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Trial begins over 2010 Mich. stabbing spree attack
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:34PM May 01, 2012 CommentFLINT, Mich. (AP) — A woman held the cremated remains of her slain brother in court Tuesday as she watched jury selection in the first murder trial stemming from a series of knife attacks that shocked a Michigan city two years ago.
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Feds cite issues behind massive Southwest blackout
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:19PM May 01, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal energy regulators on Tuesday blamed inadequate planning and lack of grid coordination for a massive blackout last year that started with the loss of a single transmission line at an Arizona substation and quickly affected millions of people in Southern California and Mexico's Baja California.
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Teen admits theft that led to CA police shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:18PM May 01, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy on Tuesday admitted his role in juvenile court in a theft that led to the fatal shooting of an unarmed college student by Pasadena police in March.
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Social Security starts providing online statements
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:41PM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration is now providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, replacing the paper ones the agency used to mail out.
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Hungry homeless man gets arrested intentionally
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:07PM May 01, 2012 CommentCOLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus courthouse building.
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Medical examiner at JFK assassination dies in Iowa
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:56PM May 01, 2012 CommentDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the turbulent hours following President John F. Kennedy's assassination, many were uncertain about what to do, but medical examiner Earl Rose knew one thing: The shooting happened in Dallas, and it was his job to do an autopsy on anyone slain in the city.
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Obama signs agreement for US-Afghan partnership
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:53PM May 01, 2012 CommentKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) have signed an agreement aimed at cementing a lasting U.S. commitment to Afghanistan after the long and unpopular war comes to an end.
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Supreme Court ratings down in Pew poll
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:46PM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A new survey finds the Supreme Court's popularity is at a 25-year low, though still much higher than that of Congress.
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Judge: Maid's NY suit vs. Strauss-Kahn can proceed
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:42PM May 01, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A hotel maid's sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn can go forward to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader's diplomatic-immunity claim.
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Filings: Pfizer settles lawsuit involving Celebrex
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:41PM May 01, 2012 CommentSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pfizer Inc. has settled a lawsuit filed by Brigham Young University over development of the blockbuster painkiller Celebrex for $450 million, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
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Obama tightens penalties on Iran, Syria
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:36PM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is tightening penalties on foreign entities and individuals who try to evade sanctions on Iran and Syria.
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Ex-student wants hate crime convictions dismissed
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:21PM May 01, 2012 CommentA former Rutgers University student who was found guilty of hate crimes for using a webcam to view his roommate kissing another man has asked a judge to overturn the jury's conviction.
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Audit slams Ky. hoops icon who ran state agency
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:20PM May 01, 2012 CommentFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — En route to having his jersey retired by the University of Kentucky, Richie Farmer embodied the traits of a storied basketball program that's as deeply ingrained in the culture of its state as any in the country. He was a hardworking, sweet-shooting guard from Appalachia beloved as part of a steadfast group of players who turned the team around after some tough years.
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Wal-Mart paying $4.8M for overtime violations
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:07PM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages to more than 4,500 employees nationwide for unpaid overtime, The Labor Department said Tuesday.
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Ohio wild animal stampede ignites vast law review
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:58PM May 01, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Of all the beasts set free by the suicidal owner of an exotic animal farm in Ohio last year, few were as scary or as lethal as the big cats.
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US hopeful Myanmar opposition can work with gov't
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:51PM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says the decision of Myanmar's opposition party to take up its parliamentary seats despite a dispute over the oath of office is a hopeful sign it can work with the military-run government there.
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South Dakota man to plead guilty in grudge killing
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:20PM May 01, 2012 CommentMADISON, S.D. (AP) — A 73-year-old South Dakota man accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate will plead guilty but mentally ill to a second-degree murder charge, his attorney said Tuesday.
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Highway bill enters legislative homestretch
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:45AM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Defying expectations, Congress has reached the homestretch on a major overhaul of federal transportation programs that is critical if the nation is to avoid steep cutbacks in highway and transit aid.
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Woman gets 2 life terms for raping infant daughter
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:36AM May 01, 2012 CommentCLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge sentenced a Missouri woman to consecutive life prison terms for sexually assaulting her infant daughter along with a California man she met online.
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Secret Service closes ranks in sordid scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:19AM May 01, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — After two weeks of disturbing revelations about a tawdry prostitution scandal, the Secret Service and its supporters are circling the wagons to restore the "secret" part of its mission.
