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Parents wire kids to prove teachers' verbal abuse

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) -- Teachers hurled insults like "bastard," "tard," "damn dumb" and "a hippo in a ballerina suit." A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, "Shut up, you little dog."...
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Napolitano: Secret Service scandal 'inexcusable'

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conflicting images of the Secret Service and new questions about the military's handling of the prostitution scandal in Colombia emerged on Capitol Hill on Wednesday....
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TSA screeners charged in LA drug trafficking probe

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two former and two current Transportation Security Administration employees have been arrested on federal drug trafficking and bribery charges for allowing large amounts of cocaine and other drugs to pass through X-ray machines at security checkpoints in exchange for cash, authorities said....
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Rubio elevating profile amid VP speculation

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio outlined his vision Wednesday of a more muscular American foreign policy, the latest salvo in his effort to elevate his profile as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney begins his search for a running mate....
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APNewsBreak: Burger King makes cage-free promise

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
Burger King on Wednesday became the first major U.S. fast-food chain to pledge that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017....
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Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A sergeant will be discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon's policies about social media and its limits on the speech of active duty military personnel, the Marine Corps said Wednesday....
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The '92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it....
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The '92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Henry Keith Watson remembers April 29, 1992, as if it happened just last week. History won't allow him to forget it....
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Supreme Court hints OK on Ariz. immigration law

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bucking the Obama administration, Supreme Court justices seemed to find little trouble Wednesday with major parts of Arizona's tough immigration law that require police to check the legal status of people they stop for other reasons....
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House backs bill capping gov't spending on junkets

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend as well as to create a one-stop system for Americans to track where federal dollars go....
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Senate: Make it tougher to close post offices

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate bill aimed at saving the U.S. Postal Service would make it harder to close thousands of low-revenue post offices and end Saturday mail delivery, even though the struggling agency says those moves are just what's needed to reduce its massive debt and become profitable again....
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NY woman admits faking cancer in wedding scheme

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York woman admitted Wednesday that she faked cancer to con donors out of money and services for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon....
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Rubio elevating profile amid VP speculation

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio has outlined his vision of a more muscular American foreign policy as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney begins the search for a running mate....
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Gingrich to end presidential campaign next week

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee....
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Defense mum on whether John Edwards will testify

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- John Edwards' attorneys won't say publicly whether the former presidential candidate or his one-time mistress will take the witness stand Wednesday....
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AP sources: Gingrich to end presidential campaign

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two advisers to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich say he will formally end is campaign next Tuesday and will likely to endorse Mitt Romney....
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Supreme Court takes up Arizona immigration law

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appears ready to allow Arizona to enforce a state law provision that requires police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally....
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Secret Service investigating another overseas trip

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Expanding the prostitution investigation, the Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is checking whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador....
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Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
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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Judge refuses to dismiss GI's WikiLeaks case

Fri, 2025-04-25 16:52
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- A military judge refused on Wednesday to throw out the charges against an Army private accused of providing reams of sensitive documents to Wikileaks in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history....
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