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Uzbek man gets more than 15 years for Obama threat
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:58PM July 13, 2012 CommentBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Uzbek man who came to America pursuing an Ivy League medical degree but wound up working seven days a week at a mall kiosk in Alabama was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Friday for plotting to kill President Barack Obama.
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Administration proposes welfare-to-work waivers
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:50PM July 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has quietly opened the door for states to seek major changes in how they meet federal welfare-to-work requirements for some of their poorest residents, and leading conservatives are crying foul.
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George Zimmerman Asks For New Judge Again
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Composite photo of George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The ex-neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin is again asking for a new judge.
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Maine governor apologizes for 'Gestapo' remark
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24PM July 13, 2012 CommentPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Seeking to douse a fire he started by comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage issued a formal apology on Friday for his "insensitivity to the word" after a face-to-face meeting with representatives of several Jewish groups that had complained.
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Solar storm barreling toward Earth this weekend
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:24PM July 13, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The space weather forecast for Earth looks a bit stormy this weekend, but scientists said not to worry.
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Chinese industrialist behind Hawker Beechcraft bid
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:21PM July 13, 2012 CommentWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — In Beijing, Shenzong Cheng is known as the "Helicopter King of China," an industrialist who's been quietly building a small empire in aviation manufacturing.
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Possible pilot shortage raises safety concerns
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:29PM July 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — An industry forecast that nearly half a million new airline pilots will be needed worldwide over the next 20 years as airlines expand their fleets has raised safety concerns that airlines will hire lower caliber pilots as they struggle to fill slots.
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Colorado cantaloupes return; growers push safety
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:22PM July 13, 2012 CommentGLENDALE, Colo. (AP) — Nearly a year after the nation's deadliest foodborne illness outbreak in more than two decades, Colorado cantaloupes are back in supermarkets.
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Clinton talks with reformist Myanmar president
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:21PM July 13, 2012 CommentSIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Myanmar open to American investment Friday, introducing the reformist president to leaders of some of the U.S.'s biggest corporations and still prodding him to do more to expand democracy in his long-reclusive country.
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NRA finds some GOP lawmakers resistant to gun laws
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:49PM July 13, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Threats, denunciations and verbal potshots between the National Rifle Association and the leaders of the Legislature were common in the decades that Democrats ran the show in the Tennessee Capitol. Turns out Republicans are just as good at running afoul of the powerful gun rights group.
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Obama Seeks to Keep Once-Red Virginia on His Side
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:35PM July 13, 2012 CommentVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Against an increasingly bitter campaign backdrop, President Barack Obama is seeking to shore up support for his re-election in Virginia, a state he won four years ago ending decades of domination by Republican presidential candidates.
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Capsized NY boat victim's mom: Thought cabin safe
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:13AM July 13, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The mother of one of three children who died inside the cabin of a capsized yacht said Friday she believed that was the safest place for her daughter.
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Bill Clinton Perplexed By Romney's Tax Statements
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Former President Bill Clinton attends the Starkey Hearing Foundation's 'So The World May Hear Awards Gala' 2011 at River Centre on July 24, 2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says Mitt Romney's financial record is a matter of legitimate campaign scrutiny because he's been selling himself as a fix-it man on the economy.
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Guns of outlaws Bonnie and Clyde to be auctioned
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:22AM July 13, 2012 CommentShe kept a Colt .38-caliber revolver close, while he preferred a .45-caliber pistol from the same maker.
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Abuse Scandal Tarnishes Paterno Legacy
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In this Aug. 6, 1999 file photo, Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno poses with his defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky during Penn State Media Day in State College, Pa.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A blistering report that claims Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials concealed what they knew about Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children may prove to be an indelible stain on the beloved coach's 61-year tenure at the school where he preached "success with honor."
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Lowly Caltech joins top teams with NCAA sanctions
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:45AM July 13, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — At Caltech, where the laws of physics are understood, the rules of the NCAA apparently proved elusive.
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Fugitive in Wash. bunker recorded video of plans
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:26AM July 13, 2012 CommentBURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Before he killed his wife and teen daughter and retreated to a remote bunker in Washington's Cascade Mountains, Peter Keller recorded a video explaining his mindset: He was bored.
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Tart cherry crop in Midwest destroyed by weather
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13AM July 13, 2012 CommentSISTER BAY, Wis. (AP) — Walk into Cherry Republic's store in the heart of the nation's biggest tart cherry producing region, and you could end up with jam or salsa with fruit that had to be imported from Poland.
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Possible pilot shortage raises safety concerns
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:56PM July 12, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — An industry forecast that nearly half a million new airline pilots will be needed worldwide over the next 20 years as airlines expand their fleets has raised safety concerns that airlines will hire lower caliber pilots as they struggle to fill slots.
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Lowly Caltech joins mighty USC with NCAA sanctions
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:28PM July 12, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Another storied Southern California university has joined the USC Trojans under the hammer of NCAA sanctions.
