Historic Battleship Becoming Naval Museum in SoCal
11:58
Firing its 16-inch guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its...
California facing higher $16 billion shortfall
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California's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion _ much larger than had been predicted just months ago _ and will force severe cuts to schools and public safety if voters fail to approve tax increases...
San Antonio voters back big bond issue
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By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - San Antonio voters on Saturday approved $596 million in new municipal debt for the city, part of $1.8 billion in proposed bond issues put before voters in a dozen Texas
NYPD's stop-and-frisk stops still on the rise
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The latest numbers show the New York Police Department's skyrocketing street stops increased to more than 200,000 stops during the first three months of 2012. The NYPD says officers stopped people on New York City's...
4 killed, 1 injured in Kansas plane crash
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A small airplane that crashed in southeast Kansas was carrying five people with connections to Oral Roberts University to a Christian youth rally in Iowa, a friend of three of the victims said Saturday. The Kansas...
Authorities search L.A. foothills for missing FBI agent
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities searched on Saturday for an FBI agent who they fear may have hiked into the foothills north of Los Angeles, armed with a handgun and bent on suicide. Stephen Ivens, a 35-y
NC party chair submits resignation _ then stays
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The chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party has decided to stay on the job after the party's State Executive Committee didn't accept his resignation offer. Top state elected officials including Gov. Beverly...
Vigil held for Boston U. students killed in crash
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Hundreds of Boston University students have held a candlelight vigil for three classmates killed in a minivan crash in New Zealand, where they were studying. Junior Tori Pinheiro says her boyfriend, Austin Brashears,...
Connecticut Democrats endorse Murphy for Senate
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By Ebong Udoma NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut Democrats on Saturday backed Congressman Christopher Murphy to be the party's nominee for an open U.S. Senate seat in November's election, but
Fla. governor's top aide resigns amid scrutiny
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott's chief of staff has abruptly resigned amid news stories examining his job performance and handling of contracts. Steve MacNamara wrote in a resignation letter Saturday that he would step down...
Wallenda starts practice for Falls tightrope walk
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Nik Wallenda has performed his first practice walk on the tightrope he'll use to walk above Niagara Falls next month. The Buffalo News reports (!a href="http://bit.ly/LBAdpL">http://bit.ly/LBAdpL!/a>) a couple hundred...
Will Arpaio's popularity continue amid lawsuit?
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The careers of most politicians would crumble under the heavy scrutiny that the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America now faces. But despite a mountain of legal troubles, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio...
A list of allegations in lawsuit against Arpaio
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Among the specific allegations of racial profiling and discrimination listed in a lawsuit that the Justice Department filed against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are: _ In one instance, a sheriff's deputy stopped...
California budget hole deepens to $16 billion: governor
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(Reuters) - California is facing a much deeper budget deficit than expected due to weak tax revenues and slow progress in cutting budgets, Governor Jerry Brown said on Saturday. Brown said the shortfall for
New York police frisk more people despite criticism
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By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police conducted more than 200,000 frisk searches in the first three months of this year, a 10 percent increase from the same period last year, even as critics sa
For women prisoners, a bittersweet Mother's Day behind bars
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By Mary Slosson CHINO, California (Reuters) - On a recent Saturday morning, hundreds of sleepy children tumbled out of buses and into a dusty jail parking lot in southern California to pay a rare visit to th
South Carolina marks ex-slave's daring sail to freedom
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By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Descendants of Civil War hero Robert Smalls are celebrating the ex-slave who 150 years ago this weekend commandeered a Confederate steamship and evade
Police probe death of La. man after being stunned
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Louisiana State Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man who was shot with a stun gun by a city police officer after reportedly escaping custody. State police spokesman Stephen Hammons says the victim's...
White buffalo bull being donated to Texas ranch
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An Oregon peacemaker said she's so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf _deemed "the hope of all nations" by a Lakota Sioux rancher last year _ that her organization is donating a white buffalo...
Kansas lawmakers pass effective ban on Islamic law
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By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Kansas lawmakers have passed legislation intended to prevent the state courts or agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws in making decisions, a meas
Netanyahu responds to Palestinian letter
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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinian Authority issued a rare joint statement on Saturday, saying they were committed to peace after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disp
2 men denied bond in deaths of 2 Fla. teens
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Two men charged with murder in the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found engulfed in flames along a central Florida trail have been denied bond. Jesse Brandon Davis and Hector Manuel Rodriguez made their...
NJ to no longer ask 3rd-graders to reveal a secret
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State education officials will no longer use a standardized test question that asked third-graders to reveal a secret and write about why it was difficult to keep. The question appeared on the writing portion of some...
