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Motorcycle chase reaches 140 mph on Ariz. highway

A motorcyclist is in custody after leading Arizona highway patrol officers on a chase at speeds reaching 140 mph.

US skier Schleper tries to make 4th Olympic team

Sarah Schleper closely consults her checklist to make sure she leaves nothing behind before taking off for a ski competition.

El Paso car wreck kills 3, injures 1

Authorities in Texas say a car carrying four people has crashed into a utility pole after police stopped chasing it, killing three people in the vehicle and injuring one.

Suspects throw cash onto SoCal roads during chase

San Diego police say some narcotics suspects led officers on a wild chase, throwing cash out of their truck's windows as passers-by ran onto the roadways to grab the bills.

Man leads LA police on 3-hour chase, shoots self

An assault suspect who ran a luxury-car-rental business and was distraught over financial troubles led police on a more than three-hour chase in a Bentley sedan before fatally shooting himself in the head early Tuesday as officers surrounded the $100,000-plus vehicle.

15-year-old smashes car into Calif. home; 3 die

A 15-year-old driver, his younger brother and a young neighborhood friend were killed when they fled at speeds up to 90 mph and then crashed into a house after a police car pulled them over.

Britain wins team pursuit in Olympic cycling

Britain has won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan Velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier.

Jockey Baze Rides 10,000th Winner

Russell Baze loves working sudoku puzzles in between races. The jockey with a mind for numbers hit his biggest one yet. Baze extended his dominance as North America's winningest thoroughbred rider, surviving a photo finish in a three-horse duel to the wire for his 10,000th victory Friday at Golden Gate Fields.

Suspect Leaps Off Bridge With Police Dog

A man being chased by authorities grabbed a police dog and leaped off a bridge, taking the animal with him into the cold San Diego Bay 200 feet below.

Estonia's Smigun Wins Cross-Country Gold

Right before the last Olympics, Kristina Smigun found herself at the center of a doping case. In the midst of another, she won a gold medal.

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Police Chase Results in Death of Five Small Children

In Dinuba, California, a Dodge Neon carrying three men was chased by police through a stop sign and into a crash with a pick up truck. This resulted in the deaths of all five chlidren in the truck, ages one through eight and the three people inside the pursued vehicle.

Mother drives two children around drunk after drinking two bottles of vodka
Source: ABC Action News

A North Carolina mother is in jail after taking her young children on a drunken, two-mile drive, the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office reported.

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Source: Associated Content

The beginning to the pursuit of happiness.

Father hangs onto roof pursuing German car thief
Source: Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - A father of two in Germany stunned authorities when he chased down an auto thief by car, leapt onto the roof of the stolen vehicle and then phoned through instructions to police as the crook sped off with him.

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