Texas prisoner captured after week on the run

A convicted sex offender who was the subject of a weeklong manhunt after pulling off a daring escape during a prison transfer was captured Monday after authorities received several phone tips, including one from a salesman who recognized the inmate outside his business. Complete Story...

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Texas prisoner captured after week on the run

A convicted sex offender who escaped from a Texas prison has been caught in Houston after a week on the run.

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Circus elephant that escaped and was hit by SUV OK

An animal rights group on Friday asked a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency to look into an owner's treatment of a circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle on a northwestern Oklahoma highway.

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'You hit a what?' SUV nearly slams into elephant

It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.

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A list of major helicopter prison escapes

A list of notable helicopter prison breaks since 1996.

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Texas Fugitive Captured in Mexico

A murder suspect who escaped from jail in October by assuming the identity of another inmate was arrested in Mexico and returned to the San Antonio jail he broke out of, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

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Transcripts Show Chaos After Zoo Attack

Police radio transcripts from the night of a deadly tiger attack revealed a chaotic scene at the San Francisco Zoo as zookeepers struggled to sedate the animal and medics refused to enter until they knew they would be safe.

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S.F. Zoo to Reopen Amid Investigation

Still reeling from the deadly Christmas Day tiger escape, officials said the San Francisco Zoo would reopen Jan. 3, despite a continuing criminal investigation and the shadow of possible fines and lawsuits.

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Cops: Tiger Attack Victim Helped Friend

The last minutes of a 17-year-old boy's life were spent trying to save his friend from the tiger that was mauling him at the San Francisco Zoo, only to have the animal turn on him, police and family members said.

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Zoos Review Housing After SF Mauling

Officials at zoos around the country say their housing for big cats is safe, but in light of the fatal mauling in San Francisco some are reviewing their procedures and even taking new measures of steep pen walls.

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Zoo Attack Victim's Family Wants Answers

Marilza Sousa had Christmas dinner waiting on the table, but her 17-year-old son never showed up.

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List of Maulings by Captive Animals

Some maulings and other incidents involving captive animals in the United States:

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Tiger Escapes S.F. Zoo Cage and Kills 1

Investigators trying to determine how a tiger escaped its zoo enclosure on Christmas Day — killing one man and mauling two others — plan a thorough sweep of the zoo grounds Wednesday to look for clues.

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Slaying Suspect Walks Out of Jail

A slaying suspect escaped from jail by assuming the identity of another inmate and was on the loose for more than six hours before authorities realized he was gone, officials said. He was still at large Monday.

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A committee has been created in Sebastian County, Arkansas, for the purpose of gaining control of the overcrowded jail facilities. Police, prosecutors, and judges are exploring avenues of diversion sentences and other programs.

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An Orlando-area man inspecting what he thought was a raccoon rummaging through his garbage said he was attacked by a large bear that was protecting her cubs.

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Her room is pale blue like the sky, with puffy clouds on the pillows. But Melissa Thomas lives on the ground. She is 17, black, fashionable, extremely serious.

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A man wearing handcuffs and boxer shorts who ran from deputies late Thursday after being arrested remains on the loose, according to a Friday news release from the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office

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Red-faced cops have now been given the slip twice in a week by hospitalized inmates they uncuffed for treatment. The strikingly similar jailbreaks happened within two days of each other.

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Don't Mess With America

US Food and Aid Ship Escapes Pirates Attack; (AP Staff Writer; Liz A. Kennedy; 4/13/2009).

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BOISE -- Nobody has broken out of the Idaho State Correctional Institution in more than 20 years. Prison officials like to think a hard-bitten corps of sentries with names like Cookie, Bongo and Chi Chi has had something to do with that.

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INVERNESS — One of Florida's most notorious rapists will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Citrus County judge gave the 60-year-old man a 210-year sentence.

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From Article: The Davises are like any other family, only instead of a son, they raised a chimpanzee. As with Travis, the chimp that attacked a woman in Connecticut on Monday, for years everything seemed fine.

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Prison chiefs have been criticised for stocking books on escaping from jail in their library.

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ALBUQUERQUE, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Police in Albuquerque, N.M., suspect two children, ages 1 and 4, were likely taken along to robberies allegedly committed by their mother.

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Escape is necessary. Modern lives demand a lot of us, sometimes 24/7. How do you escape your chaos? Do you accrue time and stress before you escape? Or do you go as needed?

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For a long time, Christine Sharpless found it hard to sleep and almost impossible to relax. An ex-boyfriend, in jail for abusing her, had assaulted her after being sent out on work release with no notice to her. Every strange creak in the night frightened her.

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Athenaeums, historic membership libraries, play a vibrant role in the cultural lives of their communities.

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In the Old Town district of Alexandria, Va., a family stretches out in a home seven feet wide.

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For music lovers, a tour of the C.F. Martin factory in Pennsylvania can be a pilgrimage, too.

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In Little Havana you'll find music, art, strong sentiments and powerful coffee.

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Zoos' latest PR push emerged in 2003, following a series of Washington Post stories blaming poor care at the National Zoo in Washington for more than 20 animal deaths.

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Tragic mauling occurs on Christmas Day at the San Fransisco Zoo leaving 1 man dead, and 2 seriously injured.

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Attention from retirees and second-home owners has meant a surge in development and increased traffic on the region's two-lane roads.

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Steep woodlands are increasingly attracting second-home owners to the area.

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Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts is arguably the most author-saturated, book-cherishing, literature-celebrating place in the nation.

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It's the aeronautical equivalent of the lazy Sunday drive in which the destination isn't as important as the pleasure of getting away.

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The season changes, and a Jersey Shore town wistfully decompresses. "I'll probably have to find a real job," Ms. Obando said, looking sunburned and sounding a bit forlorn during a brief break from hustling between tables. "You can't live on the beach forever."

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A time-tested self-discovery course takes combat veterans into the Colorado mountains to help heal emotional scars.

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