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Security guard credited for thwarting DC shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:24AM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A man who had been a volunteer at a community center for gays walked into the lobby of a conservative political organization, made a negative comment about what the group stands for, pulled a gun and opened fire, authorities said.
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Thousands mark Elvis's death, get surprise visit
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:59AM August 16, 2012 CommentMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of devotees converged on Graceland to mark the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death and got a surprise welcome from the King's former wife and daughter, the first time Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley have appeared together at the annual gathering.
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W.Va. embraces ancient sport of Irish road bowling
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51AM August 16, 2012 CommentBRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. (AP) — It sounds as if it ought to be a drinking game: Grown men and women hurl a 2-pound cannonball as far as they can down a paved country road, each aiming to finish the 1.5-mile, chalk line "course" with the fewest throws.
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Fort Hood suspect's trial on hold over beard
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:06AM August 16, 2012 CommentFORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — For the past two months, the military judge presiding over the high-profile case of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage has said he wanted to avoid disruptions in court.
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Man in Ireland charged in Pitt bomb threats
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:01AM August 16, 2012 CommentPITTSBURGH (AP) — A founding member of a Scottish terror group was indicted on charges he emailed 17 bomb threats to the University of Pittsburgh earlier this year, disrupting campus life and forcing the evacuation of more than 100 buildings.
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Army probes general's alleged lavish spending
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:51AM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As Gen. William "Kip" Ward traveled around the world as the head of the military's U.S. Africa Command, he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in excessive hotel costs and allowed unauthorized family members to travel on his government plane, according to a Pentagon investigation.
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Crews battle dozens of wildfires across West
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:10PM August 15, 2012 CommentFEATHERVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Across the West, dozens of fires fueled by searing heat, dry weather and strong winds have added up to misery for weary residents who already are fed up with one of the region's worst fire seasons in decades.
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Officials: Man criticized group before DC shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:49PM August 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a social conservative lobbying group on Wednesday made a negative reference about the organization's work before opening fire, a law enforcement official said.
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Residents of Pa. drilling town near settlement
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:06PM August 15, 2012 CommentResidents of a northeastern Pennsylvania town who say their well water was poisoned by a gas driller are nearing a settlement of their long-running and highly contentious federal lawsuit.
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Drew Peterson judge again rebukes prosecutors
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:41PM August 15, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An increasingly exasperated judge at former police officer Drew Peterson's murder trial delivered his strongest rebuke of prosecutors yet on Wednesday after a pathologist spoke about how he crawled into a bathtub as part of his examination of the death of Peterson's third wife.
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Ag giants spend big to defeat labeling initiative
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:08PM August 15, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's largest agribusiness and biotech companies are pouring millions of dollars into California to stop the first-ever initiative to require special labels on foods made with genetically modified ingredients, a sign of their determination to keep the measure from sparking a nationwide movement.
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Hard hits follow Romney promise to elevate debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:07PM August 15, 2012 CommentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Just days ago, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stood with newly minted running mate Paul Ryan and promised a campaign focused on big ideas like "a positive governing agenda that will lead to economic growth."
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Group: Vt. conviction boosts gay parents' rights
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:25PM August 15, 2012 CommentMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The conviction of a Virginia pastor on charges he helped a woman flee the country rather than share custody of her child with her former lesbian partner did little to answer just where the girl and her mother are.
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon hospitalized with pneumonia
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:11PM August 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Unification Church founder the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is being treated in an intensive-care unit at a hospital in Seoul for pneumonia.
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Thousands of Elvis fans flock to Graceland vigil
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:58PM August 15, 2012 CommentMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Elvis Presley fans hoisted colorful umbrellas against a hot sun and massed in folding chairs outside Graceland on Wednesday, awaiting a candlelight vigil marking the 35th anniversary of the death of the rock 'n' roll icon.
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Hepatitis C outbreak could boost regulation bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:48PM August 15, 2012 CommentCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The case of a medical technologist suspected of infecting patients with Hepatitis C could boost momentum for federal legislation requiring medical imaging and radiation therapy workers to meet standards before their employers receive Medicare reimbursements.
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Woman dies in Florida when she falls from parasail
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:58PM August 15, 2012 CommentPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — South Florida authorities say a woman who was parasailing with her husband died when her harness broke and she plummeted as much as 200 feet into the Atlantic Ocean.
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FBI: Man in Ireland charged with Pitt bomb threats
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:57PM August 15, 2012 CommentPITTSBURGH (AP) — A founding member of a Scottish terror group was indicted Wednesday on charges he emailed bomb threats that disrupted campus life and forced the evacuation of more than 100 buildings on the University of Pittsburgh campus earlier this year.
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Drug charges dropped because of too much evidence
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:52PM August 15, 2012 CommentIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A fugitive doctor charged in the nation's largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies is getting off in part because there's just too much evidence: more than 400,000 documents and two terabytes of electronic data that federal authorities say is expensive to maintain.
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Romney seeks to undercut Obama's likability lead
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:41PM August 15, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney is portraying the outwardly calm President Barack Obama as a man seething with animosity and power lust as the Republicans seek to undermine one of the Democrat's greatest campaign strengths — his personal likability.
