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blog:2 walk away from fiery small plane crash in US

TETERBORO, New Jersey: A small plane crashed while trying to land at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport on Friday morning, and the two people aboard survived and managed to walk away from the fiery wreckage.
The pilot and a passenger both suffered burns, officials said.
One man was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center with burns and the [...]

blog:Poll: Americans losing confidence in Obama

WASHINGTON: A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack Obama.
The Washington Post-ABC News survey found that less than half of Americans — 49 percent — say they believe the president will make the right decisions [...]

blog:Scotland frees terminally ill Lockerbie bomber

EDINBURGH, Scotland: Scotland’s government freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the deaths of 270 people.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said Abdel Baset al-Megrahi’s condition had deteriorated from prostate cancer. Al-Megrahi [...]

blog:Attack on Obama riles Beck’s advertisers

NEW YORK: Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel on Monday after a vacation with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a racist.
A total of 33 Fox advertisers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., CVS Caremark, Clorox and Sprint, directed that their [...]

blog:Source: Coroner rules Jackson’s death homicide

LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died.The coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given [...]