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Cardozo, Goldstein capture PSAL crowns

Ashley Grubler said she planned to end her high school career “with a bang.” On Monday at Hunter College, the Cardozo HS senior made good on that promise.

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Thailand offers bounty for capture of crocodiles

As Bangkok braces for major flooding, residents are trying to figure out how to re-capture scores of crocodiles and alligators that have been loosed by torrential rains buffeting the country.

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Libyan fighters capture Gadhafi hometown of Sirte (AP)

Libyan rebel fighters fire their machine guns toward loyalist positions down town Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Libyan revolutionary forces fought building by building Wednesday against the final pocket of resistance in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown — the last major city in Libya to have been under the control of forces loyal to the fugitive leader.  (AP Photo/Manu Brado)AP – Libyan fighters on Thursday overran the remaining positions of Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in his hometown of Sirte, ending the last major resistance by former regime supporters still holding out two months after the fall of the capital Tripoli.


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Audio files capture 9/11 horror

It is the soundtrack of an unfolding national tragedy. Newly released audio files reveal how the U.S. was totally surprised by the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Libyan rebels nearly capture Col. Moammar Khadafy in Tripoli house raid: report

Dictator Col. Moammar Khadafy was reportedly nearly captured in Tripoli by Libyan commandos.

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Libya rebels fight to capture loyalist-held cities (AP)

CORRECTS SPELLING OF MOAMMAR - Libyans holding a huge flag celebrate overrunning Moammar Gadhafi's main compound Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, early Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi's compound Tuesday, charging wildly through the symbolic heart of the crumbling regime as they killed loyalist troops, looted armories and knocked the head off a statue of the besieged dictator. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP – Rebels battled pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces Thursday in Libya’s east and faced stubborn resistance in the capital while the opposition moved to assert control over the oil-rich country even as the longtime dictator remained at large.


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Libyan rebels capture major base defending capital (AP)

A wounded rebel fighter seen in the hospital in Zawiya, LIbya,  Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011.  Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Moammar Gadhafi's main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself. Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP – Libyan rebels captured a major military base that defends Moammar Gadhafi’s stronghold of Tripoli as clashes and protests raged in the streets of the capital on Sunday.


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