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Kansas family killed in plane crash in Fla. swamp

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas businessman, his wife and their four children were killed Thursday when their small plane crashed into a swampy area of central Florida, and word quickly spread to their hometown where the family was known for their charitable work and always having a house full of neighborhood kids....
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House passes homeland security spending bill

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The GOP-controlled House passed a $46 billion measure Thursday funding the Homeland Security Department, including more than $5 billion in disaster relief spending that complies with a budget agreement last summer opposed by tea party conservatives....
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House passes homeland security spending bill

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The GOP-controlled House passed a $46 billion measure Thursday funding the Homeland Security Department, including more than $5 billion in disaster relief spending that complies with a budget agreement last summer opposed by tea party conservatives....
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Lobbyist tied to Sen. Harry Reid pleads not guilty

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A former developer and lobbyist with ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada's political elite pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges involving campaign contributions....
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Lobbyist tied to Sen. Harry Reid pleads not guilty

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A former developer and lobbyist with ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Nevada's political elite pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges involving campaign contributions....
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AP IMPACT: Suicides are surging among US troops

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year - the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war....
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AP IMPACT: Suicides are surging among US troops

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year - the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war....
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AP IMPACT: Suicides are surging among US troops

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year - the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Kansas family killed in plane crash in Fla. swamp

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas businessman, his wife and their four children were killed when their small plane crashed into a swampy area of central Florida on Thursday, and word quickly spread to their hometown where the family was known for their charitable work and always having a house full of neighborhood kids....
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Officials worry about creatures on tsunami dock

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents....
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Motorists in tunnel could get refund of speed fines

The Metropolitan Police Department has issued some 7,000 speeding tickets and demanded more than $1.2 million in fines since November from speed cameras in the Third Street Tunnel in Northwest D.C.

But the tickets and the fines could be subject to legal challenge and a refund based on a technical ...

I'll Have Another takes shot at Triple Crown

ELMONT, N.Y. — There's nothing in sports quite like the roar and electricity as horses turn for home in the Belmont Stakes with a Triple Crown on the line.

If I'll Have Another crosses the finish line first Saturday night, it would mean a sport soaking in jubilant celebration like ...

Hazing crisis: FAMU head gets no-confidence vote

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The president of Florida A&M University vowed to remain on the job Thursday despite a no-confidence vote from school trustees over his handling of the hazing death of a member of the school's famed marching band....
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Hazing crisis: FAMU head gets no-confidence vote

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The president of Florida A&M University vowed to remain on the job Thursday despite a no-confidence vote from school trustees over his handling of the hazing death of a member of the school's famed marching band....
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Fiancee: Vet gave show errant photo by 'mistake'

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An "America's Got Talent" contestant scrutinized for claims about being injured in Afghanistan made a mistake when he gave the show a photograph of another soldier and passed it off as himself, the man's fiancée said Thursday....
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Fiancee: Vet gave show errant photo by 'mistake'

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An "America's Got Talent" contestant scrutinized for claims about being injured in Afghanistan made a mistake when he gave the show a photograph of another soldier and passed it off as himself, the man's fiancée said Thursday....
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Witnesses discuss State Dept.'s WikiLeaks response

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. State Department took extraordinary steps to limit harm to foreign relations and individuals after an Army private allegedly sent more than 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks, two agency officials testified at a court-martial hearing Thursday....
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Witnesses discuss State Dept.'s WikiLeaks response

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. State Department took extraordinary steps to limit harm to foreign relations and individuals after an Army private allegedly sent more than 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks, two agency officials testified at a court-martial hearing Thursday....
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Witnesses discuss State Dept.'s WikiLeaks response

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 04:44
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. State Department took extraordinary steps to limit harm to foreign relations and individuals after an Army private allegedly sent more than 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks, two agency officials testified at a court-martial hearing Thursday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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