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Sacramento sailor OK after rescue off Mexico
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:15PM June 13, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 66-year-old man was rescued early Wednesday after his sailboat was hit by a whale and began sinking off the coast of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Mobster's girlfriend files sentence appeal notice
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:06PM June 13, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — The day after the longtime girlfriend of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to eight years in prison for helping him while he was on the run, her lawyer filed a notice in court saying she may appeal.
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Obama gives Medal of Freedom to Israel's Peres
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:41PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama presented Israeli President Shimon Peres with the Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, calling him the essence of Israel itself and a man who earned his place in history long ago.
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Ore. woman who got big tax refund faces charges
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:40PM June 13, 2012 CommentPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman was charged Wednesday with duping the state into giving her a $2.1 million tax refund that allowed her to go on a short-lived spending spree — an alleged scam that has prompted embarrassed state revenue officials to review how they process tax returns.
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US, India see progress on nuclear cooperation
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:04PM June 13, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed progress in U.S. efforts to invest in India's civilian nuclear power industry but said more action is needed to translate improving ties into economic benefits.
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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.
