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Solar Trust files for bankruptcy protection

BLYTHE, Calif. — The latest setback in a stalled 1,000-megawatt solar plant in the Southern California desert came nearly 10 months after Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar and Gov. Jerry Brown broke ground on what was then touted as the world's largest solar project and a keystone of the Obama ...

American Scene: University police chief retires amid hazing probes

TALLAHASSEE — The police chief at Florida A&M University is retiring less than a week after reports surfaced that Tallahassee authorities didn't receive timely information about an off-campus hazing incident from 2010.

The university announced Tuesday that Calvin Ross will retire May 1 after 11 years with the university and ...

Students with empty holsters protest gun bans on campus

On the same day that a gunman killed seven students at a small California Christian university, hundreds of college students across the nation went to class wearing empty holsters on their hips.

The message was part of Students for Concealed Carry's weeklong Empty Holster Protest, an event designed to encourage ...

Shooting suspect felt disrespected

OAKLAND, Calif. — One Goh's life was on the skids even before he became the suspect in the nation's biggest mass school shooting since Virginia Tech.

He was chased by creditors. He grieved the death of his brother. In January, he was expelled from Oikos University, a small Christian school ...

Former OJ lawyer in Vegas sues Florida colleague

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Las Vegas lawyer who represented O.J. Simpson in the Nevada trial that led to the celebrity football star's conviction on armed robbery and kidnapping charges is suing Simpson's Florida-based lead attorney in the case, claiming he was stiffed on promised fees....
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Student gets expelled over tweeted expletive

INDIANAPOLIS — Austin Carroll was fighting insomnia when he turned to Twitter for relief and casually dropped the F-word multiple times, apparently to demonstrate to his followers that the expletive would fit almost anywhere in a sentence.

But his middle-of-the-night profanity quickly cost the Indiana teen. A few days later, ...

1940 US census viewable online after near freeze

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
NEW YORK (AP) -- The newly released 1940 U.S. census is such a digital smash that it took a day for the website hosting it to get up to speed after tens of millions of hits almost paralyzed it....
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Rule restricts hunting of rare exotic antelopes

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes, with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns curving outward....
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Ohio landlord found dismembered body in bathtub

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
URBANA, Ohio (AP) -- A landlord who found a woman's dismembered remains in her bathtub said he had felt compelled to break into the locked bathroom after her worried mother came looking for her....
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Former OJ lawyer in Vegas sues Florida colleague

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Las Vegas lawyer who represented O.J. Simpson in the Nevada trial that led to the celebrity football star's armed robbery and kidnapping conviction is suing Simpson's Florida-based lead attorney in the case, alleging that he wasn't paid promised fees....
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Calls show residents panicked over Colo. wildfire

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
DENVER (AP) -- Calls from confused and worried residents poured into Colorado sheriff's dispatchers for hours last week as a wildfire spread rapidly toward dozens of homes, with one caller expressing disbelief when told that the wind-fueled blaze was a "controlled burn."...
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1940 US census viewable online after near freeze

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
NEW YORK (AP) -- The newly released 1940 U.S. census is such a digital smash that it took a day for the website hosting it to get up to speed after tens of millions of hits almost paralyzed it....
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Ethics case in Mass. worries defense attorneys

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
BOSTON (AP) -- A couple of months before Election Day in 2010, the Massachusetts lottery began running a TV commercial in which it pronounced itself "the most successful state lottery in America" and boasted of providing a bounty of money for roads, schools, police and firefighters....
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Ethics case in Mass. worries defense attorneys

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
BOSTON (AP) -- A couple of months before Election Day in 2010, the Massachusetts lottery began running a TV commercial in which it pronounced itself "the most successful state lottery in America" and boasted of providing a bounty of money for roads, schools, police and firefighters....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Large tornadoes, damage reported in Dallas area

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
DALLAS (AP) -- Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots....
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CA attack suspect upset about expulsion, teasing

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- One Goh's life was on the skids even before he became the suspect in the nation's biggest mass school shooting since Virginia Tech....
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CA7: Six day delay to get SW after seizure of cell phone not unreasonable

FourthAmendment.com - News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21

Defendant’s cell phone was seized without a warrant on suspicion of having child pornography on it. They waited six days to get a search warrant for the phone. “Although we agree with Burgard that the officers did not act with perfect diligence, we do not find the delay here to be so egregious that it renders the search and seizure unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.” United States v. Burgard, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 6555 (7th Cir. April 2, 2012).

Officers had an arrest warrant because of defendant’s indictment. While in his house on the arrest warrant, defendant consented to a search of the house, so his 2255 fails on this ground. [Default unmentioned.] Martinez v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45718 (S.D. N.Y. March 30, 2012).*

Victims of Calif. gunman were young, diverse

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
Six students and one employee died when a gunman opened fire at Christian-based Oikos University in Oakland, Calif. Three other people were wounded....
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Large tornadoes, damage reported in Dallas area

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
DALLAS (AP) -- Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots....
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Ohio landlord found dismembered body in bathtub

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 12:21
URBANA, Ohio (AP) -- A landlord who found a woman's dismembered remains in her bathtub said he felt compelled to break into the locked bathroom after her mother came looking for her....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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