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51 killed in Supermarket roof collapse in Latvia

As Latvian rescue workers searched Friday for bodies in the rubble of a supermarket collapse that killed dozens, speculation about the cause focused on a garden and a playground being installed on the grass- and gravel-covered roof.

 
Cosmic blast biggest since Big Bang; Earth never in danger

Astronomers call it the monster. It was the biggest and brightest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. Had it been closer, Earth would have been toast.

 
Man who disappeared walking dog is found

Los Angeles police say a key witness in a burglary case who vanished while walking his dog has been found.

 
‘Batkid’ gives interview while family gives back

San Francisco became Gotham City for a day last week when 5-year-old Miles Scott fulfilled his wish of fighting crime as the ‘Batkid.’

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US tourist’s wife: Detention a ‘dreadful misunderstanding’

The wife of an 85-year-old veteran being detained in North Korea implored authorities on Friday to let her husband return to his anxious family and end what she called a “dreadful misunderstanding.”

 
Documents: Mass. teacher’s throat slit, note left

The body of a popular Massachusetts teacher who police say was killed by one of her students was found in the woods, naked from the waist down and with her throat slit and a note that read, “I hate you all,” according to court documents released Friday.