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Islamic groups hold rally in support of NYPD

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
NEW YORK (AP) -- Members of an Islamic coalition stood in front of police headquarters with signs Monday to support the New York Police Department's aggressive counterterrorism efforts, saying the agency is doing what is necessary to protect the city - and Muslims....
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Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said Monday, an optimistic view that Israel's leader declined to publicly endorse....
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Judge: NY Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
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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Judge: N.Y. Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

NEW YORK — 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 ...

Former student in NJ webcam gay spying apologizes

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself has publicly apologized for the first time....
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US notes fraud charges in Russian vote

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday congratulated the Russian people for turning out to vote in big numbers in this weekend's presidential election but said it was concerned by allegations of massive fraud and pointedly did not mention victor Vladimir Putin by name....
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Ohio becomes a Romney-Santorum dead heat

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney's allies are hoping Super Tuesday's powerful imprint on the Republican presidential nomination will bring clarity, at long last, to the fractious contest and rouse Republicans behind their front-runner. But that's strictly up to voters across the nation, weighing in on the most consequential day of the campaign to date....
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Limbaugh: Apology to student was sincere

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Radio host Rush Limbaugh says his apology to the Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but he also is joking that he got a busy signal when he called his show to join advertisers who are abandoning it....
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4-year-old New Mexico boy's body pulled from hole

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) -- Crews pulled the body of a 4-year-old boy from a narrow, 30-foot-deep hole in Carlsbad early Monday, nearly two days after he disappeared while playing outside his home next door, state and local authorities said....
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4-year-old New Mexico boy's body pulled from hole

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico State Police say crews have recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy who fell down a hole in a Carlsbad neighborhood....
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40th Iditarod race off and running in Alaska

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — To a rousing send-off from fans, dozens of dog-sled 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 ...

San Fran sheriff's wife adds intrigue to his trial

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Venezuelan actress Eliana Lopez has become a symbol in a domestic violence case that has cast a shadow across the career of her husband - San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi....
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40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins in Alaska

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
WILLOW, Alaska (AP) -- To a rousing send-off from fans, dozens of dog sled 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....
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Obama: 'Loose talk' plays into Iran hands

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he doesn't want war but insists he would attack Iran if that was the only option left to stop that nation from getting a nuclear weapon....
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'Third Jihad' narrator rallying in support of NYPD

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
NEW YORK (AP) -- The narrator of "The Third Jihad," a documentary that uses dramatic footage to warn against the dangers of radical Islam, is speaking at a rally Monday to support the New York Police Department's aggressive counterterrorism efforts, even though city officials have disavowed the film....
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'Third Jihad' narrator rallying in support of NYPD

NEW YORK — The narrator of "The Third Jihad," a documentary that uses dramatic footage to warn against the dangers of radical Islam, is speaking at a rally Monday to support the New York Police Department's aggressive counterterrorism efforts, even though city officials have disavowed the film.

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser ...

Ohio becomes a Romney-Santorum dead heat

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 19:42
CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Mitt Romney's allies are hoping Super Tuesday's powerful imprint on the Republican presidential nomination will bring clarity, at long last, to the fractious contest and rouse Republicans behind their front-runner. But that's strictly up to voters across the nation, weighing in on the most consequential day of the campaign to date....
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Judge clears way for record bankruptcy in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A judge has cleared the way for an Alabama county to move forward with the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, overruling Wall Street claims that state law didn't allow the county to file the case.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas E. Bennett issued his order late Sunday, ...

Magnitude-4.0 quake shakes San Francisco Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two small, back-to-back earthquakes shook residents of the San Francisco Bay Area awake Monday morning but appeared to leave no serious damage or injury.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude-2.9 quake struck at 5:33 a.m. about eight miles northeast of San Francisco in the city of El ...

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