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(AP) Authorities say a western Massachusetts police officer responding to a domestic violence call has been fatally shot by a New York City correction officer who critically wounded his former girlfriend before killing himself.Police say Officer Kevin Ambrose went to the ...
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(AP) Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art is considering moving from its century-old home across from the White House.The district's oldest private art museum says it is even considering moving outside Washington to suburban Maryland and Virginia. That's because it would cost ...
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(AP) The website Backpage.com sued the state of Washington on Monday, saying a new law that would require classified advertising companies to verify the ages of people in sex-related advertisements is invalid, even if it has a laudable goal.Gov. Chris Gregoire ...
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(AP) About half of New Yorkers say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban of sugary drinks over 16 ounces from the city's eateries is an example of government going too far, while 42 percent say it would be good health policy, according ...
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(AP) An invasive species that led to vineyard quarantines across Northern California and threatened the state's wine industry has been eradicated in four of the affected counties, federal officials say.Two years of testing and trapping have shown the European grapevine moth ...
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(AP) The city of Los Angeles is violating the county health code in its Skid Row area by allowing the nation's densest population of homeless people to live on streets infested with rats, human excrement and used hypodermic needles, the Los ...
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(AP) A federal appeals court in San Francisco plans to reveal Tuesday whether it will reconsider a ruling by two of its member judges that struck down California's ban on same-sex marriages.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that ...
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(AP) Lawyers involved in lawsuits against a Colorado farm identified as the source of a deadly listeria outbreak last fall said Monday they were close to a settlement in the case.The lawsuits were filed by people who were sickened or who ...
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(AP) In the desert within 35 miles of one of the nation's largest cities and about 70 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, Arizona authorities found a car ablaze with five bodies burned beyond recognition inside.The location of the smoldering car ...
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(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed cutting the penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana, a change in state law that would defuse some criticism of the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy in minority communities.With three ...
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(AP) A federal judge on Monday ordered a new trial for three of four people convicted in the largest tax fraud prosecution in U.S. history, saying a "pathological liar" who served as a juror had corrupted the trial.U.S. District Judge William ...
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(AP) A former stock trader has been sentenced to nine years in prison for what prosecutors say was a 17-year long insider trading scheme that reaped more than $30 million.Garrett Bauer was sentenced in federal court in Newark on Monday, shortly ...
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(AP) Retail giant Costco will pay $3.6 million for alleged environmental violations under a settlement with the district attorneys of more than two dozen California counties.A Northern California judge approved the settlement Friday. It stems from a civil case brought by ...
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(AP) The world's top developers will soon compete to propose a convention center and casino in or close to New York City, possibly including Manhattan or the Belmont race track, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.Now, the massive convention center ...
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(AP) The head of Florida A&M University proposed stringent requirements Monday for membership in the school's famed marching band, bidding to stamp out a culture of hazing at the university after the November beating death of a drum major.FAMU President James ...
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