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Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:54pm
(AP) β U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War.
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Euro Tour CEO apologizes for saying 'colored'
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:52pm
(AP) β The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.
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Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:48pm
(AP) β Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smoking pot and being forced to move out of his mother's house because of trouble at school, as well as photos of a gun and what looks to be a potted marijuana plant.
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:48pm
(AP) β The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend in a case that captured headlines worldwide with its sex, lies, violence.
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Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:42pm
Updated on May 23, 2013 at 7:44pm(AP) β Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first campaign stop than he did from the state's top Democrat, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier.
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87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:41pm
(AP) β An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.
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Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:39pm
(AP) β An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
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Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:35pm
Updated on May 23, 2013 at 7:36pm(AP) β A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.
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Colonial member Palmer has 1st-round lead with 62
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:34pm
(AP) β Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge.
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Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:34pm
(AP) β Procter & Gamble is bringing back former CEO A.G. Lafley, a 33-year industry veteran, to its top post in a surprise move as the world's largest consumer goods maker tries to improve its results globally.
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:28pm
(AP) β Jurors have deadlocked on a verdict of life or death for Jodi Arias in the 2008 killing of her one-time boyfriend.
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Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial; retrial scheduled for July
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:26pm
(AP) β Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial; retrial scheduled for July.
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Jury deadlocks again on life term or death for Jodi Arias
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:24pm
(AP) β Jury deadlocks again on life term or death for Jodi Arias.
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Avalanche hire Patrick Roy as coach
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:19pm
(AP) β The Colorado Avalanche are rounding up the old crew to restore the downtrodden franchise.
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Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:19pm
(AP) β In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.
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Correction: Oklahoma Tornado story
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:19pm
(AP) β In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city's mayor. He is Glenn Lewis, not Glen.
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Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:18pm
(AP) β President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida.
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IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:18pm
(AP) β Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.
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New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:11pm
(AP) β Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.
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Rangers scratch Richards for pivotal Game 4
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:11pm
(AP) β Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards was a healthy scratch Thursday night when New York faced elimination in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins.















































































































