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Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal
Posted 11:38 AM 6/18/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
ROME (AP) - Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to (More)
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Atlanta DJs fired after mocking Saints' Gleason
Posted 10:16 PM 6/17/2013 by Steven Albritton
They say it was a joke, but no one was laughing. Three Atlanta sports radio hosts are out of a job after a tasteless skit about former New Orleans player Steve Gleason. There was public outcry after they mocked gleason and his ongoing battle with Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS.
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Week 2 of jury picking resumes in Zimmerman case
Posted 9:46 AM 6/17/2013 by AP
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The racial dimension of Trayvon Martin's shooting was a prominent focus of questioning as jury selection in George Zimmerman's trial entered its second week.
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Texas gov. signs 'Merry Christmas' bill into law
Posted 4:02 PM 6/14/2013 by AP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Surrounded by sleigh bell-ringing Santa Claus impersonators, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday signed a law protecting Christmas and other holiday celebrations in Texas public schools from legal challenges - but also stressed that freedom of religion is not the same thing as (More)
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DNA samples could solve Fla reform school mystery
Posted 2:51 PM 6/14/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Researchers took DNA samples from family members of boys who died decades ago at a now-defunct Florida reform school to try to help solve the mystery of which bodies were buried on the property.
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Flagstaff juveniles burning ants start wildfire
Posted 11:05 AM 6/14/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Residents of a Flagstaff neighborhood scurried to put out a fire started by three juveniles burning ants with a magnifying glass.
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Solar Impulse leaves St. Louis
Posted 8:38 AM 6/14/2013 by AP (Courtesy: MGN Online)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - After 10 days in St. Louis, the first plane that can fly day or night without fuel is on its way to Cincinnati.Solar Impulse started its cross-country trip in Northern California on May 3. It arrived in St. Louis on June 4. The plane took off from Lambert Airport (More)
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Fox reporter's lawyers seek to keep sources secret
Posted 5:19 PM 6/12/2013 by AP
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for a Fox News reporter who is being asked to name her sources in a story on the Colorado theater shooting want a New York appeals court to quash a subpoena that requires her to appear at a hearing.
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Window washers trapped near top of NYC skyscraper
Posted 3:25 PM 6/12/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
NEW YORK (AP) - Firefighters are working to rescue two window washers stuck near the top of a New York City skyscraper after a scaffold collapse. Fire department officials say the rescue operation is underway at the Hearst Building in midtown Manhattan, with workers cutting open (More)
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FEMA denies aid to Texas for blast
Posted 12:38 PM 6/12/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
HOUSTON (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.
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World air fleet to double in 20 years, Boeing says
Posted 9:00 AM 6/11/2013 by AP (MGN Online)
PARIS (AP) - Boeing predicted that the number of commercial aircraft in operation globally will double in the next two decades, with the bulk of some 35,000 new planes going to Asia, an executive from the US airplane-maker said Tuesday.Speaking ahead of the Bourget international air (More)
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Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
Posted 12:24 PM 6/7/2013 by A
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Ramirez, the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died early Friday in a hospital, a state official said.
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FEMA Corps Graduates First AmeriCorps Members
Posted 4:13 PM 6/6/2013 by MELISSA CANONE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - After completing 10 months of service to disaster survivors around the country, the nation's first class of FEMA Corps members will be honored at graduation ceremonies in Vicksburg, Miss., and Vinton, Iowa this month.
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Official: 12 hurt, 2 still trapped in Pa. collapse
Posted 11:44 AM 6/5/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: CNN)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia's fire commissioner says 12 people have minor injuries after a building collapse on the edge of downtown.
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Dunkin taking doughnut breakfast sandwich national
Posted 8:06 AM 6/3/2013 by Candice Choi
NEW YORK (AP) - Even as fast-food chains tout their healthy offerings, they're also coming up with fatty new treats to keep customers interested. Case in point: Dunkin' Donuts is adding a doughnut breakfast sandwich to its national menu next week. The sandwich, which comes with fried (More)
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Ricin-laced letters to NYC mayor had Shreveport address
Posted 9:46 PM 5/29/2013
The Daily Advertiser is reporting two anonymous, threatening letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun-control organization contained the deadly poison ricin, police said Wednesday.
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AP sources: Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI
Posted 6:24 PM 5/29/2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three people familiar with the decision say President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate a former Bush administration official to head the FBI. The sources say Obama plans to nominate James Comey, a former deputy attorney general under President George W. Bush. The three (More)
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Astronaut who graduated from UND returns to space
Posted 8:47 AM 5/29/2013 by AP
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - University of North Dakota graduate Karen Nyberg has returned to space.The 43-year-old 1994 UND graduate traveled to the International Space Station aboard a space shuttle in 2008. On Tuesday, she completed her second journey to the space station aboard a (More)
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Americans gather to honor fallen service members
Posted 8:15 AM 5/28/2013 by AP
ATLANTA (AP) - Americans gathered at cemeteries, memorials and monuments from California to Maine to honor fallen military service members on Memorial Day.In Atlanta, veterans from conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan and Iraq dedicated a new veterans' park. Soldiers, airmen (More)
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Acadiana Red Cross Volunteers Heading to Oklahoma
Posted 5:00 PM 5/21/2013 by Chris Welty
Right now, representatives from the Acadiana chapter of the American Red Cross are on their way to Oklahoma City to see how they can help. One couple is hitting the road eager to re-pay others for the kindness they received when storms have struck here.
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