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WASHINGTON – About 1.5 million toy fishing poles featuring the cartoon characters SpongeBob Squarepants (search), Dora the Explorer (search), Tigger (search) and the cast of “Rocket Power” (search) are being recalled because their paint contains lead, the government said Wednesday. Zebco, a fishing equipment manufacturer based in Tulsa, Okla., is …

MESA, Ariz. – The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it’s looking to a monkey. “Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it,” said Mesa Officer Sean Truelove, who builds and operates tactical robots for …

NEW YORK – Two teenage brothers and their 7-year-old nephew were killed in an apartment fire that authorities believe may have been sparked by a stove left on for three days — a custom observed during Passover in some Orthodox Jewish (search) communities. The victims of Monday’s blaze were brothers …