| Carson: Egypt's pyramids were for grain, not tombs |
The GOP presidential front-runner made the controversial remarks in a 1998 speech.
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| Democratic senator: Obama still has no strategy for Syria |
Sen. Tim Kaine says the president does not have a clear plan for confronting Islamic State in Syria.
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| Ex-President George H.W. Bush blasts Cheney, Rumsfeld |
Former President George H.W. Bush takes some unexpected swipes at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, key members of his son's administration, over their reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks, in a new biography of the 41st president, Fox News reported on Wednesday. In "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey Of George Herbert Walker Bush," author Jon Meacham quotes Bush as saying that Cheney and Rumsfeld were too hawkish and that their harsh stance damaged the reputation of the United States, the cable news network said.
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| San Diego gunman in custody; flight diversions at airport end |
San Diego police took into custody a gunman who fired at officers responding to a domestic violence report on Wednesday after an extended standoff that prompted the nearby international airport to temporarily divert inbound flights. There were no reports of injuries, but all arrivals into San Diego International Airport were put on hold during the incident at an apartment complex in the city's Bankers Hill neighborhood, at the eastern end of its runways. Police named the suspect as Titus Colbert, 33, and said he will be charged with attempting to murder a police officer.
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| Man shot dead after stabbing four at University of California campus |
| The four victims - two students, a campus employee and a construction worker credited with helping prevent more bloodshed - were taken to hospitals for treatment, two by helicopter, though all are expected to make a full recovery, officials said. The identity of the suspect, a student in his early 20s who lived on campus, was not being publicly released until his next of kin were notified, Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke told a news conference hours later. Classes at UC Merced, a campus of about 6,600 students, 300 faculty and about 1,000 other staff, were canceled through Thursday, and university officials said they hoped to resume normal operations on Friday. |