Video recorded during the rescue of 15 rebel hostages shows them filing grim-faced toward the helicopter that would fly them to safety, then hugging one another and crying with joy after they are aloft and realize they are free.
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NHRA driver Scott Kalitta was killed in a fiery car crash when his Funny Car burst into flames after his engine exploded during the final round of qualifying for the Lucas Oil HHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey.
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Democrats seized an opportunity to attack John McCain after a comment he made saying withdrawing troops from Iraq was "not too important."
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Boston Red Sox’s Coco Crisp was hit on the right hip by Tampa Bay Rays pitcher James Shields during the second inning of a baseball game Thursday night. Coco charged the mound, dodged a punch from Shields and landed a few of his own before being tackled to the ground by Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro. A bench-clearing brawl between the Rays and the Red Sox ensued.
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61-year-old Dianne Odell from Jackson, TN, has died after a power failure in the city, about 80 miles northeast of Memphis. ODell has been in an iron lung for nearly 60 years, after being diagnosed with polio as a child.
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Animal rights activists in Vienna are fighting to have a 26-year-old chimpanzee named Matthew declared human.
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It only takes a few moments in the presence of Daniel McConnell before you start to feel this man is destined for great things. Self-deprecating humor aside, McConnell has a refreshingly positive attitude and his joie de vivre is infectious.
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63-year-old Hamilton Jordan, chief of staff for former President Jimmy Carter, died peacefully at his home in Atlanta around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
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24-year-old flight attendant Adrianna Grace Connor and 24-year-old pilot Jeffrey Paul Bradford were arrested in Harrisburg, PA after a nighttime romp in the woods.
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76-year-old MA senator Ted Kennedy was flown by helicopter Saturday from Cape Cod, where he was staying at the family home Hyannisport, to Mass General Hospital in Boston.
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