Media coalition files motion in Edwards case
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A coalition of 10 media companies, including The Associated Press, has filed a joint motion with a federal court in Greensboro seeking the release of information about jurors at the conclusion of the John Edwards trial....
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
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Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress unwilling to contemplate an increase in the federal gas tax, motorists...
Marshals: 'Mountain man' didn't turn self in
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A former "mountain man" known for kidnapping a world-class athlete years ago didn't turn himself in on federal drug charges as previously reported, but was captured as the result of "old-fashioned police work," the U.S....
Diego Rivera artwork fails to sell at NYC auction
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Mexican artist Diego Rivera's "Girl in Blue and White" failed to find a buyer at Sotheby's Latin American art auction in New York. The 1939 oil painting of 10-year-old Juanita Rosas was expected to fetch between $4...
Drug cartel player extradited to US from Mexico
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Federal officials say a U.S.-born drug cartel lieutenant who was arrested in Mexico has been successfully extradited to the United States to face federal racketeering and drug charges. U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said...
Marshals say kidnapping suspect attempted escape
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The man charged in the kidnapping and killing of an 18-year-old Anchorage barista attempted to dash out of a federal courtroom Wednesday but was tackled by U.S. marshals before he reached the door. Israel Keyes,...
Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire
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A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said...
Utah authorities step up search for mountain man
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With the summer tourist season fast approaching, authorities are stepping up the search for a mountain man considered armed and dangerous who has spent more than five years breaking into dozens of cabins across remote...
Mom of boy locked in NJ washing machine: Wasn't me
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The mother of a toddler who briefly got stuck inside an active washing machine at a laundromat says she and his father aren't the people seen in a surveillance video that's received millions of hits online. Sakia David...
Illegal immigrants arrested in phony UPS van
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It was a special delivery indeed _ 13 suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico stuffed in a phony UPS van. The U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday that agents stopped the van Friday as the driver tried to circumvent a...
Franciscan files tell abuse story
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Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him....
Zimmerman complained about Sanford police in 2011
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George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a...
DC zoo hand-raising cubs after rare cheetah birth
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Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last month at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia. The zoo offered a...
GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot
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A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday. Army...
NY jury hears recording of ex-P&G board member
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A federal jury heard the lone recorded phone call of an ex-Goldman Sachs board member speaking with a billionaire hedge fund founder Wednesday as the government laid a foundation for its insider trading case. The...
Russian boy killed in Nebraska fire laid to rest
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A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and the Russian government are seeking more information about his death. Nearly 200 people gathered...
1 dead after Arkansas crop-dusters collide midair
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One pilot was killed and another injured Wednesday when two crop-dusters collided in midair over northeast Arkansas. A Grumman G164 and an Air Tractor crashed into each other around 11:35 a.m., about 16 miles southwest...
Indiana man charged with murdering 3rd woman
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An Indiana prosecutor isn't ruling out the possibility that a convicted sex offender charged in the killings of three women may have other victims, saying Wednesday the man has shown "an outrageous disregard for human...
California nuke trouble could prompt rule review
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The saga of troubled tubing at California's San Onofre nuclear power plant could prompt a review of federal rules under which equipment is routinely replaced inside the nation's reactors, the country's top nuclear...
As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows
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John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in his campaign finance trial. A former trial...
Gov. Haley uses piñata video in fundraising appeal
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is using video of a union leader whacking a piñata with an image of her face as a campaign fundraiser. The Republican governor's 2014 re-election campaign asked supporters in a mass...
Salem police ID 3 girls and mother found dead
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Salem police have identified three children and their mother who died in what is being called a murder-suicide in which the father also died. The children's father was found dead in a car in Cottage Grove. He has not...
Fitzgerald took on corruption, fraud, terrorism
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Patrick Fitzgerald took on political corruption, international terrorism and corporate fraud as an assistant U.S. attorney in the southern district of Manhattan, U.S. attorney of the Northern District of Illinois and...
Fitzgerald stepping down as US attorney in Chicago
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In a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known for equal tenacity in going after politicians of every stripe. During more than a decade in Chicago, Fitzgerald put...
Correction: Execution Access-Lawsuit story
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In a May 22 story about a lawsuit over witnessing executions in Idaho, The Associated Press erroneously reported, based on information provided by a Nevada Department of Corrections spokesman, that Nevada barred all...
4 Western US states shielding part of executions
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A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters the death chamber to his or her final heartbeat. The ruling...
Jamaican cooperator testifies in NY drug case
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A former track coach at a Jamaican high school testified Wednesday that a notorious drug kingpin sought his illegal services to obtain fraudulent visas for couriers _ including a young girl _ to smuggle drugs into the...
