2 arrested after string of robberies, chase (Galveston County Daily News)GALVESTON ? Two people were arrested after a string of robberies across the county ended in a police chase.
Russian Troops Take Key Georgian Town (NPR)The head of Georgia's national security council has said the town of Gori, just 60 miles from the capital, Tblisi, had fallen to Russian forces. Moscow has denied the claim. The conflict is over Georgia's bid to seize South Ossetia.
Bush Urges Russia To Stop Move Into Georgia (NPR)Russian forces pushed troops from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia out of a key town 50 miles from the Georgian capital Monday, prompting a plea from President Bush that Russia accept Georgia's move toward a peace agreement.
Scouts on exchange visit (Times of Malta)Ten scouts aged between 13 and 18, from the Qrendi Scout group joined 11 Polish scouts from the Zzczecin city Scout group for an international scout youth exchange programme in Poland where they attended presentations on EU member states and their cultural diversity, and took part in mud and water games, fishing, woodcraft, camouflage activities, brainstorming sessions, discussions, and group ...
Russia opens 2nd Georgia front, rejects cease-fire (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) TBLISI, Georgia? Russian forces broadened their crushing offensive against Georgia on Monday, flying devastating bombing runs against Georgian tanks and artillery that were retreating from one breakaway province and pushing into Georgia from a second breakaway province in the west.
Russians tightening control in Georgia (Miami Herald)Russian forces broadened their crushing offensive against Georgia on Monday, and Georgian officials feared the worst - that the Russian invasion would mean the end of their country's independence.
Sons Missing in Action, if Indeed They Found It (New York Times)As swaths of Georgia fell before Russian troops, it was not only the army that rose in its defense but also regular citizens.
Home, sweet home (Macomb Daily)Less than 36 hours after Saturday night's big "reveal," the sofas and floors of Lori Snyder's Roseville abode were scattered with the bodies of sleeping and just-waking teens.
Man Charged in Shooting Deaths of Three Teenage Swimmers (Fox News)A Michigan man was charged Wednesday with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of three teens at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
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