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ORANGE, Calif. – More than 30 patients died waiting for liver transplants while the understaffed University of California Irvine Medical Center turned down organs, a published report said. The hospital received 122 liver offers between August 2004 and July 2005 but transplanted just 12, the Los Angeles Times said, citing …

Stop that incredibly slow-moving lawn mower! A drunk parolee who allegedly stole a riding lawn mower led Southern View, Ill., cops on a low-speed chase through a cornfield, according to The State Journal-Register. Officers told the paper Charles H. Carter, 45, was a “happy drunk” — laughing at police as …

JERUSALEM – A deal was emerging Tuesday for elder statesman Shimon Peres to leave the Labor Party, his political home for 60 years, and join Ariel Sharon’s government if the prime minister is re-elected in March. A Sharon associate and newspaper reports said Peres likely would be charged with developing …