To fight West Nile, Dallas launches aerial defense
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DALLAS (AP) — The last time Dallas used aerial spraying to curb the mosquito population, Texas' Lyndon Johnson was in the White House, Mission Control in Houston was launching Gemini missions and encephalitis was blamed...
Ore. rider gets stolen bike back, puts on YouTube
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SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Gillum loves his bike. So when it got stolen in Portland, Ore., while he was on a date, he was determined to get it back. The quest seemed hopeless, but a week of poring over online postings for his...
Bonds' lawyers file reply brief in appeal
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds' lawyers filed their reply brief Thursday in their appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction, arguing it should be overturned. The next step is for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Motorists rescue woman, sister from burning car
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HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing Thursday from a stand of pine trees along southern Mississippi's Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her disabled sister trapped inside a wrecked,...
Univ. of Ga. students protest newspaper changes
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Students who work for a University of Georgia newspaper are protesting a decision they say gives control over stories to non-students. Students at The Red & Black newspaper walked out Wednesday...
Accused Colorado theater shooter in court for hearing
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By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused movie theater gunman James Holmes returned to a Colorado courtroom on Thursday for a motions hearing, as defense lawyers and prosecutors set the stage for w
Appeals process begins for American imprisoned in Nicaragua
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By Ivan Castro GRANADA, Nicaragua (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen serving a 22-year prison sentence in Nicaragua for drug trafficking and money laundering, who a United Nations group has said was wrongly convicted, a
Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson pleads guilty to DUI
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence when she struck a light pole in Southern California. Jameson was sentenced Thursday to three years of...
Calif. pelican released after beak surgery, rehab
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — A pelican found tangled in fishing line with a 6-inch hook lodged in its lower bill has been released back into the wild after surgeries and months of rehabilitation in Southern California. The...
Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson pleads guilty to DUI
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence when she struck a light pole in Southern California. Jameson was sentenced Thursday to three years of...
CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
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ATLANTA (AP) — All baby boomers should get a one-time blood test to learn if they have the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, U.S. health officials said Thursday. It can take decades for the blood-borne virus to cause...
1 man dead from rodent disease at Yosemite
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man died and a woman became seriously ill after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease that might have been linked to their stay at a popular lodging area in Yosemite National Park, officials...
Pathologist: Drew Peterson's 3rd wife was murdered
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A forensic pathologist who performed a second autopsy on Drew Peterson's third wife years after she was found dead in her dry bathtub testified Thursday that there's just one plausible explanation...
Lawyer ordered to pay $4.5M to gay U-M student
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DETROIT (AP) — A jury on Thursday awarded a gay University of Michigan student body president $4.5 million in his lawsuit against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who posted about him in an anti-gay blog. ...
Ethics panel finds San Francisco sheriff committed misconduct
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By Emmett Berg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An ethics panel found on Thursday that San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi should be removed from office over his conviction in a spousal abuse case, but the city's elec
Police seeking crash notification find 3 dead
7:57
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officers tasked with the grim job of notifying a woman about the death of her husband stumbled onto a grisly crime scene Thursday when no one responded at the suburban Detroit home,...
Ten arrested in strike against Florida "pill mill"
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By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Seven doctors and three other suspects were arrested on Thursday in Florida's latest strike against "pill mills" and the illegal distribution of widely abused pain-killer dr
Pa. man convicted of strangling 3 women during sex
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man with a history of mental illness has been convicted of strangling three women during sex and sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. Prosecutors didn't seek the death...
Missouri mosque destroyed by mysterious fire gets donations
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By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Donations from around the world have helped Muslims in Joplin, Missouri, raise about $375,000 to rebuild a mosque destroyed in a fire that members of the local M
Rare wildfires threaten Canadian polar bear habitat
6:56
By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wildfires sparked by lightning near Canada's Hudson Bay are threatening the habitat of polar bears, encroaching on the old tree roots and frozen soil where females mak
Peach giveaway spirals downhill as pickers descend
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Owners of a western Colorado orchard say they've soured on the idea of peach giveaways after a slew of pickers descended on their property and wreaked havoc. The Daily Sentinel reports...
US woman appeals child support for adopted Russian
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SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An American woman who sent her adopted Russian son back to Moscow on a one-way flight is appealing court-ordered child support for him, saying she cannot afford to pay $1,000 a month. Torry...
Holmes doesn't react to talk of struggling victims
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in the Aurora movie shooting showed no emotion in court Thursday as a lawyer discussed a charity's efforts to distribute $4 million it raised for the victims. James Holmes attended...
Suspension of Fareed Zakaria lifted by CNN, Time
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NEW YORK (AP) — All is forgiven for Time magazine writer and CNN host Fareed Zakaria, who last week was suspended by both outlets for apparent plagiarism. CNN said Thursday that Zakaria's weekly "GPS" public affairs...
297-lb Texas boy too big to play peewee football
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MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A suburban Dallas boy has been barred from playing peewee football because the league says he is just too big at nearly 300 pounds. Mesquite Pee Wee Football Association President Ronnie...
