| Man arraigned in fatal Pa. shootings Posted: 06 Aug 2013 08:39 AM PDT Rockne Newell, 59, was in a dispute with authorities over his property, police say.
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| After heart surgery, Bush's advice: ‘Regular check-ups’ Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:14 AM PDT Sound advice from the recovering former president.
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| Wildlife crime fighter sets out to save the elephants Posted: 06 Aug 2013 10:01 AM PDT It takes a global investigation -- from the gleaming ivory markets of China to a $12 million pile of tusks and trinkets in Denver to the smugglers' shops of West Africa -– to understand the grim laws of supply and demand in the world's illegal ivory trade. The billion-dollar food chain begins deep in the [...]
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| Evidence will show 'I am the shooter,' says Fort Hood suspect Posted: 06 Aug 2013 10:42 AM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood targeted fellow soldiers in a meticulously planned attack that included stockpiling bullets and researching Taliban leaders calling for jihad, a military prosecutor said Tuesday during the opening day of the long-awaited trial.
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| US senators urge release of Egypt's Islamists Posted: 06 Aug 2013 10:06 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Two U.S. senators urged Egypt's military-backed government to release detained members of the Muslim Brotherhood before starting negotiations with the group, warning of worsening relations "if Egypt is not moving to democracy."
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| Coroner: Pa. gunman tried firing more shots Posted: 06 Aug 2013 10:02 AM PDT SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a township official and two others during a municipal meeting in northeastern Pennsylvania was about to fire more rounds when he was wrestled to the ground, possibly preventing more bloodshed, authorities said Tuesday.
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| Challenges face Bezos as he buys Washington Post Posted: 06 Aug 2013 03:13 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jeff Bezos turned selling books online into a multibillion-dollar business that has changed retailing forever. Many are now anxious to see if Bezos can do the same for the media industry, after the Amazon.com founder announced he is buying The Washington Post and other newspapers for $250 million.
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| Python's strangling of 2 boys in Canada probed Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:35 AM PDT CAMPBELLTON, New Brunswick (AP) — A 100-pound (45-kilogram) python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its pet store enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young brothers were sleeping, the shop owner said Tuesday.
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| Obama heads to Phoenix to pitch mortgage reform Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is proposing to overhaul the nation's mortgage finance system, including shutting down government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — a plan with bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.
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| President George W. Bush has stent procedure Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:34 AM PDT Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical, Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said.
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| Rep: Jazz keyboardist George Duke dies at 67 Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:59 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — George Duke, the Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul in a 40-year-plus career, has died. He was 67.
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| Does A-Rod have anything left? Time will tell Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:52 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez is allowed to play. Now we'll find out if he can anymore.
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| Pa. boy dies after serving as parents' best man Posted: 06 Aug 2013 09:18 AM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — A terminally ill 2-year-old western Pennsylvania boy who served as his parents' best man at their wedding last weekend has died, according to his mother's Facebook page and a family friend.
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| W. Pa. boy dies after serving as parents' best man Posted: 06 Aug 2013 06:47 AM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — A terminally ill 2-year-old western Pennsylvania boy who served as his parents' best man at their wedding last weekend has died, according to his mother's Facebook page and a family friend.
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| Egypt's leadership denounces 'foreign pressure' Posted: 06 Aug 2013 08:19 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Amid a flurry of visits by American and other foreign dignitaries, Egypt's interim presidency denounced "foreign pressure" on Tuesday in a sign of its growing impatience with international efforts to resolve a standoff with supporters of the ousted president that has left the country on the brink of another bout of violence and deadly street confrontations.
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| Vigil for Wis. Sikh victims marked by hope, tears Posted: 06 Aug 2013 05:26 AM PDT OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — The children of some of the six victims killed a year ago in a shooting rampage at a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple consoled each other as they remembered their loved ones during a candlelight vigil held next to the very parking lot where two of the six people died.
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| 68th Anniversary of Hiroshima bombing Posted: 06 Aug 2013 07:49 AM PDT  A selection of newspaper headlines from around the country from Aug. 7 to 14, 1945, the days following the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The weapon was produced in part in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy) |
| New York man 'tries to sell girlfriend's baby online' Posted: 06 Aug 2013 06:32 AM PDT Paul Marquez has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and harassment after allegedly offered his partner's child on Craigslist for $100 (£65)
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| Sun's magnetic field 'is about to flip,' warns NASA Posted: 06 Aug 2013 06:10 AM PDT The whole of the sun's magnetic field is about to "flip", according to NASA - with warning signs being spotted by observatories around the world this year.
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| State Dept. urges U.S. citizens to leave Yemen Posted: 06 Aug 2013 04:43 AM PDT Non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy are ordered to depart amid al-Qaida threats.
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| How the GOP lost in 2012 Posted: 06 Aug 2013 04:17 AM PDT The Fine Print It was too little, too late. Washington Post correspondent Dan Balz, whose new book Collision 2012 provides in-depth reporting and analysis of the last presidential election, says the Romney campaign's failure to humanize Mitt Romney was an important factor in sealing the candidate's loss. Balz tells "The Fine Print" that the more [...]
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| Gunman kills three at Pa. town meeting Posted: 05 Aug 2013 09:04 PM PDT A man with a property dispute opens fire before being tackled and shot with his own gun.
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