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Judge blocks day labor rules in AZ immigration law

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets....
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12 killed as violent storms ravage Midwest, South

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) -- A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes in a small Illinois town Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South, killing at least 12 people in three states....
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Mass. man in Wesleyan death committed to hospital

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was committed to a psychiatric hospital Wednesday for 60 years....
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Taking one giant leap for Feb. 29

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — People jumped off - or rather leaped off -tall buildings all around the country Wednesday, parachuting down to the ground in honor of Feb. 29.

It was all part of a leap year promotion for an energy drink.

In Atlantic City, two parachutists jumped off the ...

2002 Pentagon memo guided 9/11 remains disposal

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The disposal of human remains from the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, including the incineration and dumping of some portions in a landfill, was based on high-level Pentagon instructions, the Air Force's top general said Wednesday....
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2002 Pentagon memo guided 9/11 remains disposal

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The disposal of human remains from the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, including the incineration and dumping of some portions in a landfill, was based on high-level Pentagon instructions, the Air Force's top general said Wednesday....
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2002 Pentagon memo guided 9/11 remains disposal

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The disposal of human remains from the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, including the incineration and dumping of some portions in a landfill, was based on high-level Pentagon instructions, the Air Force's top general said Wednesday....
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Ala. Coast Guard chopper crash: 1 dead, 3 missing

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- As divers searched the muddy bottom of Alabama's Mobile Bay, a salvage ship was dispatched Wednesday to the sunken wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed on a training mission, leaving one crewmember dead and three others missing....
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US mothballs airborne laser missile defense weapon

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Pentagon has mothballed a laser-equipped jumbo jet after 15 years and $5 billion worth of research to develop an airborne missile defense system....
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Rutgers student was 'uncomfortable' with roommate

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J (AP) -- Jurors in the trial of a student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man can't hear about an email passage in which the alleged victim referred to the defendant's behavior as "wildly inappropriate," a judge decided Wednesday....
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Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees dies in Fla at 66

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Davy Jones, an actor-turned-singer who helped propel the TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts and into rock `n' roll history, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 66....
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Obama salutes Iraq war vets at White House dinner

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the many....
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US: North Korea to suspend nuclear activities

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States, which is set to provide food aid in return....
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Mass. man in Wesleyan death committed to hospital

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A Massachusetts man who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 slaying of a Wesleyan University student was ordered Wednesday to be committed to a psychiatric hospital for 60 years....
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Ind. Senate approves diluted smoking ban

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate on Wednesday passed a diluted version of a statewide ban on smoking in public places in hopes that lawmakers can forge a stronger ban in a conference committee with House lawmakers, who have passed a more restrictive version of the bill.

The Senate voted ...

US mothballs airborne laser missile defense weapon

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Pentagon has mothballed a laser-equipped missile defense aircraft after more than 15 years of development....
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Military criticized for lack of medals database

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 06:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Defense Department for failing to create a searchable database of medals recipients, a potential solution to identifying and prosecuting people who falsely claim to have received the honors....
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