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Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
SEATTLE (AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password....
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High court has options on health care law

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
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High court has options on health care law

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
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Flooding feared after storms sock south-central US

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Residents and businesses from southeast Texas north through western Missouri were bracing for flooding Tuesday after a violent band of storms brought heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado, with more of the same forecast for the next several days....
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Storied Army unit moving into Afghanistan's east

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) -- With the Afghanistan war's endgame approaching, the Army's storied 1st Infantry Division is preparing to take command in the eastern provinces, where the strategy calls for a renewed push this year even as U.S. and allied forces draw down in less violent parts of the country....
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Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
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Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
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Feds to investigate fatal shooting of Fla. teen

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Following a day of protests calling for the arrest of a Florida neighborhood watch captain who fatally shot an unarmed black teen, the U.S. Justice Department announced late Monday it will investigate the case....
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'Sneakerheads' rush for shoes for cred and profit

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CHICAGO (AP) -- They are lined up in the freezing rain, waiting patiently, stubbornly. All night. All for a few pairs of shoes....
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Lawyer: Afghan killings suspect remembers little

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time....
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Lawyer: Afghan killings suspect remembers little

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time....
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Mets' future brightens with Madoff settlement

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club's financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have - and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner's box....
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Mets' future brightens with Madoff settlement

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club's financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have - and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner's box....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Mets' future brightens with Madoff settlement

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners scored an early-season victory Monday, stabilizing the club's financial future in a deal with a trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims that requires them to pay millions less than they might have - and lifts a dark cloud from a team whose dismal play seemed to mirror its misfortune in the owner's box....
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Balloon pilot killed in Ga., passengers are safe

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
ATLANTA (AP) -- As a fierce thunderstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field 4,000 feet below and calmly and tersely warned the five skydivers aboard the craft, "You need to get out now."...
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Ohio man not jailed for stopping Facebook apology

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won't be locked up even though he stopped making amends early....
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Ohio man not jailed for stopping Facebook apology

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won't be locked up even though he stopped making amends early....
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Lawyer: Afghan killings suspect remembers little

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) -- The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Balloon pilot killed in Ga., passengers are safe

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
ATLANTA (AP) -- As a fierce thunderstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field 4,000 feet below and calmly and tersely warned the five skydivers aboard the craft, "You need to get out now."...
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APNewsBreak: Afghan killings suspect cited in Fla

Thu, 2024-11-28 08:40
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans was cited for possessing alcohol on the beach in Florida 14 years ago....
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