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'The Bishop' convicted of sending dud pipe bombs

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
CHICAGO (AP) -- A former Iowa letter carrier was found guilty Friday of sending dud pipe bombs to investment advisers, along with threatening letters signed "The Bishop," in a scheme to boost the value of shares he owned in two companies....
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Nurse in Afghanistan dies in Skype chat with wife

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
HOUSTON (AP) -- The wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday....
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3 convicted, 6 acquitted in sex trafficking case

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee federal jury split its verdict Friday against nine men accused of operating a sex trafficking ring run mostly by Somali refugee gang members, convicting three men and acquitting six....
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Look! Up in the sky! It's Supermoon! Due Saturday

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual....
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US revamps student work visa program after abuses

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The State Department announced major changes Friday to its premier student-exchange program following an investigation by The Associated Press that found widespread abuses....
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7 hearses for NYC victims of SUV highway plunge

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- Seven hearses - one for each of the victims - pulled up to an old brick Catholic church in the Bronx on Friday for the funeral for seven family members who died in a horrific highway accident that sent their SUV hurling over a guardrail and into a ravine....
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Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial involving money from wealthy donors that was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House bid. Talks will resume Monday, but the jury has already made several requests for evidence and office supplies, a sign they may be settling in for detailed discussions....
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Chaplain: Seau's brain to be donated for research

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The family of former NFL star Junior Seau will donate his brain for research into repetitive head injuries....
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Md. teenager pleads guilty in terror case in Pa.

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Maryland teen pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. terror charges for offering assistance to an American woman who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane" and supported an Irish terror cell bent on waging a Muslim holy war in Europe....
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Ohio zoo returns surviving exotic animals to widow

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio zoo on Friday returned five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures last fall before he committed suicide....
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42 years after Kent State, survivors want answers

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
KENT, Ohio (AP) -- Seven people wounded by Ohio National Guard gunfire at Kent State University 42 years ago Friday have renewed an appeal for answers to lingering questions, such as whether an order to fire was given....
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Former media mogul Conrad Black is released

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
MIAMI (AP) -- Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from a federal prison in Miami early Friday and faced deportation after serving about three years for defrauding investors....
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Experts unlike ruling in Facebook speech case

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The "like" button on Facebook seems like a relatively clear way to express your support for something, but a federal judge says that doesn't mean clicking it is constitutionally protected speech....
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Octomom at crossroads, broke and considering porn

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From Miracle Mom to Octomom and now, perhaps very soon, Porno Mom, the bizarre life of Nadya Suleman and her 14 children has been a subject that rarely ceases to amaze....
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Octomom at crossroads, broke and considering porn

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From Miracle Mom to Octomom and, perhaps soon, Homeless Mom, the life of Nadya Suleman and her 14 children is a subject that rarely fails to strike a nerve....
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AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France....
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AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
NEW YORK (AP) -- In World War II's final moments in Europe, Associated Press correspondent Edward Kennedy gave his news agency perhaps the biggest scoop in its history. He reported, a full day ahead of the competition, that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally at a former schoolhouse in Reims, France....
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Got the munchies? A new pot eatery opens in Ore.

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle....
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Got the munchies? A new pot eatery opens in Ore.

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle....
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In letters, bin Laden worried about al-Qaida image

Thu, 2025-04-24 10:09
CAIRO (AP) -- During his last months holed up in a villa in Pakistan, one of the concerns on Osama bin Laden's mind was image control: Al-Qaida's branches and allies were making the terror network look bad in the eyes of the Islamic world....
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