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Honda wins appeal of small-claims hybrid judgment

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge overturned a nearly $10,000 small claims judgment against American Honda Motor Co. that was won by a car owner who said the automaker misrepresented that her hybrid Civic could get 50 miles per gallon, according to a ruling released Wednesday....
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AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that President Barack Obama continues to enjoy strong support among women, minorities and independents....
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Appeals court grants wax seal to Maker's Mark

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but an appeals court says a liquor bottle with a red dripping wax seal by any name other than Maker's Mark would be illegal.

Noting that "all bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon," ...

Mother's Day don'ts: dish gloves, Cougar shirts

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
NEW YORK (AP) -- What were they thinking? Through plastic smiles or gritted teeth, moms have to suck it up sometimes when Mother's Day means a gifted toilet, unsolicited wash tub or anti-aging cream....
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Sandusky strategy emerges after trial's first week

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- After a gripping, emotionally charged four days of testimony that saw eight men from 18 to 28 years old tell jurors that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them as children, the former Penn State assistant football coach will soon get to tell his side of the story....
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Kidnapping-slaying suspect, wife charged with murder

GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) — Murder charges were filed Wednesday against the fugitive suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with the woman's two younger girls.

Two first-degree murder counts against 35-year-old Adam Mayes, who has been sought for more than a week, were announced Wednesday. ...

The Latest Evidence Presented in Kelly Thomas Hearing

TruthNews.US - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
OC Register | Video from inside the Kelly Thomas preliminary hearing. If there is sufficient evidence against them, the case will head to a trial by jury.

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....
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Gun in toys at RI airport was 'custody dispute'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- A man whose child unknowingly had gun parts and ammunition hidden inside stuffed animals in his carry-on bag was involved in a custody dispute, officials at Rhode Island's main airport said Wednesday....
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SEC sues ex-Detroit mayor for influence peddling

WASHINGTON — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing federal civil charges of taking part in an influence-peddling scheme involving the city's public-employee pension funds.

The Securities and Exchange Commission says Kilpatrick and ex-city treasurer Jeffrey Beasley received $125,000 in private jet travel and other perks from an investment firm. ...

Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility

TruthNews.US - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 05:38
NY Times | In an effort to keep Tokyo Electric Power from collapsing, Japan will nationalize the company, and a ¥1 trillion bailout plan was approved Wednesday.
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