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Recipe for cream cheese-stuffed jalapeno poppers
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04AM July 20, 2012 CommentThe recent heat wave and drought across the upper Midwest have taken a toll on some crops, but the weather has helped make some peppers extra-spicy and other vegetables more flavorful. For diners who want to take advantage of extra-hot peppers, here's a recipe for jalapeno poppers from Milwaukee chef Dan Jacobs.
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App detects potholes, alerts Boston city officials
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:04AM July 20, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — The next time your car hits a pothole, a new technology could help you immediately tell someone who can do something about it.
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Former chairman of Penn State trustees board quits
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:02AM July 20, 2012 CommentA member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees has resigned, saying his presence on the board had become "a distraction and an impediment" to the university's efforts to move forward following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Sylvia Woods, who started Harlem restaurant, dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:57PM July 19, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Sylvia Woods, founder of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant that carries her name and is a must-stop for locals, tourists and politicians, has died. She was 86.
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6 killed in chain-reaction crash in NY work zone
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:38PM July 19, 2012 CommentANTWERP, N.Y. (AP) — An SUV burst into flames and six people were killed on a northern New York road Thursday when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a vehicle in a work zone and caused a chain-reaction crash, police said.
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Hospital worker charged in NH hepatitis C outbreak
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:46PM July 19, 2012 CommentCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hospital worker accused of injecting himself with stolen drugs and contaminating syringes that infected at least 30 patients with hepatitis C was charged Thursday with federal drug crimes.
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Ex-chairman of Penn State board of trustees quits
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:37PM July 19, 2012 CommentA member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees resigned on Thursday, becoming the first board member to do so in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Service members to march in gay pride parade
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:19PM July 19, 2012 CommentCAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — The Defense Department on Thursday announced it is allowing service members to march in uniform in a gay pride parade for the first time in U.S. history.
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House votes to bar Pentagon deal with Russian firm
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04PM July 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The House lashed out at Russia for its unwavering support for Syria, voting Thursday to stop the Pentagon from doing business with a Russian company that has armed Bashar Assad's regime.
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Family of missing Iowa cousins consults attorney
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:48PM July 19, 2012 CommentDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities investigating the disappearance of two Iowa cousins missing for nearly a week said Thursday it is a distraction that one set of parents has consulted an attorney and may not be fully cooperating.
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Pentagon takes new steps to clamp down on leaks
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:59PM July 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it is taking new steps to try to clamp down on leaks of classified information, saying unauthorized disclosures undermine national security and in some cases rise to the level of criminal acts.
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Military spending fight hits foreign oil, biofuel
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:56PM July 19, 2012 CommentABOARD THE USS NIMITZ (AP) — Some 100 nautical miles northeast of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean, a fleet of U.S. Navy fighter jets slings from the deck of the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier, leaving thin trails of smoke on the tight runway.
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Key witness in Blagojevich probe gets 5½ years
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:21PM July 19, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Thursday sentenced one of the most unsavory figures to emerge from the investigation of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to just 5½ years in prison, heeding praise for the former political insider as one of the most important cooperating witnesses in the state's sordid history of corruption.
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Dad of Ohio cancer patient, 4, denies Disney trip
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:09PM July 19, 2012 CommentTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A 4-year-old girl who went through two years of cancer treatments isn't being allowed to go on a Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World because her father said she's in remission and the trips should go to children who are sicker than his daughter.
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FBI raids City Hall in New Jersey's capital
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:02PM July 19, 2012 CommentTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — FBI agents raided City Hall in New Jersey's capital on Thursday, a day after searching the home of the city's embattled mayor, his brother and a campaign donor.
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Arrest made in Pa. kidnapping try caught on video
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:13PM July 19, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man suspected of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl off a sidewalk near her Philadelphia home was arrested Thursday after widely publicized surveillance video of the attack led him to surrender, authorities said.
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GI largely barred from discussing WikiLeaks harm
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00PM July 19, 2012 CommentFORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge on Thursday largely barred an Army private from presenting evidence at his trial that the mountain of classified information he's accused of leaking did little harm to U.S. national security and foreign relations.
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Pa. monsignor seeks probation in landmark case
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:42PM July 19, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The first U.S. church official convicted of endangering children in the priest-abuse scandal asked Thursday for probation instead of prison, saying he had already experienced months of scrutiny, vilification and shame.
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Warrants: Suspects in death involved in sex ring
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:28PM July 19, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — Three murder suspects who shared a home equipped with a "sex dungeon" and bondage devices may have targeted a Marine's wife to satisfy their fetishes, investigators say in newly unsealed search warrants.
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Sexual harassment lawsuit roils Silicon Valley
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:27PM July 19, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Silicon Valley venture capital firm of Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfied & Byers has been generating buzz for decades, spotting early investment opportunities and making billions with companies like Google and Amazon. This summer, the attention is no different, but the reason for it is.
