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Wash. jury takes its time in Powell voyeurism case
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:23PM May 15, 2012 CommentTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury handling the voyeurism case against a missing Utah woman's father-in-law struggled to reach a verdict Tuesday, breaking for the day without a decision and asking a question that one attorney called "troubling."
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Defense mum on whether John Edwards will testify
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:08PM May 15, 2012 CommentGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for John Edwards on Tuesday indicated that their defense in his criminal trial for alleged campaign finance violations is winding down, but they did not say whether the former presidential candidate or his one-time mistress will take the witness stand.
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Ex-Mexican official pleads guilty to aiding cartel
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:03PM May 15, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — A former Mexican law enforcement official who worked closely with U.S. authorities in the drug war pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in San Diego to aiding members of a violent Tijuana-based cartel, including helping traffickers get away with a double homicide in 2010.
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Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:27PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
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APNewsBreak: Seattle police object to DOJ proposal
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:13PM May 15, 2012 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department is objecting to reforms proposed by the Justice Department as wildly unrealistic and expensive, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
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NCIS: $2M in stolen military property recovered
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:49PM May 15, 2012 CommentRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Military authorities recovered about $1.8 million in stolen property as part of an ongoing investigation that so far involves almost 70 civilians and active-duty Marines and sailors.
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White House threatens veto of House defense bill
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:40PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto the House Armed Service Committee's version of next year's defense budget, arguing that the $642 billion measure adds billions to President Barack Obama's request and limits the military's ability to execute a new defense strategy.
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George W. Bush offers tepid endorsement of Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:31PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — George W. Bush is backing presumptive Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney.
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Schilling's company failed to make payment to RI
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:24PM May 15, 2012 CommentPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island leaders are working to help former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company remain viable after it failed to make a scheduled $1.125 million payment to the state's economic development agency.
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Marijuana DUI standard dies a 3rd time in CO
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00PM May 15, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — A marijuana blood limit for drivers was rejected Tuesday for a third time in Colorado, as lawmakers from both parties argued about how to fairly gauge whether someone is too stoned to get behind the wheel.
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Father: Ga. woman with flesh-eating bug wants book
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:50PM May 15, 2012 Comment (1)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Accuser tells tale of 2 wives at Clemens trial
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:41PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Amid his year-by-year narrative of his complex relationship with Roger Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs, Brian McNamee weaved in a tale of two wives. He said it was his own wife who nagged him into keeping evidence that has become crucial in the trial of the storied pitcher, and it was a request from Clemens' wife that led to what McNamee called a "creepy" injection scene in a bathroom.
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Pentagon Restricts F-22 Flights, Safety a Concern
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:29PM May 15, 2012 Comment
A crew chief signals the pilot of an F-22 Raptor to prepare to taxi March 31, 2011, on the flightline at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Airmen, along with the F-22s, are assigned to the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. They deployed to Kadena AB earlier in 2011 to test their capabilities in a new environment and to train with Airmen and aircraft there.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a mysterious safety problem with the Air Force's most-prized stealth fighter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered new flight restrictions on the F-22 and summoned help from Navy and NASA experts.
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Suu Kyi backs proposal to suspend US sanctions
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:25PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is cautiously backing a U.S. senator's proposal to suspend U.S. economic sanctions.
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Lack of trust in Facebook may hold back ad sales
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:08PM May 15, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it.
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Killer of 3 tells AP: Nothing to say to survivor
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:41PM May 15, 2012 CommentSOMERS, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut killer who once called himself one of the most hated men in America said in a death row interview that he tries not to think about the murder of a suburban mother and her two daughters, suffers no nightmares and has nothing to say to the only survivor of the brutal 2007 attack.
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Blind China activist speaks by phone to Congress
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:39PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in less than two weeks, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has spoken by phone to a U.S. congressional hearing and alleged persecution of his relatives.
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Boehner: Spending cuts must exceed debt limit hike
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:38PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will again insist on spending cuts and budget reforms to offset the increase.
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Ruling: NY boy can play on girls field hockey team
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:02PM May 15, 2012 CommentSMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The biggest goal of Keeling Pilaro's field hockey career happened far from an athletic field on Tuesday.
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Obama kids Beckham about his age, underwear line
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:33PM May 15, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ribbing soccer star David Beckham over his age and his outside interests, saying it's a "rare man who can be that tough on the field and also have his own line of underwear."
