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Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer's system
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:49PM June 27, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Lab tests detected only marijuana in the system of a Florida man shot while chewing on another man's face, the medical examiner said Wednesday, ruling out other street drugs including the components typically found in the stimulants known as "bath salts."
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Northwest sees record returns of sockeye salmon
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:36PM June 27, 2012 CommentRecord numbers of a once-waning population of sockeye salmon have been returning to the Northwest's Columbia Basin this summer, with thousands more crossing the river's dams in a single day than the total numbers seen in some previous years.
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Congress honors black Marines
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:27PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a time segregation was an everyday reality are now proud recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor.
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Texas man gets 40 years in stand-your-ground case
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:17PM June 27, 2012 CommentHOUSTON (AP) — Retired Texas firefighter Raul Rodriguez, armed with a handgun and video camera, had claimed he was standing his ground and had no choice but to use deadly force when he fatally shot his unarmed neighbor after confronting him about a noisy party.
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Clemens juror: Key witness in case wasn't credible
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:16PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A juror in the Roger Clemens perjury trial said Wednesday that he and his fellow jurors didn't find the key prosecution witness in the case credible.
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High-tech way to explore, share about AIDS quilt
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:08PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — For tourists struck by the summer heat in the nation's capital, a quilt might be the farthest thing from their minds. But thanks to the NAMES Project Foundation, one quilt in particular is stealing the show at the national Mall.
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Stockton bankruptcy is hard hit for city retirees
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:47PM June 27, 2012 CommentSTOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — When Stockton becomes the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy, it will strike a hard blow to residents, especially city employees and retirees whose health benefits and pensions helped drive the city toward insolvency.
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Prosecutors: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:30PM June 27, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday.
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Obama hosts lawmakers at White House picnic
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:17PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama told lawmakers at an annual White House congressional picnic Wednesday that despite their differences they should keep in mind that they are first Americans working toward a better future for the country.
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Remote Maine puffin colony up close on HD webcam
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:15PM June 27, 2012 CommentPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two high-definition cameras began streaming live video Wednesday of clown-like Atlantic puffins waddling, preening and nesting on a remote Maine island.
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A look at the health care law in all 50 states
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:54PM June 27, 2012 CommentWith the U.S. Supreme Court expected to rule Thursday on the President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul, here is a look at where each of the 50 states stands.
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Utah girl, 6, found dead in canal near home
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:50PM June 27, 2012 CommentWEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A 6-year-old girl found dead in a canal near her home was sexually assaulted, and authorities are now searching for a suspect, police said Wednesday.
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States divergent in plans for health care ruling
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:42PM June 27, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — As the nation awaits the Supreme Court ruling on President Barak Obama's health care overhaul, states across the country are considering how they will respond to the historic decision. Some Democratic-led states vow to push ahead with various provisions no matter what happens. In some Republican territories, elected officials insist they will try to hold off on implementing the law, even if the court upholds it. And most states are bound to miss key deadlines if the law or even pieces of it survive.
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Heat wave: 1,000+ records fall in US in a week
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:40PM June 27, 2012 CommentFeeling hot? It's not a mirage. Across the United States, hundreds of heat records have fallen in the past week.
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Famed Crystal Cathedral to become Catholic church
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:10PM June 27, 2012 CommentGARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Retired schoolteacher Dolores Rommel has followed the Rev. Robert H. Schuller almost her entire adult life: She was baptized in his church as a young woman, sent her children to his Sunday school and laid her husband to rest near the soaring, glass-paned Crystal Cathedral that was to be the televangelist's ultimate legacy.
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Senators press US on Myanmar petroleum investment
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:02PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican and a Democratic senators and American businesses are pressing the U.S. government to allow investment by oil and gas companies in Myanmar as the U.S moves to suspend economic sanctions against that country.
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Chicago OKs tickets for small amounts of marijuana
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:34PM June 27, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's City Council on Wednesday passed an ordinance that allows police to ticket people found with small amounts of marijuana instead of arresting them, saying aldermen had to do something to keep officers on the street where they can combat the surging homicide rate and not be tied up for hours doing paperwork.
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Contempt of Congress issue may fizzle after vote
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:22PM June 27, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A House vote finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on Thursday would create election-year fireworks but maybe not much lasting sizzle. Federal judges who've been called into similar disputes often sound like frazzled moms, in essence telling Congress and the president, "I don't care who started it, you two end it."
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NY man gets 7 years prison for rare document theft
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:11PM June 27, 2012 CommentBALTIMORE (AP) — A presidential memorabilia collector who has acknowledged stealing thousands of rare and valuable documents from historical societies and archives nationwide was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison.
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Colleges move toward absolute bans on smoking
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM June 27, 2012 CommentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As a political science major at Ohio State University, Ida Seitter says, she lit up many a cigarette to help her through the stress of exam season. Right or wrong, they were her security blanket as she toiled through college.