Somali man charged with 4 murders in North Dakota
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A Somali man charged in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman in northwest North Dakota is now accused of killing her mother, brother and the mother's boyfriend, who were found dead the same day in mobile home...
NY bride who faked cancer released from jail
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A woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her "dream wedding" and Caribbean honeymoon was released from jail Wednesday after paying back more than $13,000 to the people she duped. Jessica Vega apologized...
Pa. 'kids for cash' judge appeals conviction
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A northeastern Pennsylvania judge has appealed his conviction in the juvenile justice scandal known as "kids for cash." Lawyers for former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. asked the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S....
Man breaks into Kansas TV station, stabs 2 workers
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A man wielding a knife broke into a Kansas television station Wednesday morning and stabbed two sales employees. WIBW-TV in Topeka (!a href="http://bit.ly/MnNXEV">http://bit.ly/MnNXEV!/a>) reported the man eventually...
Bangor, Maine: The place where diverted flights go
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Given the size of the place, the name "Bangor International Airport" might seem a little grandiose. But the airport actually gets an outsize share of international visitors. Of course, many of them are accidental...
General sees progress in US-Pakistan relationship
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America's relationship with Pakistan has been battered by a string of recent setbacks, but a top U.S. general said Wednesday that the fact that the two countries have finally started talking again is at least a positive...
Ohio Amish hair attack suspect loses bond appeal
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A suspect in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in eastern Ohio has lost an appeal for pretrial release from jail. A federal judge in Cleveland ruled Wednesday in the case of Lester Mullet. A defense...
2nd campaign aide to DC mayor faces charges
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A second former aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was charged Wednesday with a federal offense arising from Gray's 2010 campaign and intends to plead guilty, a day after another aide's guilty plea revealed...
Band mates say FAMU victim volunteered to be hazed
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Robert Champion was known for his opposition to the hazing rampant in the Florida A&M University marching band, but he was vying to be lead drum major and wanted the respect he could earn by enduring a brutal ritual...
Baucus: Senate investigating veterans charity
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U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana said Wednesday that the legislative finance committee that he chairs is launching an investigation into a charity it suspects may be exploiting veterans. The Democrat said that the...
NH man to plead guilty in missing Maine mom case
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The New Hampshire attorney general says one of three defendants in the disappearance and death of a Maine mother whose body was found in a ski area pond last year will plead guilty. Attorney General Michael Delaney...
6 Va. men retracing John Marshall's 1812 journey
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Six Virginia men attempting to recreate Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall's historic 1812 river-scouting journey have tackled the toughest part, plunging into the whitewater of the New River Gorge. The Marshall...
NH lawmakers to negotiate on contraceptive bill
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The New Hampshire Senate has grudgingly agreed to negotiate with the House on a bill that would allow some employers to exclude contraceptive coverage from health plans if they have religious objections. The bill would...
NH lawmakers to negotiate on contraceptive bill
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The New Hampshire Senate has grudgingly agreed to negotiate with the House on a bill that would allow some employers to exclude contraceptive coverage from health plans if they have religious objections. The bill would...
Recall news
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Fla. student pleads guilty to online Obama threat
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A 20-year-old college student who told investigators he was merely trying to get a reaction from President Barack Obama's supporters pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting threatening messages against the president on...
No charges for passenger who caused jet diversion
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A French woman accused of causing a US Airways flight to be diverted to Maine by claiming she had a surgically implanted device will soon be headed back home, officials said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II...
US appeals court clarifies piracy definition
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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship. The 200-year-old U.S. Supreme...
Mom of deported teen runaway files federal lawsuit
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The mother of a teenage Dallas runaway who gave authorities a false name and wound up deported to South America has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against officials with the Justice Department and Homeland...
1st Beluga whale born at the Georgia Aquarium dies
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The first beluga whale born at the Georgia Aquarium died Wednesday, less than a week after her birth, the Atlanta attraction said. The 82-pound beluga was underweight and had been in critical condition since her birth...
LA Council moves to ban plastic grocery bags
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The Los Angeles City Council has moved toward banning plastic bags at grocery stores in the nation's second-largest city. The council voted 13-1 Wednesday to approve a policy that would ban single-use plastic bags. ...
Rogue is Nissan's best-selling SUV
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Americans still love riding high above the ground in their vehicles but have been opting for smaller sport utility vehicles to save on gasoline costs. No wonder, then, that sales of the Nissan Rogue...
Mystery deer growth pitting hunters against Hawaii
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Deer can swim, but not very far. When they showed up for the first time on the Big Island of Hawaii, mystified residents wondered how they got there. The island is some 30 miles southeast of Maui, where deer are...