Quotations of the day
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"This wasn't about her. It was a case about William Balfour." _ Jacinta Gholston after she and her fellow jurors shrugged off Jennifer Hudson's star status and insisted it played no role in their decision to convict her...
What's latest in John Edwards corruption trial?
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A federal judge's refusal to throw out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards on Friday means that the former presidential hopeful will have to present his case to a jury. Edwards' lawyers are expected to...
Today in History
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Today is Saturday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2012. There are 233 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 12, 1937, Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth,...
Ala. boy charged in killing of girl found on rope
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When 9-year-old Katelynn Arnold didn't appear right away after one of her frequent bicycle rides along her rural Alabama road, her concerned aunt went to look for the girl. The woman, who is the girl's foster mother,...
2 charged with murder in Fla. teens' deaths
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Authorities say two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the killings of two teenagers whose bodies were found engulfed in flames along a central Florida trail. The Orlando Sentinel ( !a...
School bus crashes near eastern Pa. amusement park
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Police say a school bus has crashed on its way back from an amusement park in eastern Pennsylvania and more than a dozen students have suffered minor injuries. The bus collided with a car Friday evening near the...
New place picked for WTC sphere that endured 9/11
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A spherical sculpture that endured the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center is close to getting a temporary new home that will keep it in the public eye, officials said Friday, but they wouldn't say where just...
U.S. seeks alternate satellite terminal bids
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By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it is still in talks with Boeing Co about revamping a multibillion-dollar program for next-generation satellite communications te
Kansas lawmakers pass anti-Islamic law measure
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A bill designed to prevent Kansas courts or government agencies from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes has cleared the state Legislature after a contentious debate about whether the measure...
FPL opens reinforced hurricane "command center"
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By Nick Tate RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew raked the state, Florida Power & Light, the state's largest utility, dedicated a new $3.8 million storm "command center
Authorities: Kidnapped girls didn't eat for days
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Hope was fading that two young sisters abducted from their Tennessee home would be found alive two weeks after they vanished: Their kidnapper had already killed their mother and sister, and he was armed with a pistol as...
Mitt Romney's 'hijinks' seen as bullying today
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When Mitt Romney was a good-looking teen in the buttoned-up `60s, corporal punishment was the norm and bullying had a different, more acceptable name: hijinks. Yet in today's zero-tolerance world when it comes to,...
Skull linked to UT scout missing since 1961 flood
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Doralee Freebairn remembers the day well. It was September 1961. Her older brother was on a Boy Scouts trip, hiking in the canyons of Zion National Park. She was in the yard at home in Salt Lake City watering plants...
UN: South Sudan pulls police out of disputed Abyei
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The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan has pulled its police force out of the disputed Abyei region on the border with Sudan. The withdrawal Thursday follows a U.N. Security Council resolution last week...
The Dewey chronicles: The rise and fall of a legal titan
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By Andrew Longstreth and Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - It was a tale of doom foretold in a pie chart. On January 27, Dewey & LeBoeuf's partners were summoned to a meeting on the 22nd floor of
Big-wave surfer enters record books by riding 78-foot "monster"
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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara has been recognized by Guinness World Records for surfing the largest wave ever ridden, a towering 78-foot (24 -meter) wall of water h
Tennessee governor signs "gateway sexual activity" bill
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By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Tennessee's governor has signed into law a measure allowing teachers to be penalized for promoting or condoning so-called "gateway sexual activity" by students, expanding
British attorney held on $2M bail on NY tax charge
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Bail was set at $2 million and home detention with electronic monitoring was ordered Friday for a British attorney arrested and accused of advising the family of a former top Fidelity Investments executive how to dodge...
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...
Anonymous blogger must appear in NY court
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By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge has ordered an anonymous blogger to appear in court next week over accusations that the blog Alfredlittle.com wrote false reports about a Chinese compa
Nevada judge rules killer dog can be euthanized
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Animal control officials got a go-ahead Friday from a state court judge to euthanize a 120-pound dog that fatally mauled a 1-year-old boy at home, despite efforts by a New York-based rescue group to send the animal to a...
Tanned mom action figure created by Connecticut company
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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - She doesn't walk or talk, but this doll is really, really tan. A novelty toy company has created an action figure modeled on the deeply bronzed New Jersey mother
Suspects in Marine wife's case linked through home
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A woman arrested in the killing of a Marine's wife is in foreclosure proceedings on a home listed as a residence by another Marine and woman who have been charged with murder in the case, property records show. Dorothy...
MS gov calls out NC gov, says she insulted state
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday it was "petty" for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue to insult Mississippi while bemoaning that voters in her state approved a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage. Bryant,...
Judge refuses to dismiss John Edwards charges
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A federal judge refused to throw out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards on Friday, meaning the former presidential hopeful will have to present his case to a jury. Lawyers for Edwards argued before U.S....
Ex-Houston officer says he didn't kick suspect
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A former Houston police officer accused of taking part in a videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect told jurors Friday that he didn't mistreat the teen, insisting he never kicked or stomped on his head or...
