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- Hospital death rates for key conditions unveiled
If you or a loved one develops pneumonia or has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital, do you know what the chances are of getting out alive?
- Florida braces for another pounding from Fay
Tropical Storm Fay churned off the coast of east Florida Thursday a day after dumping heavy rain on the state and causing Florida's governor to ask for federal aid.
- Kite-surfer who hit building improving, mom says
Kevin Kearney was harnessed to a kite along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beach Monday when strong winds caught the kite and slammed him into a nearby wall. He sustained spinal fractures, brain swelling, a broken rib and a broken ankle, among other injuries
- Report: Travelers saw flames before jet crash
The death toll after a Madrid plane crash has risen to 153, a Spanish government minister tells CNN+. The plane carrying more than 170 people went off the runway at Barajas Airport. The crash during takeoff reportedly followed an explosion on the budget a
- Church hits natural gas in urban drilling frenzy
Bishop Kenneth Spears always thought gifts from God came from above. He never imagined that the gifts would be hiding under his church in Fort Worth, Texas -- in the form of natural gas. There's an urban drilling bonanza here. Many are cashing in; others
- U.S., Iraq reach draft deal on withdrawals
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have agreed to a preliminary draft of an agreement on the future of U.S. troops in Iraq, a senior U.S. military official said.
- Florida college used in massive Ponzi scheme
A Florida man used facilities at the University of Miami to run a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme and recruited school employees for the operation, angry investors and investigators tell CNN.
- Rep. Tubbs Jones dies after aneurysm
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Wednesday from a brain hemorrhage, medical officials said. Tubbs Jones, who was in her fifth term representing parts of Cleveland and its suburb
- Learning from Clinton, McCain narrows gap
The Clinton campaign's approach provided John McCain and his advisers with a road map for battling Barack Obama, and actually started them down that path, according to the Arizona senator's communications director in the 2000 campaign. It seems to be work
- Judge's ruling protects man's anti-war T-shirts
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