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Federal officials investigate Idaho wildfire death
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04PM August 14, 2012 CommentBOISE, Idaho (AP) — For wildland firefighter Anne Veseth in Idaho, the danger came not from out-of-control flames, but from a falling tree on Sunday, ending her life at just 20 years.
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New toilet technology after 150 years of waste
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:46PM August 14, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — These aren't your typical loos. One uses microwave energy to transform human waste into electricity. Another captures urine and uses it for flushing. And still another turns excrement into charcoal.
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Pentagon: Iran building, training militia in Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:38PM August 14, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Iran is playing a growing role supporting the Syrian regime and is helping to build and train a militia to fight opposition forces, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday.
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Bank settles Iran money probe in NY for $340M
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:15PM August 14, 2012 CommentALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state's financial regulator said Tuesday his agency has reached a $340 million settlement with Standard Chartered Bank to resolve an investigation into whether the British bank schemed with the Iranian government to launder $250 billion from 2001 to 2007.
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Family: Texas shootout gunman had mental illness
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:37PM August 14, 2012 CommentCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — In the months leading up to Monday's shootout near Texas A&M University that killed three, gunman Thomas Alton Caffall III had cut off contact with his family, even though his mother was seriously ill.
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Va. pastor guilty in same-sex union custody case
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:22PM August 14, 2012 CommentBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A pastor from Virginia was convicted Tuesday of helping a woman flee the country three years ago, when she was on the brink of having to turn custody of her young daughter over to the woman who was once her partner in a Vermont civil union.
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Some below poverty line don't qualify for Medicaid
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:57PM August 14, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough.
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Kennedy: Judges' Senate confirmation too political
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:56PM August 14, 2012 CommentHONOLULU (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says the Senate confirmation for new federal judges is too political and is keeping out highly qualified candidates who don't want to go through the difficult process.
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Police: Doc's waterboarding possibly an experiment
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM August 14, 2012 CommentDOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware pediatrician who achieved national recognition for his research into near-death experiences involving children may have been experimenting on his 11-year-old stepdaughter by waterboarding her, police said in court documents.
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Report: Obama's campaign more wired than Romney's
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:30PM August 14, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says President Barack Obama has an advantage over Republican Mitt Romney when it comes to reaching voters online.
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Evangelist Billy Graham returns to western NC home
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58PM August 14, 2012 CommentASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Evangelist Billy Graham is out of a North Carolina hospital following a two-day stay for treatment of bronchitis.
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Man who killed wife, baby loses appeal in Mass.
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:57PM August 14, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts rejected the appeal of a British man convicted of killing his wife and baby daughter in their rented home, saying in its decision released Tuesday that warrantless searches of the home were justified because those inside might have been in danger.
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Experts: Penn State warning is serious, necessary
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:20PM August 14, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — An accreditation warning issued to Penn State is serious and necessary given the issues raised by a recent child sex-abuse scandal, but the school is unlikely to lose the all-important designation, experts said Tuesday.
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US warns of divisive diplomacy in South China Sea
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:13PM August 14, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — China should not use bilateral talks to attempt to "divide and conquer" nations with competing territorial claims in the South China Sea, the United States said Tuesday.
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Pentagon chiefs call Egypt's new military chiefs
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:49PM August 14, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Top Pentagon leaders say have talked by phone with their new Egyptian counterparts and are hoping to continue the longtime military relationship between Washington and Cairo.
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Rentals mean quick cash during conventions
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM August 14, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For Dustin Read, the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte seemed like a surefire way to make extra money.
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Refinery fire site too dangerous for investigators
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:05PM August 14, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal and state investigators are trying to determine how to safely enter the area where a fire broke out in a Chevron Corp. refinery last week so they can examine a failed pipe blamed for the blaze, which the company chose not to replace nearly a year ago after an inspection.
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New geek chic: Mohawks in, pocket protectors out
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:54PM August 14, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Known to the Twitterverse and the president of the United States as "Mohawk Guy" of the Mars mission, Bobak Ferdowsi could be the changing public face of NASA and all of geekdom.
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Wildfires Blaze Across West, Burning Homes
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:44PM August 14, 2012 CommentCLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in central Washington has burned at least 60 homes and forced hundreds of people to flee — one of several blazes scorching the West on Tuesday, threatening communities, sending up thick plumes of smoke and disrupting activity in national parks.
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Many well users find their faucets are running dry
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:20PM August 14, 2012 CommentCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — After months of record-breaking heat and drought, many rural Americans who rely on wells for water are getting an unwelcome surprise when they turn on their faucets: The tap has run dry.
