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ROME (Reuters) - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Italy Monday about 53 miles northeast of Rome, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A Reuters correspondent in Rome said he and his family had been woken by the quake. No other details were immediately available.

(CNN) -- The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party died Wednesday, hours after a shooting at the party's headquarters, according to a statement from former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

7.2 quake in Vanuatu:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2007/us2007fmba/

I just got an EDIS alert that there was an 8.0 quake near Hokkaido, Japan. Tsunami warnings for AK. No news sources yet that I can find...

WASHINGTON ? Osama bin Laden's supporters say an attack inside America is imminent."The operations have already been set and the lions have taken their positions and everything is complete," says the message that first appeared Monday on an Arabic Web site in France. "They are only waiting for permission from the heroic commander."

CNN is currently reporting that police have pulled over a white van on I-85 that matches description of van used in shootings...

Alabama Activates Tank Unit Columbus Ledger-Enquirer July 18, 2002 A day after President Bush's release of a homeland defense strategy calling for the possible domestic use of U.S. military forces, Alabama activated a 300-soldier Army National Guard tank battalion as part of a homeland defense force. In a statement released Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman said the Ozark, Ala.-based 1st Battalion, 131st Armor "is equipped with modern battle tanks, the M1A1 Abrams" and "will serve in the homeland defense role within the United States." Siegelman, commander-in-chief of the state's national guard, did not say what role the tank battalion would...