Drought could be a factor in US anthrax cases
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Anthrax has killed more than 100 animals on ranches in Colorado and Texas within the past two weeks, and experts say the risk of infection may be greater with drought covering much of the United...
Louisiana debates whether black justice should head high court
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By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Lawyers for a black judge argued on Thursday that Bernette Johnson is entitled to become the next chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court because she has served on the
German grandmother facing possible death sentence
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APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for an elderly German woman accused of drowning her 5-year-old grandson in the bathtub of a Florida beach house say she suffered from depression and was legally insane in part from...
Motorists help woman, child pinned in burning car
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HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing from a stand of pine trees along Interstate 10 in southern Mississippi rescued a woman and her disabled teenage daughter trapped inside a wrecked,...
German grandmother facing possible death sentence
5:37
APALACHICOLA, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for a 73-year-old German woman accused of drowning her 5-year-old grandson in a bathtub of a Florida Panhandle beach house say she was legally insane in part from injuries brought on by...
FDA advises scans for some St. Jude patients
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday advised patients who have heart devices that include several types of wires made by St. Jude Medical Inc. to have an X-ray or another type of scan to test the...
Ohio TV newswoman wins Hustler nude photo lawsuit
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CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio TV newswoman has won a lawsuit against Hustler over publication of a photograph showing her dancing naked in a wet T-shirt contest. The Plain Dealer newspaper (http://bit.ly/R4VNXP ) reports a...
Police seeking crash notification find 3 dead
4:51
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officers found a woman and her two young sons dead in their suburban Detroit home Thursday when they went there to notify the family of a fiery, fatal crash in Indiana. Police said they...
Analysis: Ruling could compromise U.S. administrative judges' autonomy
4:48
By Drew Singer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Administrative judges, the adjudicators of regulatory law at U.S. government agencies, may face a threat to their independence from political influence under a recent court
Wildfires menace towns in Idaho, California
4:29
By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A wildfire roaring through mountainous terrain in Idaho's Boise National Forest headed toward a resort town on Thursday, as voluntary evacuations began and firefighte
US forecast: Drought leveling off in Midwest
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The worst drought in the U.S. in decades may be leveling off or even be easing ever so slightly in some lucky locales, federal weather forecasters announced Thursday in a report of little comfort for...
Progressive insurance on defense after court case
4:25
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Progressive Corp. insurance group is defending itself against an onslaught of negative publicity after it tried to avoid paying $75,000 to the family of a client killed in a car crash and tried to...
Boy dies, brother missing after being swept down Yosemite river
4:21
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 10-year-old boy has been killed and his 6-year-old brother was missing and presumed dead on Thursday after they were both swept down a fast-moving river in Yosemite Nati
Rare WWII naval dispatch brings $20K at auction
4:10
MILLVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A rare military cable heralding the end of World War II has fetched more than $20,000 at auction. The naval dispatch announced the end of hostilities with Japan. It was received aboard the USS...
'Avengers' sequel planned for May 2015
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Avengers" are returning for a superhero sequel three years from now. Disney and its Marvel Studios unit announced Thursday that the follow-up to this year's biggest hit will arrive in theaters...
July is deadliest month of 2012 for US troops
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At least 1,961 U.S. service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan over the course of the 11-year war. Casualties rose steadily each year before reaching a peak in 2010 when 492 personnel were killed. There has been...
Michigan court blocks pay cut for Detroit police
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(Reuters) - A Michigan judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Detroit from imposing a pay cut and other measures on its police officers as part of a plan to save $102 million a year for the cash-strapped city. Wa
Feds to allow night aerial firefighting in S Cal
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it will permit agency helicopters to attack wildfires at night in Southern California, a significant policy shift that follows complaints about a 2009 blaze that...
Former Democratic congressman to speak at U.S. Republican convention
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By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Four years after he seconded the presidential nomination of Barack Obama at the Democratic National convention, former Alabama Democratic Congressman Artur Davis wi
Insight: Big Food girds for California GMO fight
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By Lisa Baertlein and Carey Gillam LOS ANGELES/KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - After two decades fighting to force U.S. food companies to tell consumers when their products are made with genetically modified organisms,
Ex-Penn State officials in Sandusky case want perjury charge dropped
3:13
By Mark Shade HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Attorneys for two ex-Penn State University officials charged with failing to report suspected child sex abuse by a former assistant football coach and then lyin
Puerto Ricans to vote on limiting right to bail
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - A photo of two handcuffed youths, their middle fingers raised in defiance as they are led out of a court hearing, stares down from a highway billboard in San Juan with the warning: "
Jobless rates rise in NY, NJ and Connecticut in July
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(Reuters) - Jobless rates for New York, Connecticut and New Jersey all climbed in July, with New Jersey seeing its highest unemployment rate since 1977, according to data from the three neighboring states on Thursday
News Summary: US unemployment aid applications up
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APPLICATIONS UP: Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 366,000 last week. The level is consistent with modest hiring gains. 4-WEEK AVERAGE DOWN: The four-week average, a...
LA gang member convicted of 4 murders
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gang member who hid out in the Philippines for 11 years was found guilty Thursday for four murders during a mid-1990s crime spree in a quest to make the gang the most feared in Los Angeles. Jurors...