Thousands march against economic gloom in Spain, UK
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By Tomás Cobos MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of Spaniards fed up with economic misery and waving banners against bankers marched on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the grassroots "Indignados" moveme
Obama honors 34 'top cops' for bravery on the job
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By Samson Reiny WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President !a class="tagLink" href="http://townhall.com/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama!/a> and Vice President Joe Biden honored 34 police officers at the White House on
Analysis: Spain faces corrosion not collapse from euro crisis
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By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Students are protesting on Barcelona's elegant boulevards, public-sector wages are being cut for the second time in three years a
Exiles: Iran advancing active nuclear arms program
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By Nicholas Vinocur and Fredrik Dahl PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) - An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some 60 scientists and engineers involved in a concerted and expanding program
'Divide and conquer' unions comment dogs Wisconsin governor in recall
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By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's controversial Republican Governor Scott Walker is under fire from Democrats following the release of a year-old video clip in which he describes to a supp
Correction: Obit-Faas story
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In an obituary May 10 for former Associated Press photographer Horst Faas, the AP incorrectly reported that Faas photographed a ski-masked Palestinian terrorist at the Munich Olympic Village building where Israeli...
Gas drillers wrangle over NY limitations, bans
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With all the restrictions in proposed state regulations and local bans, gas companies say about half of their lease holdings in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region in New York state will be off-limits or inaccessible...
Personal ties can change gay marriage attitudes
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In revealing his support for same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama attributed his change in thinking to a series of key conversations and experiences. Talking to members of his staff and gay service members in...
Obama honors nation's top police officers
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President Barack Obama honored the nation's top police officers on Saturday, paying tribute to their sacrifices and "quiet courage" in the line of duty. !a class="tagLink"...
Correction: Obit-Faas story
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In an obituary May 10 for former Associated Press photographer Horst Faas, the AP incorrectly reported that Faas photographed a ski-masked Palestinian terrorist at the Munich Olympic Village building where Israeli...
Body of nurse who died while Skyping arrives in NY
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The body of a U.S. Army nurse who died suddenly in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife arrived Saturday in western New York, in advance of his planned funeral. More than 100 mourners and admirers...
Three Boston University Students die in New Zealand van crash
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(Reuters) - Three Boston University students were killed and five more were injured in New Zealand on Saturday when a van they were traveling in swerved off the road outside the vacation town of Taupo, the universi
Rescued girl tells sister: 'Now we can go home'
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Days of grueling searches for two young girls and the kidnapper who killed their mother and sister led to the kind of terrain that favors the hunted _ high hardwoods and deep ravines near a red-brick church perched on a...
Iran wins release of Turkish journalists in Syria
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Two Turkish journalists who went missing while reporting on the uprising in Syria two months ago were released on Saturday with Iran's help, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. The rele
Rescued girl tells sister: 'Now we can go home'
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Now that two kidnapped girls have been reunited with their family, it will be up to them to answer the many lingering questions in the case. It's still not known how long 12-year-old Alexandria Bain and 8-year-old...
Jury: Hudson stardom no factor in murders verdict
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Jurors shrugged off Jennifer Hudson's star status and insisted it played no role in their decision to convict her former brother-in-law for slaying the Oscar winner's mother, brother and nephew _ a verdict that means...
Vigil set for Boston U. students killed in crash
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Boston University is planning to hold a candlelight vigil for three students studying in New Zealand who were killed when their minivan crashed during a weekend trip. At least five other students from the university...
Legendary car designer, racer Shelby dies at 89
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Decades after a heart condition forced him to retire from racing, Carroll Shelby still loved to drive muscle cars. Well into his 80s, the legendary car designer spent hours testing his last Mustang Shelby GT500, which...
Officer: Military could learn from civilian courts
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Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Miller knew that deserting his post was a serious crime. But, by then, he had a lot more on his mind and heart than his job. Back in 2003-2004, while Miller was deployed as a cavalry scout in...
Historic Battleship Becoming Naval Museum in SoCal
11:31
Firing its 16-inch guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its...
Portland politics are as quirky as the city itself
11:06
Portland is famously weird and fiercely proud of it, so things can get a little bizarre when it comes time to pick a mayor. In one local tradition, candidates try to outdo each other in an eating contest at a doughnut...
A list of allegations in lawsuit against Arpaio
11:06
Among the specific allegations of racial profiling and discrimination listed in a lawsuit that the Justice Department filed against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are: _ In one instance, a sheriff's deputy stopped...
Will Arpaio's popularity continue amid lawsuit?
11:06
The careers of most politicians would crumble under the heavy scrutiny that the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America now faces. But despite a mountain of legal troubles, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio...
Man shot in NYC linked to diet supplement company
10:32
A man murdered during a business meeting in New York City was a top official in a Florida dietary supplement company that has been the target of thousands of consumer complaints. Brian Weiss died Thursday in a...
Colleges go to the dogs for stress busters
10:19
Just down the hall from the reference desk at Emory University's law library in a room housing antique legal texts is Stanley the golden retriever puppy, barking his head off. Stanley rolls around on the floor and...
Latest in Edwards corruption trial: A news guide
9:43
A federal judge refused to throw out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards, so the former presidential hopeful will have to present his case to a jury. Edwards is accused of masterminding a scheme to use...
EU force frees Iranian dhow from Somali pirates
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A European Union naval vessel rescued an Iranian fishing dhow that was being used by Somali pirates as a "mothership" for attacks on other boats, the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) said on Saturday.