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Muslims at rally: NYPD surveillance keeps us safe

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
NEW YORK (AP) -- Qazi Qayyoom, an imam in Queens, says he believes the New York Police Department is keeping his community safe, and if that means some Muslims are monitored, so be it....
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Even mild concussions can cause lingering symptoms

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
CHICAGO (AP) -- Children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year after their injuries, according to a study that helps identify which kids may be most at risk for lingering symptoms....
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Holder gives legal defense for al-Awlaki killing

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder says in the administration's first public justification for the killing of an American-born cleric that the president has the legal right in certain cases to order lethal action against U.S. citizens abroad who have turned to terrorism....
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Netanyahu: Obama 'gets' Israeli self-defense right

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel's leader says President Barack Obama understands that Israel has the right to defend itself from an Iranian nuclear threat....
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Super Tuesday showdown: Romney-Santorum big day

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the eve of their Super Tuesday showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum strained for an edge in Ohio on Monday and braced for the 10 primaries and caucuses likely to redefine the race for the Republican presidential nomination....
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Baby dropped in field by tornado buried in Indiana

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
SALEM, Ind. (AP) -- A 15-month-old Indiana girl who clung to life for two days after being scooped up by a tornado that killed her parents and two siblings was buried Monday in a snow-covered cemetery, a poignant end to what had seemed to be a miracle story of survival....
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US officials: Not quite so many Gitmo re-offenders

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Director of National Intelligence said Monday that far fewer detainees released from Guantanamo Bay rejoined terrorist activities than previously reported....
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8-day Iditarod under way in Alaska

WILLOW, Alaska — To a rousing send-off from fans, dozens of teams took to the trail for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, embarking on a near thousand-mile journey through the Alaskan wilderness.

The 66 mushers and their dog teams will spend roughly eight days trying to ...

Judge: NY Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners must pay up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors, a judge said Monday, though he expressed doubt that the trustee will succeed in proving at a trial this month that he's entitled to as much as $300 million more....
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Advice urges wider sharing of heart care decisions

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
A heart device might save your life but leave you miserable. That awful possibility is the reason for new advice urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering pumps, pacemakers, new valves or procedures to open clogged arteries....
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Town by town, Vermont tackles corporate personhood

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A senator with socialist leanings was among the first. Then there was Jerry of Ben & Jerry's ice cream fame. Stephen Colbert has tweeted in favor. And now people in at least 52 Vermont communities will use the bully pulpit of that New England institution, Town Meeting Day, to push for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that corporations are not people....
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Tornado damage may spell the end of tiny towns

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
MARYSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- This tiny Indiana farm town has no mayor, no school and no shopping center. And after last week's deadly tornadoes, it has virtually nowhere left to live....
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Baby dropped in field by tornado buried in Ind.

SALEM, Ind. — A 15-month-old Indiana girl who clung to life for two days after being tossed by a tornado that killed her parents and two siblings has been buried with her family.

An American flag hung at half-staff as relatives of Angel Babcock gathered Monday in a snow-covered cemetery ...

States finding tough climate for gas tax proposals

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- As if gas prices weren't high enough, several states across the U.S. are looking to raise fuel taxes they say are needed to pay for roads and bridges that are outdated, congested and in some cases, dangerous....
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Jury selection under way in Virginia Tech trial

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — Jury selection began Monday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two Virginia Tech students killed during a campus rampage nearly five years ago.

The trial is being held in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christianburg. University officials will be asked to defend their ...

Pal: Defendant in N.J. spying case spoke of 'viewing party'

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man told his friends he was hosting a "viewing party" with beer and rum to watch the dorm-room liaison, a high school friend testified Monday.

The ...

Miracle story of baby dropped in field ends sadly

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:00
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock seemed to be the miracle survivor of a deadly tornado that killed her parents and two siblings when she arrived Friday night at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Though critically injured when the twister scooped her up and deposited her in a field, Angel was opening her eyes. Hospital workers said that was a hopeful sign....
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Miracle story of baby dropped in field ends sadly

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock seemed to be the miracle survivor of a deadly tornado that killed her parents and two siblings when she arrived Friday night at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Though critically injured when the twister scooped her up and deposited her in a field, ...

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