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Coordinated Grenade Attacks Kill 5 in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India – A series of grenade attacks by suspected separatist rebels shook Kashmir’s capital on Friday, killing five people and wounding at least 18, police said. All those killed were civilians — three women and two men who died of their injuries at the main hospital in Srinagar, said …

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Hewlett-Packard Recalling Laptop Batteries

WASHINGTON – Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is recalling about 15,700 HP and Compaq notebook computer batteries worldwide for a burn and fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday. HP has received 20 reports of batteries overheating, including two in the United States, with one report of a …

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Mayor: Cheney Hit in Hunting Accident Years Ago

ALBUQUERQUE – Years before Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a lawyer during a Texas quail hunt, Cheney himself was on the receiving end of an errant shotgun blast. Carlsbad Mayor Bob Forrest said he doesn’t know for certain if he or his twin brother, Dick Forrest, fired the shot …

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