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Bill would expand fertility coverage for veterans
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:02AM August 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The roadside bomb that exploded outside Andrew Robinson's Humvee in Iraq six years ago broke the Marine staff sergeant's neck and left him without use of his legs. It also cast doubt on his ability to father a child, a gnawing emotional wound for a then-23-year-old who had planned to start a family with his wife of less than two years.
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Jamaican woman faces marriage fraud trial in Kan.
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:44AM August 20, 2012 CommentWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Jamaican woman accused of entering into a "sham marriage" with a Kansas soldier faces a federal trial Tuesday during which jurors must decide whether she wed for love or for immigration purposes in a criminal prosecution.
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20 years after Ruby Ridge, there's forgiveness
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34AM August 20, 2012 CommentKALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper's bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family's cabin on a mountaintop called Ruby Ridge.
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'Top Gun' Director Dies After Jumping Off Bridge
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24AM August 20, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as "Top Gun," ''Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge, authorities said.
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Ryan gets heat from Dems over Social Security
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:06AM August 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his running mate. It was a fight that didn't go well for the GOP when President George W. Bush pushed the idea in 2005.
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Changes tough, but Social Security fixable
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:05AM August 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Social Security's long-term problems, the massive retirement and disability program could be preserved for generations to come with modest but politically difficult changes to benefits or taxes, or a combination of both.
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Director Tony Scott's notable films
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35AM August 20, 2012 CommentThe notable films of director Tony Scott, who died Sunday in an apparent suicide at age 68:
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Swimmer Nyad steady in Cuba-Fla. record attempt
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:58PM August 19, 2012 CommentHAVANA (AP) — Endurance athlete Diana Nyad forged ahead in the Straits of Florida with renewed vigor Sunday in pursuit of a record 103-mile (166-kilometer), unassisted swim in open waters without the aid of a shark cage.
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Obama dishes on friendship with George Clooney
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:13PM August 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says actor George Clooney is a good friend and a good person who is sensitive about protecting that friendship.
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Authorities ID Wis. boy killed in lightning strike
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:45PM August 19, 2012 CommentDULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A 9-year-old Wisconsin boy died from a lightning strike, one of eight boaters who sought shelter on a Lake Superior beach, Minnesota authorities said Sunday.
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Small plane crashes on Long Island; 2 dead
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:40PM August 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A small plane carrying three people plummeted into a residential Long Island street with a fiery crash Sunday, killing two people aboard as neighbors tried to douse the flames with fire extinguishers and garden hoses, authorities and witnesses said.
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Bill would expand fertility coverage for veterans
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:46PM August 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The roadside bomb that exploded outside Andrew Robinson's Humvee in Iraq six years ago broke the Marine staff sergeant's neck and left him without use of his legs. It also cast doubt on his ability to father a child, a gnawing emotional wound for a then-23-year-old who had planned to start a family with his wife of less than two years.
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20 years after Ruby Ridge, there's forgiveness
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01PM August 19, 2012 CommentKALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper's bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family's cabin on a mountaintop called Ruby Ridge.
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'Expendables 2' brawls to No. 1 with $28.8M
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54PM August 19, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvester Stallone and his beefy buddies have muscled their way to the top of the weekend box office.
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Experts: Laws on online prostitution need updating
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM August 19, 2012 CommentALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Laws written long before the dawn of the Internet age have authorities across the nation struggling to prosecute online prostitution rings because of huge loopholes and defense lawyers' claims that the websites are protected speech.
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Like NASA rover, family switches over to Mars time
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:06PM August 19, 2012 CommentLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — For one family, an exotic summer getaway means living on Mars.
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14-year-old boy arrested for drunken driving in SD
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:57PM August 19, 2012 CommentMITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota police say a 14-year-old boy who was driving drunk has been arrested, along with his father, who sat intoxicated in the passenger seat.
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Ala. man fights to keep wife buried in front yard
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:38PM August 19, 2012 CommentSTEVENSON, Ala. (AP) — James Davis is fighting to keep the remains of his late wife right where he dug her grave: In the front yard of his home, just a few feet from the porch.
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Ranchers lose hope drought aid will come in time
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:14PM August 19, 2012 CommentOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — It's hard to tell what frustrates Todd Eggerling more — the weather or Congress.
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NY regulator has friends, foes after bank deal
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:13PM August 19, 2012 CommentALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York financial regulator Benjamin Lawsky, an Ivy League ex-prosecutor and top lieutenant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, shook a record $340 million settlement this week from a major British bank accused of money-laundering for Iran, earning both praise for his aggressive approach and criticism from those who saw it as a publicity grab.
