-- Three Afghans were killed in a suicide attack in Kandahar province on Monday, the Afghan government said.
The explosion took place when the bomber in a car with explosives targeted a police vehicle that was on patrol in the southeastern town of Spin Boldak, a hotbed of Taliban militants, the...
The water main break near Malvern Town Centre quickly flooded the nearby roads.
A busy intersection near Malvern Town Centre in east-end Toronto is open to traffic again after nearly a metre of water covered the street corner for much of Thursday afternoon.
City crews say a contractor working...
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Police are investigating the first-ever homicide in a Disney-developed town in central Florida, officials said.
Osceola County police responded Monday to an emergency call at an apartment building in Celebration, Florida...
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One day after embattled Michigan-based automaker General Motors boasted the largest initial public offering in history, Lansing's mayor called on lawmakers to recognize that "manufacturing matters" and to work for "trade...
Sidney, NY After receiving a lot of attention, and criticism, the Town of Sidney is no longer asking a religious group to move a cemetery on its property.
As Action News reporter Matt Markham tells us, this may not be the end of a debate that has divided the town.
Sidney's burial battle rests...
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana - The women of Grand Isle are nervous. Used to be, they say, they could walk the streets of their beachside town alone, getting a little exercise after the hottest part of the day or setting out the trash after midnight.
Now, a waitress won't let her 14-year-old daughter...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – If you can paint a town orange, that's what the Dutch will be doing in Cape Town, Amsterdam and everywhere else they can think of. The Netherlands is in the World Cup final, and boy do the players know how to celebrate a big win.
Like in an Oranje mosh pit. Or on each...
Town law would ban 'annoying' singing
CHARLESTON, S.C., (UPI) -- A South Carolina town is considering a measure that would add singing, whistling and hollering to a law banning annoying sounds on public streets.
The Sullivan Island Town Council's proposed law, which may be ratified in July...
B.C. town not given flood warning
OLIVER, British Columbia, (UPI) -- Canadian officials didn't warn the public of a flood threat even though they were notified of a dangerously eroding dam two days before it burst, observers say.
The dam near Oliver, British Columbia gave way Sunday afternoon...
[Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to...
The good Doctor
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Dr. Epstein was a renowned physician who earned his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees in his
home town and then left for Manhattan, where he
quickly rose to the top of his field...
Tornado roars through Arkansas town, kills 3
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and two dozen injured on Thursday night when a tornado smashed through Mena, Arkansas, officials...
The Ranch Hand
A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife. She was a very good-looking woman, and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand.
Two men applied for the job. One was...