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Jet makes landing with football-sized hole

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:22:59 EDT

A cabin depressurizes. Oxygen masks drop. And 126 passengers and a crew of five brace. The drama started with a Southwest Airlines jet at 30,000 feet in the air and ended with an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday -- all with a football-sized hole in its fuselage.

4th suspect arrested in Florida couple's slaying

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:33:41 EDT

A fourth suspect has been arrested in the shooting deaths of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, authorities said late Monday. Police in Pensacola, Florida, believe six to eight people were involved in the killings of Byrd and Melanie Billings. The crime was "a very well-planned and methodical operation," said Escambia County, Florida, Sheriff David Morgan.

Ex-officials: Cheney getting 'bum rap' in CIA flap

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:05:36 EDT

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is getting a "bum rap" over reports that he ordered the CIA to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress, two former U.S. intelligence officials told CNN Monday.

At least 12 bodies found along Mexican road

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:04:33 EDT

Twelve to 15 bodies showing signs of torture were found on the side of a remote highway in the Mexican state of Michoacan, the state attorney general's office told CNN en Espa�ol.

Man sorry kin made boy, 6, work cotton fields

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:33:51 EDT

NASA official: 'Weather has bitten us again'

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:20:47 EDT

NASA will give the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour another try Monday, after having been repeatedly thwarted by the weather and technical malfunctions.

This Sears Tower view not for faint of heart

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:54:05 EDT

Fielder nabs Home Run Derby crown

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:41:34 EDT

Tonight was supposed to be Albert Pujols' night, but Prince Fielder and Nelson Cruz had other ideas.

Olympic hopeful opens brothel to pay for training

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:23:05 EDT

A cash-strapped Olympic hopeful in New Zealand says he has been forced to open a brothel to fund his bid for taekwondo glory in 2012, but officials say his entry into the sex trade could mean his exit from international sport.

New speculation about 'Jon & Date'

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:05:52 EDT

Just three weeks after Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their separation, there is speculation of a new plus-one in the mix for "Jon & Kate Plus 8."