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'Sneakerheads' rush for shoes for cred and profit

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
CHICAGO (AP) -- They are lined up in the freezing rain, waiting patiently, stubbornly. All night. All for a few pairs of shoes....
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Lawyer: Slain Fla. teen's friend heard altercation

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The attorney for the family of a black teenager fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain said Tuesday that the boy was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone when the confrontation began. She did not hear the shooting.

Their phone call was discussed at ...

Lawyer: Afghan killings suspect remembers little

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time....
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Lawyer: Afghan killings suspect remembers little

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time....
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Mets' future brightens with Madoff settlement

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club's financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have - and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner's box....
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Mets' future brightens with Madoff settlement

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club's financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have - and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner's box....
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Mets' future brightens with Madoff settlement

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club's financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have - and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner's box....
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Balloon pilot killed in Ga., passengers are safe

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
ATLANTA (AP) -- As a fierce thunderstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field 4,000 feet below and calmly and tersely warned the five skydivers aboard the craft, "You need to get out now."...
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Texas sex trafficker sentenced to 30 years

A 36-year-old Texas man was sentenced Monday in federal court in Dallas to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years of supervised release on his guilty plea to conspiracy to traffic women for prostitution, including those involved in adult escort websites headquartered in Dallas and Fort Worth as well ...

Ohio man not jailed for stopping Facebook apology

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won't be locked up even though he stopped making amends early....
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Ohio man not jailed for stopping Facebook apology

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won't be locked up even though he stopped making amends early....
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Natural gas industry high on future, despite current low prices

PITTSBURGH — Despite looming federal regulations and rock-bottom market prices, leaders in the natural gas business are confident the shale boom that's helped revitalize economies from Pennsylvania to Wyoming is only just getting started.

Companies from across the sector, from multibillion-dollar outfits such as Chesapeake Energy to small-town hardware stores, ...

Lawyer: Afghan killings suspect remembers little

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Balloon pilot killed in Ga., passengers are safe

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
ATLANTA (AP) -- As a fierce thunderstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field 4,000 feet below and calmly and tersely warned the five skydivers aboard the craft, "You need to get out now."...
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Dire finances leave Detroit stalled

Despite assurances from Clint Eastwood and Eminem, Detroit's rebirth may be on hold, as the city is on a Greece-like track to run out of money before summer, and things are getting increasingly testy between the state's Republican governor and the city's Democratic mayor.

Although the automotive sector and some ...

APNewsBreak: Afghan killings suspect cited in Fla

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans was cited for possessing alcohol on the beach in Florida 14 years ago....
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APNewsBreak: Afghan killings suspect cited in Fla

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans was cited for possessing alcohol on the beach in Florida 14 years ago....
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APNewsBreak: Afghan killings suspect cited in Fla

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans was cited for possessing alcohol on the beach in Florida 14 years ago....
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APNewsBreak: Afghan killings suspect cited in Fla

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans was cited for possessing alcohol on the beach in Florida 14 years ago....
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Panel says problem schools hurt nation's security

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2024-11-30 21:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's security and economic prosperity are at risk if America's schools don't improve, warns a task force led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein, the former chancellor of New York City's school system....
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