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In CA city, mixed picture of life after bankruptcy
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:23PM July 22, 2012 CommentVALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Cobblestones show through the decrepit pavement in Sheila Dodson's downtown neighborhood, prostitutes ply the sidewalks in broad daylight and many of the century-old Victorians stand empty. Yet this is where Dodson wants to raise her family.
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Lone gunmen always a law enforcement challenge
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03PM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The lone gunman keeps law enforcement officers across the country awake at night.
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NCAA to punish Penn State; Paterno statue removed
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:50PM July 22, 2012 CommentSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Shortly after Penn State tore down its famed statue of coach Joe Paterno, the NCAA announced Sunday it would impose "corrective and punitive" sanctions against the university in the wake of a devastating report that asserted top university officials buried child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach more than a decade ago.
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Group marches in DC ahead of AIDS conference
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:02PM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1,000 people marched through downtown Washington on Sunday to call attention to the ongoing struggle against HIV and AIDS, the subject of an international conference beginning held in the nation's capital.
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'Dark Knight Rises' reportedly earns $160 million
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:58PM July 22, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Dark Knight Rises" was on track to earn $160 million, which would be a record for 2-D films, over the weekend following a mass shooting at a Colorado screening of the Batman film.
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NY marks 1 year of gay marriage, impact unclear
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:41PM July 22, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — One year ago, New York became the largest and most influential state where gay marriage is legal, raising supporters' hopes that it would boost national momentum and pump money into the state with a flurry of weddings from Manhattan to Niagara Falls.
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Police: Colo. shooting suspect not cooperating
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:30PM July 22, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — Police in Colorado say the suspect in one of the worst shootings in U.S. history is not cooperating with authorities.
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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).
