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(AP) Kelly Ann Scott, a senior editor at the Reno Gazette-Journal and a 14-year veteran of Gannett Co. Inc., has been named the newspaper's new executive editor.Scott, who also becomes editor of RGJ Media, has worked at the newspaper since 2005, ...
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(AP) The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Virginia mall is headed to a grand jury.Media outlets report that 19-year-old Neil MacInnis waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Montgomery ...
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(AP) An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a more than 2-square-mile blaze that officials said Tuesday has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 people.California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ...
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(AP) A South Texas county has been sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women in its jail.Also named in the lawsuit filed earlier this month in Corpus Christi are three former ...
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(AP) Israeli and global leaders, local celebrities and Hollywood superstars celebrated under one roof to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres for his upcoming 90th birthday.Peres is hosting an annual conference that brings together artists, thinkers and leaders to discuss issues relevant ...
3 hours, 53 minutes ago
(AP) Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.With the recent deployment of Patriot missiles near ...
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(AP) Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators and emergency workers said.No cause ...
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(AP) It's a message busy New Yorkers hate to get: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger in sight.Now that could be a thing of the past. New York City has teamed up with AT&T to install 25 ...
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(AP) In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that in hindsight made them America's first park rangers.Now as the National Park Service ...
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(AP) The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash says her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. after facing continued repression.Rosa Maria Paya and her mother spoke with reporters Tuesday in Miami.Paya traveled throughout ...
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(AP) Denver International Airport passengers are being told to take shelter in terminals following a tornado warning.The National Weather Service says a tornado was spotted in the area Tuesday afternoon.People are taking shelter in the airport's bathrooms, which double as shelters, ...
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(AP) Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory, Prime Minister David Cameron let a cat out of the bag."Now (hash)G8UK is over I can reveal ...
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(AP) Nearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite.The U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Center north ...
4 hours, 59 minutes ago
(AP) A woman has sued Fox News Network for airing live footage last fall of a suspect in a police chase committing suicide in the Arizona desert and not using a time delay that would have prevented the death from being ...
4 hours, 59 minutes ago
(AP) It's a sight that can trigger dread: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger around.But New Yorkers needing a little extra juice will have some new options this summer.The city is teaming up with AT&T to install ...
4 hours, 59 minutes ago
(AP) The Interior Department says it is ready to start a program to help Native American tribes buy parcels of reservation land that have accumulated multiple owners.The purchases announced Tuesday are part of the settlement of the Cobell lawsuit over government ...
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(AP) Many exchange shops closed in Damascus on Tuesday, fearing more chaos a day after the Syrian currency plunged to a new record low, reflecting growing fears in the capital following a U.S. decision to arm rebel groups fighting to topple ...
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(AP) Montreal's interim mayor has resigned, a day after his arrest on fraud charges.Michael Applebaum denied the charges Tuesday and said he needs to focus on fighting them.Applebaum had vowed to clean up the corruption scandals rocking the city. He faces ...
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(AP) A 22-year-old Elko man has been arrested after his wife told sheriff's deputies he had sexual contact with an underage girl.Elko County Undersheriff Clair Morris told the Elko Daily Free Press ( http://tinyurl.com/keqvftp) Matthew Blake was booked into the county ...
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(AP) A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb has been arrested after authorities say he told them he used TV wrestling moves on his 5-year-old half-sister, who died from the beating.Jefferson Parish Sheriff's spokesman Col. John Fortunato says the boy ...
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(AP) Three Ohioans are accused of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over two years.Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday that the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and ...
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(AP) Word that the Taliban and U.S. will hold formal talks to find a political solution to end nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan comes after years of failed efforts at peace talks. A look at the evolution of U.S. ...
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(AP) A French man who gained access to the cockpit of a plane at Philadelphia International Airport by impersonating an airline employee has been sentenced to time served and will be deported.Sixty-one-year-old Philippe Jeannard was sentenced Tuesday in federal court after ...
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(AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up a petition from anti-abortion extremist James Charles Kopp, who is serving a life sentence for the 1998 sniper-style slaying of an abortion doctor in upstate New York.The justices Monday denied ...
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(AP) A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. 1.Defense attorneys tell U.S. District Judge Irene Berger that David Hughart's life ...
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