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Skydivers: Hot-air balloon pilot saved their lives

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
ATLANTA (AP) -- As the hot-air balloon rose into the blue Georgia sky, skydiver Dennis Valdez remembers seeing a thunderstorm brewing in the distance. Pilot Edward Ristaino seemed concerned but not panicked as he maneuvered the balloon above a field and told the five skydivers to jump....
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Skydivers: Hot-air balloon pilot saved their lives

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
ATLANTA (AP) -- As the hot-air balloon rose into the blue Georgia sky, skydiver Dennis Valdez remembers seeing a thunderstorm brewing in the distance. Pilot Edward Ristaino seemed concerned but not panicked as he maneuvered the balloon above a field and told the five skydivers to jump....
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Skydivers: Hot-air balloon pilot saved their lives

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
ATLANTA (AP) -- As the hot-air balloon rose into the blue Georgia sky, skydiver Dennis Valdez remembers seeing a thunderstorm brewing in the distance. Pilot Edward Ristaino seemed concerned but not panicked as he maneuvered the balloon above a field and told the five skydivers to jump....
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Lawyer says Afghan killings suspect recalls little

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage, his lawyer says....
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Lawyer says Afghan killings suspect recalls little

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage, his lawyer says....
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Feds to investigate fatal shooting of Fla. teen

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The growing national attention - and outcry - over the case of an unarmed black teen in Florida who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain has culminated with the federal government's announcement that it will launch an investigation....
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Feds to investigate fatal shooting of Fla. teen

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The growing national attention - and outcry - over the case of an unarmed black teen in Florida who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain has culminated with the federal government's announcement that it will launch an investigation....
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Ill. primary decides fate of 2 veteran congressmen

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois voters casting ballots in Tuesday's primary election will determine the matchup for the state's only open seat for the U.S. House, solidify who will face a tea party firebrand and potentially end the careers of two longtime congressmen....
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Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
SEATTLE (AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password....
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High court has options on health care law

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
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High court has options on health care law

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
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Flooding feared after storms sock south-central US

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Residents and businesses from southeast Texas north through western Missouri were bracing for flooding Tuesday after a violent band of storms brought heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado, with more of the same forecast for the next several days....
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Storied Army unit moving into Afghanistan's east

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) -- With the Afghanistan war's endgame approaching, the Army's storied 1st Infantry Division is preparing to take command in the eastern provinces, where the strategy calls for a renewed push this year even as U.S. and allied forces draw down in less violent parts of the country....
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Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
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Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
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Feds to investigate fatal shooting of Fla. teen

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2024-12-01 01:01
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Following a day of protests calling for the arrest of a Florida neighborhood watch captain who fatally shot an unarmed black teen, the U.S. Justice Department announced late Monday it will investigate the case....
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