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LOS ANGELES – The shoe phone on TV’s “Get Smart” wasn’t just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere — though it did require a dime to make a call. Today, almost everyone has a pocket-sized version that also …

DECATUR, Ga. – Police are investigating an apparent double homicide that left two women dead and six children fleeing for neighbors’ homes. DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said officers responding to a 911 call from neighbors early Sunday morning found two women shot to death in a Decatur home. …

KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. military says four helicopter engines worth $13 million are missing in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. U.S. spokeswoman Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green says the helicopters were being shipped overland from the U.S. base in Bagram to a seaport for shipment back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She …

TINLEY PARK, Ill. – Police describe the man suspected of shooting five women to death in a robbery attempt at a clothing store down to the light green beads on the braid in his hair and the rhinestones on the back pocket of his jeans. But they don’t know where …

The personal spaceflight business — also known as space tourism — will face high hurdles from the insurance business in its early years, according to several industry experts. Policy costs will be extremely high until companies fly without incident at least three times. And a string of early failures may …

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department offered a cagey reaction Thursday to news accounts of a secretive, seperate prison area at the Guanatamo Bay, Cuba, military prison that is for the most dangerous terror suspects housed there. When asked to comment on story this morning, Pentagon pokesman Bryan Whitman said only: …

PHOENIX – Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was handed over to Arizona authorities Tuesday to face charges alleging he arranged the marriages of two teenage girls to older men. He already has been convicted in Utah in connection with an arranged marriage involving a 14-year-old girl. Deputies from the Mohave …

BAGHDAD – Two mentally retarded women strapped with remote-control explosives — and possibly used as unwitting homicide bombers — brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at 91 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring. The coordinated blasts — coming 20 …

ATLANTA – All children — not just those under 5 — should get vaccinated against the flu, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. The panel voted to expand annual flu shots to virtually all children except infants younger than 6 months and those with serious egg allergies. That means about …

NESHKORO, Wis. – A 15-year-old Wisconsin teen has battled back from a rare disease that almost took his life nearly a year ago, it is reported by the Portage Daily Register. In March of last year, Zachary Reetz, an eighth-grader at the time, was struck with a rare disease called …