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Hacker arrested in NYC cooperated from Day 1

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- In his Twitter postings, the elite computer hacker known as "Sabu" urged followers to resist the U.S. government and its agents....
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House passes bipartisan bill to help startups

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Showing that they can on occasion work together, House lawmakers on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a package of bills making it easier for small businesses and startups to raise the capital they need to grow and hire new workers....
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Israeli troops, Palestinians clash over prisoner

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Several dozen Palestinians demanding the release of a hunger-striking detainee clashed with Israeli troops Thursday, part of growing protests against the practice of holding Palestinians without formal charges....

Deadline ends on Greek bond swap deal

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A deadline has passed for private investors to participate in a major Greek debt reduction deal, with government officials and world markets appearing confident of high participation....

Obama, GOP governors share many views on education

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A funny thing is happening between President Barack Obama and many Republican governors when it comes to improving America's schools: They are mostly getting along....

Jury: US can seize $330M in Stanford accounts

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
HOUSTON (AP) -- The jury that convicted former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford of operating a massive Ponzi scheme found Thursday that there is sufficient evidence that $330 million in frozen foreign bank accounts he controlled money he stole from investors, clearing the way for U.S. authorities to go after the funds....
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2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
SPLENDORA, Texas (AP) -- The abandoned school bus had no engine and no front wheels. But there were crude curtains in the windows, an air conditioner and even bunk beds....
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Shots fired at Pa. psych clinic; injuries reported

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
OAKLAND, Pa. (AP) -- Someone opened fire Thursday afternoon at a psychiatric clinic outside Pittsburgh, injuring several people, police said....
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Double-amputee in Cuba sets sights on London games

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
HAVANA (AP) -- Damian Lopez was 13 when he tried to untangle his kite from electrical wires dangling over a street corner and accidentally touched a high-voltage cable....

Double-amputee in Cuba sets sights on London games

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
HAVANA (AP) -- Damian Lopez was 13 when he tried to untangle his kite from electrical wires dangling over a street corner and accidentally touched a high-voltage cable....

Double-amputee in Cuba sets sights on London games

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
HAVANA (AP) -- Damian Lopez was 13 when he tried to untangle his kite from electrical wires dangling over a street corner and accidentally touched a high-voltage cable....

Double-amputee in Cuba sets sights on London games

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
HAVANA (AP) -- Damian Lopez was 13 when he tried to untangle his kite from electrical wires dangling over a street corner and accidentally touched a high-voltage cable....

NJ Muslims file federal suit to stop NYPD spying

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The lawsuit alleged that the police activities were unconstitutional because they focused on people's religion, national origin and race....
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Mass burial for Congolese explosion victims Sunday

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- The more than 200 victims of last weekend's deadly arms depot blasts in the Republic of Congo's capital will be buried Sunday in a mass funeral, state radio reported....

AG disturbed by reports of NYPD surveillance in NJ

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday he's disturbed by what he's read about the New York Police Department conducting surveillance of mosques and Islamic student organizations in New Jersey....
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2 hostages in Nigeria lived final days in squalor

AP - World News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) -- The two hostages from Italy and Britain found dead during a botched rescue operation spent their final days living in bare squalor under the watchful eye of their alleged al-Qaida-linked captors, drinking water drawn from an underground tank and possibly enduring bouts of malaria and other illnesses....

FAA forecast: High air fares most of this decade

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Air fares are likely to stay high throughout this decade, as passenger travel grows but airline capacity shrinks, according to a government forecast issued Thursday....
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Stock rally helps regain wealth lost in recession

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are climbing further out of the hole they sank into during the Great Recession....
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E-mails show White House input on Sherrod ouster

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House was immediately involved in the Agriculture Department's decision to ask USDA employee Shirley Sherrod to resign in 2010, according to nearly 2,000 pages of internal e-mails released by the administration....
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E-mails show White House input on Sherrod ouster

AP - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 14:02
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House was immediately involved in the Agriculture Department's decision to ask USDA employee Shirley Sherrod to resign in 2010, according to nearly 2,000 pages of internal e-mails released by the administration....
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