Retired general named receiver for Harrisburg, Penn
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By Mark Shade HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett on Friday named a retired Air Force major who led the state's military affairs department as the receiver for Harrisburg, the state'
Muslim Americans challenge "no fly" list in appeals court
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By Teresa Carson PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A panel of federal judges grilled Justice Department lawyers on Friday over the government's "no-fly" list, questioning whether those barred from commercial air
U.S. fighters intercept plane in restricted Obama airspace
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(Reuters) - U.S. F-16 fighters intercepted a small plane that strayed into restricted airspace as President !a class="tagLink" href="http://townhall.com/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama!/a> was due to leave Los Ange
More arrests of people linked to bizarre abduction, murder case
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By Tim Ghianni and Emily Le Coz NASHVILLE, Tenn./GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - Four neighbors of a man who authorities say abducted a Tennessee family and killed the mother and one daughter were arrested
Ohio widow of suicidal animal owner pays taxes
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An Ohio widow facing foreclosure has paid back taxes on the rural property where she and her husband once housed dozens of exotic animals before police were forced to shoot and kill most of them last year. Marian...
Gay marriage moves closer to Supreme Court
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By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two big cases addressing marriage rights for gays and lesbians are on track to reach the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as this year, keeping the focus on an issue Presiden
Publisher of 2 Philadelphia newspapers steps down
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The publisher and CEO of the city's two biggest newspapers stepped down on Friday, saying it was time for the new owners to bring in their own leadership team. Greg Osberg's announcement came about six weeks after a...
Ohio triple-slaying killer wanted to save tree
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Authorities say a central Ohio man who killed three people and stuffed their bodies in a hollow tree made a deal with prosecutors to disclose where they were hidden if they saved the tree. The Columbus Dispatch...
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Jury convicts Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother, nephew. ...
Feds: Indicted Kan. gang thrived by fomenting fear
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Nearly two dozen members of a Hispanic gang were arrested in Kansas this week under a federal grand jury indictment accusing them of victimizing illegal immigrants who do their business in cash and are reluctant to go...
Condition worsens for girl shot at Ohio restaurant
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The family of a 10-year-old girl whose mother and sister were shot dead at an Ohio restaurant last month says her condition has worsened. A Cleveland hospital on Friday released a family statement saying Kayla Allen...
F-16 jets intercept small plane as Obama leaves LA
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Two F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small private plane that violated restricted airspace Friday as President Barack Obama was about to depart from Los Angeles International Airport aboard Air Force One, authorities...
Indiana man describes girl's death, dismemberment
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An Indiana man pleaded guilty Friday to bludgeoning a 9-year-old girl to death before dismembering her body, calmly describing the details of his crimes to a judge while the girl's parents and others watched in a hushed...
EPA: Well water in Pa. gas drilling town is safe
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Federal environmental regulators say testing of scores of drinking-water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania village has failed to turn up unsafe levels of contamination, providing ammunition to a gas driller that...
Brit suspect 'Fast Eddie' to be deported from US
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A man suspected in an armored van robbery in his native England who was arrested in Missouri after nearly two decades on the run has agreed to be sent back to Britain to face charges, federal officials said Friday. A...
Federal appeals court in Ore. takes up no-fly case
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A federal appeals court judge leaned forward in his chair, turned his head to the Justice Department attorney defending the government's no-fly list and posed a frank question. "Let's say you want to fly back to...
Florida says 180,000 non-citizens may be on voter rolls
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By Kevin Gray MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida election authorities are examining about 180,000 people who they say may not be U.S. citizens but are registered to vote in the state, an official said on Friday.
Too tough to fuggedabout: Notable Mafia nicknames
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Former New England Mafia boss Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio was sentenced Friday to 5 1/2 years in prison for his role in the shakedown of Providence, R.I., strip clubs. AP takes a look at some of the more notable...
Recalls this week: Pool slides, bassinets
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One company recalled about 21,000 in-ground pool slides this week after several dangerous incidents, including a 29-year-old's death following a fractured neck. Another company recalled about 46,000 bassinets because of...
Ex-Houston officer says he didn't kick suspect
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A former Houston police officer accused of taking part in a videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect told jurors Friday that he didn't mistreat the teen, insisting he never kicked or stomped on his head or...
Judge lets Fruit Roll-Ups lawsuit proceed
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(Reuters) - General Mills Inc must defend a lawsuit that claims the food company deceived consumers into believing its Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit by the Foot snacks are made with real fruit. Reasonable consume
Judge tosses lawsuit by accusers of ex-Syracuse coach
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Friday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed against Syracuse University and basketball coach Jim Boeheim by two former ball boys who accused an assistant coach of mo
Judge won't delay Pennsylvania politician's prison term
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By Mark Shade HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge on Friday denied a request by former Democratic Pennsylvania legislative leader William DeWeese to delay his prison term for using state employees t
Elderly mob boss gets 5 years for strip club shakedowns
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By Jason McLure (Reuters) - An aging accused Mafia boss was sentenced on Friday to 5-1/2 years in prison for terrorizing and extorting protection payments from strip clubs around Providence, Rhode Island.