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Federal prosecutors drop case against John Edwards
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:44PM June 13, 2012 CommentRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against John Edwards, triggering criticism that the year-long prosecution of the former presidential candidate was a waste of time and taxpayer money.
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Accusers: Sandusky employed threats and gifts
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:38PM June 13, 2012 CommentBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — One, a foster child, said he was threatened, warned he would never see his family again if he ever told anyone what happened. Another said he stayed quiet because he didn't want to stop getting tickets to the hottest game in town — Penn State football.
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Okla. horse ranch in cartel case raised suspicions
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:17PM June 13, 2012 CommentLEXINGTON, Okla. (AP) — If associates of a reputed Mexican drug cartel leader had wanted to lay low while laundering money at an American horse ranch, they seemed to do everything wrong.
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100-year-old Battleship Texas springs massive leak
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:12PM June 13, 2012 CommentLA PORTE, Texas (AP) — Children shimmy up the barrels of massive cannons on the upper decks of the 100-year-old Battleship Texas, focused on firing at an imaginary enemy and oblivious to the tension in the historic vessel's belly where a crew works on pumping out dozens of gallons of oil-laced water.
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Former 'Goodfellas' gangster Henry Hill dies in LA
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:31PM June 13, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Henry Hill spent much of his life as a "goodfella," believing his last moment would come with a bullet to the back of his head. In the end he died at a hospital after a long illness, going out like all the average nobodies he once pitied.
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Pentagon chief orders review of mental diagnoses
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:43PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday he has ordered all branches of the military to conduct an extensive review of mental health diagnoses amid criticism of how the services treat the men and women suffering the invisible wounds of the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Bishops press religious-freedom fight with gov't
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:40PM June 13, 2012 CommentATLANTA (AP) — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government.
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Panetta warns of 'disaster' from defense cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:22PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pleaded with Congress Wednesday to avoid the disaster of automatic defense cuts even as he criticized lawmakers' affection for protecting aging ships and aircraft.
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Battle forming over Obama's pick to be Iraq envoy
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:11PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A battle is brewing over President Barack Obama's pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, with Senate Republicans calling for the nomination to be withdrawn and the White House and former envoys to Iraq staunchly defending it.
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Del. court hears pedophile ex-pediatrician appeal
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04PM June 13, 2012 CommentDOVER, Del. (AP) — A lawyer for a former pediatrician serving a life sentence for sexually abusing scores of young patients appealed Wednesday to the Delaware Supreme Court, arguing that a search warrant didn't allow police to seize a flash drive containing videotaped sex crimes against children.
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Lawyer: American's health declining in Cuba prison
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:22PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for an American imprisoned in Cuba for more than two years says his client's health is declining and that Cuba is withholding the results of medical tests performed on him last month.
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Jurors ask for master list of Clemens exhibits
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:15PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors asked for a master list of exhibits — a list that extends well into triple digits — and lawyers laughed about a juror who appeared to doze off during closing arguments as deliberations continued Wednesday in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens.
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California's prison population eclipsed by Texas
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:08PM June 13, 2012 CommentSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Everything is bigger in Texas, the saying goes, and that is now also true of its prison system.
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Neb. police ID body as pharmacy gunman's father
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:48PM June 13, 2012 CommentOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officers found a man dead at his Nebraska Panhandle home about an hour after his son launched a failed bid to rob a nearby pharmacy that escalated into a lengthy hostage situation and shoot-out with police, authorities said Wednesday.
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10,000 germ species live in and on healthy people
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:46PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds.
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US accuses Russia but needs its help in Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:46PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the U.S. and Russia flared Wednesday as the former Cold War foes traded blame for the violence in Syria just days before a planned meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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US calls for fair elections in Cambodia
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:29PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is urging Cambodia to allow diverse participation in next year's general elections and release women who were imprisoned last month for protesting a property development.
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Obama choice to lead NRC pledges collegiality
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:11PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee to chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission promised Wednesday to try to restore harmony at an agency marked by discord in recent years.
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JetBlue passengers sue airline over pilot scare
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:11PM June 13, 2012 CommentGARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Ten passengers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against JetBlue Airways, claiming they feared for their lives when a pilot had to be physically restrained after running through the cabin yelling about Jesus and al-Qaida during a New York-to-Las Vegas flight in March.
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Colorado wildfire smoke smudges skies in Wyoming
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53PM June 13, 2012 CommentLOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Smoke from a massive northern Colorado wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes was blowing into southeast Wyoming and smudging the skies above Cheyenne on Wednesday.
