines, guests aboard the new Carnival Splendor swim in the pool, and watch a movie on the ship's Lido Deck, while cruising in the North Sea off the coast of The Netherlands. Tugboats are headed out to sea Tuesday Nov. 9, 2010 to tow in the 952-foot cruise ship Carnival Splendor that lost power off California after an engine room fire. The ship, with 4,500 passengers and crew members on a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera, is about 55 miles off the northern...