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US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:14PM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.
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Santa Monica trailer park community threatened
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:53PM July 22, 2012 CommentSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Sandwiched between a brake shop, gritty industrial buildings and a few modest storefronts is a little neighborhood that time has seemingly forgotten.
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NCAA to announce 'corrective' measures for Penn St
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:49PM July 22, 2012 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Sunday that it will levy "corrective and punitive measures" against Penn State in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky and a scathing report that found school leaders covered up allegations against the now-convicted former assistant football coach.
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Colo. victims tweets give insight on life, death
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53PM July 22, 2012 CommentFor Jessica Ghawi and Alex Sullivan, life's final minutes were about anticipation — not for anything life-altering, just a few hours of entertainment.
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House leaders wary of farm, postal bill showdowns
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:37PM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate-passed bills to cut farm subsidies and food stamps and overhaul the financially teetering Postal Service have been put on hold by House Republican leaders wary of igniting internal party fights or risking voters' ire three months before the election.
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Feinstein: Election year not ideal for gun debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:34AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein says the nation needs to have a "sane" discussion on gun control and ban military-style assault weapons. But the California Democrat acknowledges that probably won't happen before the November election.
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Inmate claims he had to escape to get medical care
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:08AM July 22, 2012 CommentLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An inmate with Mafia ties is asking a judge to have a heart, claiming his own ticker is in such bad shape, he just had to escape from federal custody to seek help.
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Netanyahu: Israel to exact a price from terrorists
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:19AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) says his government has "fully substantiated intelligence" that Wednesday's attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria was carried out by the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah (hez-BUH'-lah).
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AP Essay: Will anyone really miss the box office?
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:29AM July 22, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Warner Bros. executive emailed a fact sheet about "The Dark Knight Rises" to Hollywood reporters a few days ago and ended with two hopeful syllables for the film's box-office prospects: "Ka ching."
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Shooting heightens concern at entertainment venues
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:31AM July 22, 2012 CommentST. LOUIS (AP) — The mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater rattled the nerves of some other moviegoers with opening weekend tickets for the new Batman film and led some cinema chains to add more guards. Experts say it's unlikely, though, that venues will implement even stricter security measures because it would significantly alter the experience of going to a film, concert or game.
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AP source: Rifle in Colo. theater shooting jammed
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:41AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal law enforcement official says the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting jammed during the attack.
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Colo. authorities identify final rampage victims
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:21AM July 22, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — Ashley Moser drifted in and out of consciousness in the ICU, a bullet lodged in her throat and a gunshot wound to her abdomen. In her waking moments, she called for her 6-year-old daughter Veronica.
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Campaign lull as Obama visits victims' families
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:30AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will fly to Colorado on Sunday to visit with the families of victims of the Aurora movie theater shooting, the White House announced, as he and Mitt Romney dialed back their campaigning in the shocked aftermath of the massacre.
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Obama to visit Sunday with victims' families
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:17AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will travel to Colorado on Sunday to visit with families of victims of the movie theater shooting.
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NY cop shoots and kills son in hotel, troopers say
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:08PM July 21, 2012 CommentOLD FORGE, N.Y. (AP) — State troopers say a police officer in New York shot and killed his son, mistaking him for an intruder.
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Police: All hazards out of suspect's apartment
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:26PM July 21, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police in Colorado say that all hazards have been removed from the apartment of theater shooting suspect James Holmes and that residents in surrounding buildings can return home.
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University: CO shooting suspect had federal grant
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:48PM July 21, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — The University of Colorado says shooting suspect James Holmes had a federal grant to study neuroscience.
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Troops march in San Diego gay parade - in uniform
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:36PM July 21, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — Some of the loudest cheers Saturday at San Diego's gay pride parade were for active-duty troops marching in military dress, the first time that U.S. service members participated in such an event while in full uniform.
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Father's emotion shows pain of Batman shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:48PM July 21, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — An overwhelming tragedy was distilled into one human moment by the agony of a father who outlived his son.
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'I don't want my friends to die on my birthday'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:49PM July 21, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — For the six friends, the movie was to be the kickoff to a day of celebration. Megan Saunders was turning 20, and her best buds were home from college for the summer. She had one particular birthday wish: that they all hit the midnight premiere of the new Batman flick, "The Dark Knight Rises."
