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Sadness, worry come with removal of Paterno statue
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:04PM July 22, 2012 CommentSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Cloresa Turner drove to central Pennsylvania from Virginia to see the statue of veteran Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
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AP PHOTOS: A community grieves after a massacre
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:15PM July 22, 2012 CommentWith the suspect in the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater in custody, people from the state and beyond are coming together to contemplate the massacre and remember the victims.
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News guide to the Colorado movie theater massacre
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:08PM July 22, 2012 CommentHere's a guide to some key questions in the wake of the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater during a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."
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Working poor stand at center of Medicaid debate
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:42PM July 22, 2012 CommentBROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jose Gallegos' company eliminated employee health insurance to save money, so when his gut started hurting and his skin took on a yellow tinge, he resisted seeing a doctor. When he finally went to the emergency room, physicians diagnosed stomach cancer.
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Police getting ready for RNC convention in Tampa
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:16PM July 22, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls, but the protesters expected to cram into the city for the Republican National Convention will be a different sort of crowd, and the police are trying to be ready.
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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.
