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Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio; parents upset
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:34PM April 26, 2012 Comment (18)The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109's Tiger Scouts didn't know or care their den mother was a lesbian — at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization's ban on gays.
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Victims of cyberbullying fight back in lawsuits
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:27PM April 26, 2012 CommentATLANTA (AP) — When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus.
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CA sanctuary says killer elephant still welcome
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:22PM April 26, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — An African elephant is still welcome at a California sanctuary after killing a zookeeper who was preparing to move the animal from New Zealand, the sanctuary owner said Thursday.
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Report: Rebates from health care law will top $1B
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:15PM April 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama's health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday.
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House OKs cybersecurity bill despite veto threat
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:54PM April 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The House ignored Obama administration objections Thursday and approved legislation aimed at helping stop electronic attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure and private companies.
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Md. man charged with murder in NC teen's death
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:45PM April 26, 2012 CommentBALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man denies killing a teenager who was missing for months before her body was found — a girl he considered a sibling of his own even as he broke up with the teen's half-sister, his attorney said Thursday.
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Senate OKs renewing Violence Against Women Act
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:39PM April 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate overcame election-year gender politics Thursday to pass a bill renewing the government's main domestic violence program.
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48 Philly transit workers win $172.7M Powerball
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:25PM April 26, 2012 CommentPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pool of 48 workers at Philadelphia's transit agency scored the jackpot-winning ticket in this week's $172.7 million Powerball drawing, lottery officials said Thursday.
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Lawsuit filed against ex-UVa lacrosse player
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:50PM April 26, 2012 CommentCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of slain University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love has filed a $30.5 million lawsuit against the former men's lacrosse player convicted of murdering her daughter.
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No charges dismissed for soldier in Wikileaks case
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:44PM April 26, 2012 CommentFORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A military judge refused on Thursday to dismiss the most serious charge against an Army private accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history.
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Supreme court moves to center of presidential race
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:37PM April 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, suddenly at the heart of presidential politics, is preparing what could be blockbuster rulings on health care and immigration shortly before the fall election.
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Cubism? Rubik helps with toy's anniversary exhibit
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:19PM April 26, 2012 CommentJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — It's a puzzle, a metaphor and a hit toy — and in a couple of years, the Rubik's Cube will be a museum exhibition in celebration of its 40th anniversary.
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Drug-overdose antidote is put in addicts' hands
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17PM April 26, 2012 CommentWEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (AP) — Steve Wohlen lay on his front lawn, blue, unconscious and barely breathing, overdosing on heroin.
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Bible translator criticized over word substitution
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01PM April 26, 2012 Comment (1)One of the largest Bible translators in the world is undergoing an independent review after critics claimed language in some of their translations intended for Muslim countries misses the essential Christian idea of Trinity: the father, son and the holy spirit or ghost.
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APNewsBreak: Donor says he offered internship
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34PM April 26, 2012 CommentLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A member of a Los Angeles temple apologized Thursday for offering an internship in a U.S. senator's office as part of a charity auction that the founder of "Girls Gone Wild" says he won.
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Men are fans, too, of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:40PM April 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — They're young and old, doctors and churchgoers, gay and straight — and those are just the MEN who have devoured oh-so-naughty "Fifty Shades of Grey," an erotic trilogy that has earned millions of women fans in a matter of weeks.
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USC details new security measures after shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:33PM April 26, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California and Los Angeles police announced new security measures Thursday following the unsolved killings of two Chinese graduate students near a campus that promotes itself as an international destination.
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Officials: Expanded drone strikes approved
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:13PM April 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is widening the war on al-Qaida in Yemen, expanding drone strikes against the terror network a year after the raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
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Who Pays for the President's Campaign Trips?
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President Barack Obama walks to board Air Force One at Buckley Air Force Base.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama flies Air Force One when he leaves town. So does Candidate Barack Obama.
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Cancer survivors urged to eat better, exercise
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:34PM April 26, 2012 CommentATLANTA (AP) — A cancer diagnosis often inspires people to exercise and eat healthier. Now the experts say there's strong evidence that both habits may help prevent the disease from coming back.
