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Army data gives snapshot of drug trade in war zone

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Army has investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan on suspicion of using or distributing heroin, morphine or other opiates during 2010 and 2011, newly obtained data shows. Eight soldiers died of drug overdoses during that time....
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House moves ahead with cybersecurity bill

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday defended a cybersecurity bill as a common-sense approach to stopping electronic attacks on critical infrastructure and companies. He rejected the Obama administration's criticism that the measure could lead to invasion of Americans' privacy....
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On campus, debate over civil rights and rape

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
For months after Kristina Ponischil was raped at a party in her off-campus apartment, her life at Western Washington University was hell....
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On campus, debate over civil rights and rape

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
For months after Kristina Ponischil was raped at a party in her off-campus apartment, her life at Western Washington University was hell....
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today....
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today....
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today....
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today....
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today....
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'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....
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'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....
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'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....
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'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....
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'Hunger Games' fever makes archery cool for kids

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
NEW YORK (AP) -- In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and out with their dads, kids are gaga for archery four weeks into the box office run of "The Hunger Games" and less than 100 days before the London Olympics....
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Obama says Congress needs to act on jobs

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is urging Congress to act on a number of bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the nation has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."...
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Daily Sentinel: "Juror: Fourth Amendment played minor role in Lawyer case"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16

Daily Sentinel: Juror: Fourth Amendment played minor role in Lawyer case: Trooper's actions reasonable under the circumstances, he says by Paul Shockley:

Two jurors who sat in judgment of Colorado State Patrol Trooper Ivan “Gene” Lawyer said Fourth Amendment principles had either too much emphasis by the prosecution, or little bearing on the main issues at play in the trooper’s trial.

Lawyer was acquitted Thursday on four counts, including criminally negligent homicide and first-degree criminal trespass. Two other counts, including second-degree assault with recklessness, were left undecided by a deadlocked jury.

Experts say Zimmerman attorney made smart move

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — By questioning a state investigator on the witness stand during a routine bail hearing, George Zimmerman's defense attorney showed some of the weaknesses in prosecutors' claims that the neighborhood watch volunteer committed second-degree murder, legal experts say.

A judge ruled Friday that Zimmerman can be released ...

Zimmerman credibility could be issue in legal case

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 23:16
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The credibility of Trayvon Martin's shooter could be an issue at trial after a judge said that George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain a bond, legal experts say....
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More Secret Service agents gone; Obama briefed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more Secret Service officers resigned Friday in the expanding prostitution scandal that has brought scorching criticism of agents' behavior in Colombia just before President Barack Obama's visit for a summit meeting last week. Agency Director Mark Sullivan came to the White House late Friday to personally ...

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