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Tampa streets not filled with GOP protesters
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:29PM August 26, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — You can't see them. You can barely hear them over the din of the wind and rain swirling in the skies above from Tropical Storm Isaac. Protesters are here but it's highly unlikely they'll come close to crossing paths with Republicans for the presidential nominating convention.
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Apple jurors grappled with complex patent issues
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:25PM August 26, 2012 CommentSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The youngest juror, a 24-year-old whose favorite court attire was T-shirts bearing names of rock bands, chose a Beatles sweatshirt for Friday's dramatic unveiling of the $1.05 billion verdict in favor of computer titan Apple Inc. One of the oldest was a retired electrical engineer who, as foreman, signed the unanimous verdict that Samsung Electronics Co. copied Apple's patented technology for the iPhone and iPad. Among the other seven jurors were a homemaker, a bicycle shop manager and a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Lawmakers want Ariz. border fence started
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:21PM August 26, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — Members of the Arizona Legislature's border security advisory committee want the state to begin building a mile of fencing along the border with Mexico even though it has raised only a fraction of the needed money.
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Almanac forecast: Wintry weather _ and mystery
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:48PM August 26, 2012 CommentLEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The weather world is full of high-profile meteorologists like NBC's Al Roker and the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore. But the guy making the forecasts for the Farmers' Almanac is more like the man behind the curtain.
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Drew Peterson attorneys to mount "quick" defense
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:28PM August 26, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — And now it'll be Drew Peterson's turn.
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AP-GfK poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:27PM August 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to.
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Irene's biggest mystery: Where is Marble Arvidson?
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:59AM August 26, 2012 CommentBRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — It hadn't yet begun raining when a teenager named Marble Arvidson pinned a note to the door of his bedroom in a foster home, saying he'd be back in half an hour.
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Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' delivers baby boy
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:22AM August 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi early Sunday gave birth to her first child, a boy.
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AP Interview: Obama calls Romney's ideas 'extreme'
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58AM August 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into "extreme positions" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected, trying to discredit his Republican rival at the biggest political moment of his life.
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NASA's pioneering astronauts: Where are they now?
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:57AM August 26, 2012 CommentAs space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen past 300, many names have faded into the background. But some will forever be associated with the golden age of space exploration. Some examples:
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Armstrong's small step a giant leap for humanity
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55AM August 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — When man first harnessed fire, no one recorded it. When the Wright Brothers showed man could fly, only a handful of people witnessed it. But when Neil Armstrong took that first small step on the moon in July 1969, an entire globe watched in grainy black-and-white from a quarter million miles away
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Airlines: You can't wear that
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:52AM August 26, 2012 CommentDALLAS (AP) — Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stir as much debate as this: How you're dressed.
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To hero-astronaut Armstrong, moonwalk 'just' a job
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:51AM August 26, 2012 CommentCINCINNATI (AP) — Neil Armstrong made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon.
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NYPD gunfire injures 9 at Empire State Building
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:29AM August 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The veteran patrolmen who opened fire on a gunman outside the Empire State Building had only an instant to react when he whirled around and pointed a .45-caliber pistol at them as they approached him from behind on a busy sidewalk.
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Bear kills Calif. man in Denali National Park
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02AM August 26, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park photographed a grizzly bear for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him in the first fatal attack in the park's history, officials said Saturday.
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Florida prepares for Isaac ahead of GOP convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:32PM August 25, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Floridians, tourists and thousands of visitors for the Republican National Convention were warned Saturday to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to strengthen to a hurricane by the time it reaches the Florida Keys.
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Quotes reacting to the death of Neil Armstrong
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:14PM August 25, 2012 CommentQuotes about Neil Armstrong, the American who was the first human to walk on the moon, who died Saturday at age 82:
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Armstrong's small step a giant leap for humanity
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:16PM August 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — When man first harnessed fire, no one recorded it. When the Wright Brothers showed man could fly, only a handful of people witnessed it. But when Neil Armstrong took that first small step on the moon in July 1969, an entire globe watched in grainy black-and-white from a quarter million miles away
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NASA's pioneering astronauts: Where are they now?
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:58PM August 25, 2012 CommentAs space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen past 300, many names have faded into the background. But some will forever be associated with the golden age of space exploration. Some examples:
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Storm forces GOP to scrap first day of convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:12PM August 25, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican officials abruptly announced plans Saturday night to scrap the first day of their national convention, bowing to the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac as it bore down menacingly on Florida.
