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Monsignor: I didn't put list of predators in safe
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM May 24, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Roman Catholic church official testified Thursday that he typed a list of suspected pedophile priests on his computer, but couldn't find it 10 years later to show a grand jury.
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Senate acts to extend flood insurance program
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:39PM May 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday voted to extend the life of the National Flood Insurance Program for 60 days, giving lawmakers time to work on a long-term extension that would seek to restore fiscal solvency to the debt-ridden plan.
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Ohio hospital settles lawsuit over fetuses in jars
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:37PM May 24, 2012 CommentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio hospital reached a proposed lawsuit settlement of about $1 million with women who said they were emotionally distressed to learn a former employee had stuffed their miscarried or stillborn fetuses into jars for years — citing her religious beliefs — and kept them in hospital storage, instead of medically disposing of them.
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DNA study seeks origin of Appalachia's Melungeons
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:14PM May 24, 2012 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some speculated they were descended from Portuguese explorers, or perhaps from Turkish slaves or Gypsies.
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Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:08PM May 24, 2012 CommentCHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult in the school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday after hearing a sheriff's deputy describe how the teen wore a T-shirt with the word "Killer" and admitted shooting people.
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Jury in John Edwards trial wraps 5th day of talks
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:42PM May 24, 2012 CommentGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The jury in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial has concluded a fifth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
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GI seeks dismissal of 10 counts in WikiLeaks case
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:33PM May 24, 2012 CommentHAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — An Army private charged in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts he faces, contending they are either unconstitutionally vague or fail to state a prosecutable offense.
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Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:09PM May 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate.
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101-year-old man killed by 91-year-old driver
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:05PM May 24, 2012 CommentBURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Even at 101 years old, Otto Jensen showed little sign of slowing down. The former boxer from Denmark still ran a photography studio and often was seen crossing the busy street in front to get to a senior center he frequented.
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Texan gets 20-year prison term for al-Qaida links
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:37PM May 24, 2012 CommentHOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison — the maximum punishment he could receive.
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Food stamp fraud raising concerns in gov't offices
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:19PM May 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash — sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist — and then asking the government for replacement cards.
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US poised to vet possible arms for Syrian rebels
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:10PM May 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As one diplomatic effort after another fails to end more than a year of brutal violence in Syria, the Obama administration is preparing a plan that would essentially give U.S. nods of approval to arms transfers from Arab nations to some Syrian opposition fighters.
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Report: Mideast uprisings inspire the world
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:04PM May 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Last year's uprisings in the Middle East have motivated people around the world to demand more rights and could inspire closed societies like Iran and North Korea to do the same, the State Department said Thursday.
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Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:49PM May 24, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004.
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AP Photos: NYC Fleet Week remembers War of 1812
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:24PM May 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week.
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Report: Mother shocked by alleged murder plot
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:18PM May 24, 2012 CommentHESPERIA, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl used Mother's Day to seek forgiveness, promise to behave and reassure her mom that she loved her. The handwritten card she gave her mother stood in stark contrast to what police said she did two weeks later.
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Panel examining flaws in food-for-troops contract
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM May 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon and the company that supplies U.S. troops in Afghanistan with food and water are locked in a billion-dollar billing dispute that illustrates the flawed management of contracts for battlefield support, according to documents released Thursday by a House oversight subcommittee investigating the arrangement.
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Legal experts discuss FAMU band member interviews
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:52AM May 24, 2012 CommentORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say.
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Forecasters: 9 to 15 storms this hurricane season
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:30AM May 24, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Federal forecasters predict there will be about nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season.
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In US, Castro's daughter focuses on gay rights
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:25AM May 24, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro brought her fight for gay rights to a U.S. forum Wednesday, stressing the need to secure social equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation.
