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First lady to see Sikh shooting victims' families
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:47AM August 18, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama plans to go to Milwaukee to meet with family members of those killed and injured in a Sikh temple shooting this month.
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Convention host cities gear up for traffic
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:57AM August 18, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — During this summer's national political conventions, workers in downtown Tampa and Charlotte will face throngs of pedestrians snaking through intersections, evening commutes snarled by street closures and the threat of unruly protesters.
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Obama renews call for aid to halt teacher layoffs
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:17AM August 18, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Tight school budgets have meant fewer teachers, larger classes and shorter school years, according to a White House report that President Barack Obama says shows the need for Congress to pass his proposals to help states reduce teacher layoffs.
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2 shot, killed in La. car; 2 children unharmed
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:16AM August 18, 2012 CommentAVONDALE, La. (AP) — Authorities in greater New Orleans say two young children have been recovered unharmed from a car where a male driver and female passenger were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Police release video in Ark. patrol car shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:39AM August 18, 2012 CommentLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Police video recorded the night a young man was fatally shot in a northeast Arkansas patrol car while his hands were cuffed behind his back hasn't resolved questions about whether he shot himself in the head as officers said.
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Group: DC gunman may have targeted it, too
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58PM August 17, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a second Christian conservative organization said Friday she was told by authorities that a note containing her group's contact information was found in the pocket of a man charged with opening fire at the Washington offices of another such group, wounding a security guard.
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Ryan paid a higher federal tax rate than Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:30PM August 17, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to their federal taxes in the last two years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has paid a lower federal tax rate than his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan.
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Clown had iPad stolen from Steve Jobs' home
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:24PM August 17, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Families waiting for San Francisco's cable cars on a recent morning couldn't help but notice Kenny the Clown, who wore a curly rainbow wig as he twisted brightly colored balloons into animal shapes for visitors, blasting Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" from an iPad at his feet.
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Gunman in Texas shootout fired more than 65 rounds
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:07PM August 17, 2012 CommentHOUSTON (AP) — A gunman who was among three people killed in a shootout near Texas A&M University earlier this week fired more than 65 rounds and also took an officer's gun after fatally shooting him, police said Friday.
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Ex-teacher gets 5-year prison term for student sex
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:33PM August 17, 2012 CommentFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former North Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday and sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home.
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Charges against Kansas abortion clinic dropped
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:04PM August 17, 2012 CommentTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor on Friday dropped all remaining criminal charges against a Kansas City-area Planned Parenthood clinic accused of performing illegal abortions, ending what was believed to be the first attempt in the U.S. to prosecute a facility affiliated with the group.
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Pastor seeks prayers as search for boy continues
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:40PM August 17, 2012 CommentYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Every year for a quarter century, the congregation of Calvary Chapel East Anaheim has traveled to the Sierra Nevada foothills for a spiritual family retreat.
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Former Border Patrol union head denies fraud
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:16PM August 17, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — The former, longtime national leader of the union representing Border Patrol agents on Friday called a federal indictment alleging that he siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds "a wild goose chase."
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Moody's: More Calif. cities at risk of bankruptcy
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:12PM August 17, 2012 CommentSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the nation's top credit rating agencies said Friday that it expects more municipal bankruptcies and defaults in California, the nation's largest issuer of municipal bonds.
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Romney and Obama now fight for edge on Medicare
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:49PM August 17, 2012 CommentSOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — The jobs-and-economy election suddenly seems all about Medicare — for now, at least.
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Police comb theaters after threat to Carmike chain
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:26PM August 17, 2012 CommentCOLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Movie theaters in several states were combed for explosives Friday after someone phoned in a bomb threat to the corporate headquarters of Carmike Cinemas, a spokesman for the chain said.
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Indiana melons linked to US salmonella outbreak
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:22PM August 17, 2012 CommentHealth officials in Indiana and Kentucky say they are investigating farms, distributors and retailers after an outbreak of salmonella that has killed two and sickened at least 141 people nationwide was linked to cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana.
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Emory U: False data sent to rankings groups
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:01PM August 17, 2012 CommentPrestigious Emory University intentionally misreported student data to rankings magazines for more than a decade, the Atlanta school disclosed Friday, adding its high-profile name to a growing list of institutions caught up in scandals over rankings pressure.
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'West Memphis Three' out of prison for a year
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:45PM August 17, 2012 CommentWEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — For nearly two decades, prison was the only home Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr. knew.
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2012 conventions embrace social media openness
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:27PM August 17, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrats and Republicans are using social media to turn their national conventions away from the smoke-filled rooms of yore and into meetings where anyone who wants to get involved is just a click away, no matter where they are.
