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Court sides with AP, news groups over execution
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:11AM June 09, 2012 CommentBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prison officials say they'll work to carry out an execution next week as scheduled, after an appeals court sided with The Associated Press and other news organizations in ruling that witnesses should have full viewing access to a convicted killer's lethal injection.
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Flashlight bombs puzzle Phoenix authorities
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31AM June 09, 2012 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — Flick the switch on these flashlights and they don't light up. They blow up.
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Powerful storms damage homes in Colo., Wyo.
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:27PM June 08, 2012 CommentCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A rare, quarter-mile-wide tornado cut a swath across mainly open country in southeastern Wyoming, ripping off roofs and shingles, destroying outbuildings and derailing empty train cars.
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2 men sentenced in Palin lawyer harassment case
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:20PM June 08, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Pennsylvania men convicted of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers were sentenced Friday to time served and five years' probation, with the proceedings briefly halted after a short outburst in court by one of the defendants.
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Miss Universe pageant fights back on rigging claim
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:12PM June 08, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Miss Universe Organization says a former contestant should be made to pay for her "defamatory" claims that this year's Miss USA pageant was a sham.
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Men ordered to trial in SF Giants fan attack in LA
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:40PM June 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The words that two men spoke in a jail lockup nine months ago, unaware they were being recorded, came back to haunt them Friday as they were ordered to stand trial in a devastating attack on a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium.
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2 US attorneys to lead criminal probes of leaks
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:29PM June 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. attorneys will lead a pair of criminal investigations already under way into possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information within the executive and legislative branches of government, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday.
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Puppies tied to CA tree under bees, 3 die, 2 hurt
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:02PM June 08, 2012 CommentFALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Animal services officials are seeking a suspect who tied five puppies to a tree under an active beehive in San Diego County. Three of the dogs were found dead and two were critically injured.
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Voice recorder recovered in Utah air tanker crash
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:57PM June 08, 2012 CommentSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal investigators have recovered a cockpit voice recorder from the air tanker that crashed in Utah and killed two pilots fighting a wildfire.
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Aide could face charge in Edwards sex tape case
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:51PM June 08, 2012 CommentRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor will decide whether an ex-aide to John Edwards will face contempt charges related to a court fight over a video purported to show the ex-presidential candidate having sex with his then-mistress.
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Rift over political spending divides huge union
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:32PM June 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A heated battle is taking place inside a giant U.S. public employees' union following its crushing failure this week to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — organized labor's biggest political loss in decades.
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US, Philippine leaders hail growing alliance
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00PM June 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Philippines said Friday they are expanding intelligence sharing and cooperation on maritime security, as President Barack Obama reiterated Washington's desire to be viewed as a Pacific power.
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College evaluated cannibal suspect before attack
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:50PM June 08, 2012 CommentBALTIMORE (AP) — When a Maryland cannibalism suspect had an outburst last year in a Morgan State University computer lab, college officials evaluated him and found that he didn't pose a threat to the campus.
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Pentagon crackdown on free guns riles some police
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:38PM June 08, 2012 CommentThe Defense Department recently fired off a round of letters warning state law enforcement officials to track down every gun, helicopter and Humvee that the military had given them under a $2.6 billion surplus program, or have their access to the handouts cut off.
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Judge strikes down Arkansas school choice law
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:37PM June 08, 2012 CommentLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday struck down an Arkansas school choice law, saying race couldn't be the only factor considered in deciding whether students could transfer between districts.
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Vote could push Chicago closer to teachers strike
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:31PM June 08, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — Angry that one promised raise disappeared and that they're being asked to work longer days without what they consider to be an adequate pay increase, Chicago teachers are considering authorizing their first strike in a quarter-century.
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Obama prods Europe to fix economies _ for US' sake
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:28PM June 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Europe's economic crisis could send shock waves roaring across the Atlantic that would drag down the fragile U.S. economy and threaten President Barack Obama's hopes for a second term. The president demonstrated Friday just how deeply he's worried about that — and how little he can do to prevent it.
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Cabbie gets 7 ½ years for bid to fund terrorist
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:28PM June 08, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver on Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for attempting to send money to a terrorist with alleged links to al-Qaida, telling the 58-year-old he had violated a citizenship oath made to God promising never to do harm to the United States.
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No charges planned in fatal Conn. Christmas fire
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:07PM June 08, 2012 CommentNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Criminal charges won't be filed in a Christmas morning house fire that killed three girls and their grandparents, a blaze blamed on a bag of discarded fireplace ashes, a Connecticut prosecutor said Friday.
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RI eyeing liability in Schilling firm bankruptcy
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:56PM June 08, 2012 CommentPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state of Rhode Island is working to determine how much it stands to lose in a $75 million loan guarantee deal for former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company after its bankruptcy filing this week.
