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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/12/11/exp.nr.richard.holbrooke.cnn Washington -- U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke was in critical condition at George Washington University Hospital on Saturday after undergoing surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, a State Department spokesman said...

RICHMOND, VA - State Police are asking hunters to keep their eyes peeled for the marijuana plants. This is something new for State Police. It gives them more eyes to look for marijuana grow sites. They want hunters to look for anything suspicious while out in the woods. One hunter says he's...

http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/1153cc67-532b-4227-b5ff-0d12e1c8456e/News/Frank-Davis-Of-NJ-State-Police-Talks-About-Bus-Crash WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — A yellow school bus carrying 14 children crashed into a guard rail on the Garden State Parkway early Tuesday morning, causing seven minor...

Helen Thomas covered every presidential administration since John F. Kennedy's in the early 1960s. The alma mater of journalist Helen Thomas will not bestow an award that had been given in her name, making the decision after the 90-year-old scribe made more controversial comments about Jewish...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in San Diego County, the site of a house with the nation's largest cache of homemade explosives ever found in one spot. The declaration, made Wednesday, frees up state funding to help in the removal of the explosives. San...

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey owes the federal government more than $271 million for canceling a rail tunnel connecting the state with New York. An invoice from the Federal Transit Administration's chief financial officer to NJ Transit's executive director was sent Nov. 24. It says the amount of...

http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25820239/detail.html BALTIMORE -- By the time some E-ZPass customers learn of violations and fees, they owe thousands of dollars to the state of Maryland. Jason and Jennifer Markomanolakis are back on the road again after working out a deal to pay off an excessive...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/14/mexico.resort.explosion.570NEWS Six people, including one minor, were killed Sunday in a natural gas explosion at a resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, authorities and state media reported. Another 15 or so were injured, according to the local...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Richard Hamilton scored 27 points and Rodney Stuckey added 21 points and nine assists to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Golden State Warriors 102-97 on Sunday night. The Pistons have now won two straight after losing their first five games of the season. Golden State...

Jo Myong-Rok, second right, during the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on October 10, 2005. Jo Myong Rok, a top North Korean military officer, died of heart disease Saturday, the country's official news agency reported. He was 82. Jo, the vice marshal of the...

Four people died after consuming celery that had been processed at a Texas plant, the FDA says. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday a closed Texas food processing plant tested positive for a bacteria that has been linked to the deaths of four people. The Texas Department of...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/11/02/bts.ca.prop.19.prep.rally.cnn California voters rejected the legalization of marijuana Tuesday, according to a CNN projection based on exit polling. Supporters of Proposition 19 argued that the "prohibition" of marijuana -- much like that for...

Wildlife Officials Say Gator Breaks Record http://www.wesh.com/slideshow/news/25591480/detail.html MELBOURNE, Fla. -- An Orlando man broke a record by trapping the largest alligator in the state over the weekend. Tres Ammerman and two of his friends went hunting Sunday night in Lake...

Flooding in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar has killed 13 people, state media reported Sunday. Twelve people remain missing, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. A local official said a pregnant woman is among the dead, according to state media. Torrential rains in mountainous...

The federal government will continue to enforce federal marijuana laws in California even if the state legalizes pot through a ballot initiative next month, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter obtained Friday by CNN. Holder said the Justice Department would continue to "vigorously...

Flooding killed at least nine people and forced hundreds to flee from their homes in Russia, state media reported Saturday. About 300 people were evacuated, according to RIA Novosti. Torrential rains have pounded southern Krasnodar territory, flooding seven villages, state media said...

'Black Widow' dies in Georgia prison ATLANTA, -- Lynn Turner, a woman police dubbed the Black Widow for killing her husband and boyfriend with antifreeze, died in a Georgia prison Monday, officials said. WSB-TV, Atlanta, reported it had confirmed Turner, 42, was found unresponsive in her...

Iran welcomes four new subs TEHRAN, Iran's top defense officials attended a ceremony welcoming four new submarines fitted out with state of the art technology, officials said. Iranian state media outlets reported Sunday the locally made Ghadir submarines have the ability to fire missiles and...

Caiman captured in Maryland PUMPHREY, Md., A Maryland teenager who reported spotting an alligator in a state park said he used chicken bones to capture the reptile, which was identified as a caiman. Eric Hammack Jr., 16, of Pumphrey, who first reported spotting the 2-to-3-foot reptile Sunday...

U.S. State Dept. seeks police powers WASHINGTON, The U.S. State Department has asked Congress to give the passport agency law enforcement status, saying it is needed to combat fraud. Brenda Sprague, deputy assistant secretary of state for passport services, told a Senate subcommittee Thursday...