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NTSB releases recommendations for air races

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Air race pilots should take their modified aircraft on a dry run before participating in certain types of competitions and should possibly wear flight suits to help them withstand high gravitational forces, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday....
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Santorum suspends GOP presidential campaign

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Bowing to the inevitable, Rick Santorum quit the presidential campaign Tuesday, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination....
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Report: 150,000 languish in NKorean prison camps

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. human rights envoy for North Korea says conditions in communist country's "brutal" prison camps are worse than in the Soviet Union's gulag during the Cold War....
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Jessica Alba, others, mark National Poetry Month

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jessica Alba is adding her voice to National Poetry Month, helping to lure children into the art form....
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Coal exports surge to highest level since 1991

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- U.S. coal exports reached their highest level in two decades last year as strong demand from Asia and Europe offered an outlet for a fuel that is falling from favor at home....
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Documents: 2 suspects confessed in Tulsa shootings

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The two suspects arrested in a shooting rampage that terrorized Tulsa's black community and left three people dead have confessed, according to police documents given to The Associated Press....
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John Edwards gambles on NC jury to avoid prison

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- As a young personal injury lawyer in North Carolina, John Edwards earned a reputation for turning down multimillion-dollar settlement offers on bets that jurors would award his clients more money at the end of a trial....
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Convicted Pa. priest remained clergyman for years

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Jurors in a landmark church sex-abuse trial were presented with documents Tuesday outlining the troubled clerical career of a priest who was convicted of child pornography charges yet remained in ministry for years despite similar and repeated complaints....
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Supreme Court misunderstanding on health overhaul?

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is....
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John Edwards gambles on N.C. jury to avoid prison

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As a young personal-injury lawyer in North Carolina, John Edwards earned a reputation for turning down multimillion-dollar settlement offers on bets that jurors would award his clients more money at the end of a trial.

"The twelve souls who spend full days, full weeks, or sometimes ...

Attorney: Zimmerman defense fund website is real

ORLANDO, Fla. — An attorney for George Zimmerman on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of a new website that allows supporters to donate money for the neighborhood watch volunteer who has admitted to fatally shooting an unarmed black teen in Florida.

All the money raised from the site, therealgeorgezimmerman.com, will go ...

Supreme Court misunderstanding on health overhaul?

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Insurance experts say there may be a misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care law among members of the Supreme Court....
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Obama in Florida pressing for 'Buffett rule'

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is renewing his call for Congress to raise taxes on millionaires, traveling to Florida to make a populist, election-year pitch on an issue that draws a sharp contrast with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney....
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Court clears way for new interim president in Mali

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's constitutional court on Tuesday cleared the way for the country's national assembly leader to take over as interim president, a move that will return the nation to civilian rule following last month's military coup....
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Ariz. ethics panel says ex-prosecutor broke rules

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona ethics panel on Tuesday moved to disbar Maricopa County's former top prosecutor for failed corruption investigations he and America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff conducted, targeting officials with whom they were having political and legal disputes.

The three-member panel found that former County Attorney Andrew Thomas violated ...

John Edwards gambles on NC jury to avoid prison

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- As a young personal injury lawyer in North Carolina, John Edwards earned a reputation for turning down multimillion-dollar settlement offers on bets that jurors would award his clients more money at the end of a trial....
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3 Maryland school workers split Mega Millions win

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two public school teachers and a school administrator who call themselves "The Three Amigos" are sharing part of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, planning for trips to Europe, new homes and their children's college funds, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday....
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3 Maryland school workers split Mega Millions win

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two public school teachers and a school administrator who call themselves "The Three Amigos" are sharing part of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, planning for trips to Europe, new homes and their children's college funds, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday....
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Documents: 2 suspects confessed in Tulsa shootings

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The two suspects arrested in a shooting rampage that terrorized Tulsa's black community and left three people dead have confessed, according to police documents given to The Associated Press....
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Court weighs graphic health warnings on cigarettes

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court is considering the constitutionality of requiring large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that smoking can harm or kill smokers....
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