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Zimmerman attorney was Casey Anthony commentator

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- When Casey Anthony stood trial last summer in her toddler's death, Mark O'Mara became a familiar face on local television making daily critiques of prosecutors and defense attorneys in the world-famous case....
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Override systems proposed for stuck gas pedals

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New cars and light trucks would have to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration when the gas pedal and brake are applied at the same time or accelerator control systems disconnect, under new federal regulations proposed Thursday....
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News of Doolittle raid leaks slowly as Roosevelt keeps silence

In the days following Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle's daring raid on Tokyo and five other Japanese cities, no one was talking — not even President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Speaking to reporters on April 21, 1942, three days after the mission, an almost playful Roosevelt still wouldn't confirm news ...

Doolittle Raiders recommend the first movie

For those who lived through it, Hollywood's most recent depiction of the Doolittle raid completely bombed.

The 2001 flick "Pearl Harbor," directed by Michael Bay, focuses heavily on the April 18, 1942, mission during the latter half of the movie. Alec Baldwin portrayed raid leader Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" ...

Zimmerman credibility may be issue in Martin case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
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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Kan. grain elevator cited for serious violations

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The federal government cited a Missouri grain company Thursday for willful safety violations and proposed a hefty fine for an explosion that killed six workers last October at a northeast Kansas grain elevator....
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Postmaster general visits potential closure sites

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The top U.S. Postal Service official on Thursday took his case for rural post office closures straight to the people it will hurt most, telling Montana residents that up to 3,600 small post offices around the country need to be shuttered as part of cost-cutting moves....
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Toy grenade prompts NYC office building evacuation

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- A toy grenade was to blame for an evacuation Thursday at a building near ground zero, authorities said....
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See Dan read: Baboons can learn to spot real words

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up....
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Texas hopes to learn lessons from searing drought

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- When Susan Combs was growing up on her family's West Texas ranch, conserving water was part of everyday life: If the windmill wasn't turning and the storage tank at least half full, the household plumbing was turned off - even the toilets....
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Five survivors of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders recall daring sortie

Edward Saylor still vividly remembers the Chinese boy who helped save his life. In the days after his plane crashed into the waters just off China's coast, Mr. Saylor, now 92, and four other Doolittle Tokyo Raiders were desperate and hungry — but they had survived a daring mission that ...

Victims' families boost Conn. death penalty repeal

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The vote to repeal Connecticut's death penalty brought a moment of triumph for Elizabeth Brancato, a lifelong opponent of capital punishment despite the murder of her mother in 1979....
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Override systems proposed for stuck gas pedals

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New cars and light trucks would have to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration in instances where the driver steps on the gas pedal and brake at the same time or accelerator control systems disconnect, under new federal regulations proposed Thursday....
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Fla. killer Gore set to die by lethal injection

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- David Alan Gore was set to be executed Thursday nearly 29 years after murdering 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose attempted escape ended a string of rapes and murders that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach....
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Zimmerman makes court appearance in Fla. shooting

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

During the brief appearance, Zimmerman stood up straight, looked straight ahead and wore a gray prison jumpsuit. He spoke only to answer "Yes, ...

JetBlue pilot indicted for flight disruption

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A JetBlue Airways pilot accused of disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight when he left the cockpit screaming about religion and terrorists has been indicted.

Court documents posted Thursday show Clayton F. Osbon has been indicted on one count of interference of a flight crew. It's the ...

Mass. man given 17 1/2 years on terror counts

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison....
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Report: Collapsed Ind. fair stage didn't meet code

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An engineering review has found that stage rigging that collapsed and killed seven people during last summer's Indiana State Fair wasn't built strong enough to meet state building codes....
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Prosecutors face hurdles in Trayvon Martin case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say....
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Fake grenade prompts NYC building evacuation

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 13:36
NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities say a novelty grenade was to blame for an evacuation at a building near New York's ground zero....
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