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Company says alert system worked in Colo. wildfire

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
CONIFER, Colo. (AP) -- Mary Thuente says her neighbors got an automated call warning them to flee their home as a wildfire spread over the mountains southwest of Denver, but she never got one before she left....
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Catholic club puts faith above Vanderbilt policy

A Christian student group said this week that it will not apply to be recognized as an official club at Vanderbilt University because of the school policy making it mandatory that it accept nonbelievers as members - or even officers - of the organization.

Vanderbilt Catholic, a group for Catholic ...

Autism rates up; improved screening and diagnosis cited

ATLANTA | Autism cases are on the rise again, largely due to wider screening and better diagnosis, federal health officials said Thursday.

The rate of U.S. cases of autism and related disorders rose to about 1 in 88 children. The previous estimate was 1 in 110.

The new figure is ...

Strapped states catching lottery fever, too

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets aren't the only ones salivating over the record $540 million jackpot that could be won Friday - some state governments struggling through lean times know a hometown winner could bring a tax bonanza.

Taxes on a lump-sum payment option ...

Missouri school district yields on Web filters

A Missouri school district has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union over student access to pro-gay websites.

The Camdenton R-III School District in central Missouri will ensure that nonsexual websites on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues will be put on a customized ...

American Scene: Federal criticism leads to Seattle police reforms

WASHINGTON

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn on Thursday proposed a series of police reforms in response to a damning federal report that came after several high-profile incidents involving minorities.

Mr. McGinn and police Chief John Diaz said among the 20 initiatives to be implemented over 20 months were ...

No visible injury to Zimmerman in video after teen's death

MIAMI | Newly released police video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman may be important for what it doesn't show: No obvious cuts, scrapes, blood or bandages. No clearly broken nose. No plainly visible evidence of a life-and-death struggle with Trayvon Martin.

As the furor over race and self-defense raged on ...

Govs tour Neb. beef plant to see 'pink slime'

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) -- Governors of three states got up close with "pink slime" Thursday, touching and examining treated beef at a plant and eating hamburgers made with it in a bid to persuade grossed-out consumers and grocery stores the product is safe to consume....
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911 caller arrested in deadly police shooting

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Oscar Carrillo's 911 call was clear: Two young men just robbed him of his computer and backpack. At least one of them had a gun and it was pointed in Carrillo's face....
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911 caller arrested in deadly police shooting

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Oscar Carrillo's 911 call was clear: Two young men just robbed him of his computer and backpack. At least one of them had a gun and it was pointed in Carrillo's face....
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911 caller arrested in deadly police shooting

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Oscar Carrillo's 911 call was clear: Two young men just robbed him of his computer and backpack. At least one of them had a gun and it was pointed in Carrillo's face....
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Facebook posting sent today

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02

"The US government can listen to my phone calls and read my emails, detain me indefinitely without charge, and incinerate me with a drone while I am abroad -- but to force me to buy health insurance would be to shred the Constitution and take away my freedom."
-- From Facebook

Woman: 'Helpless' at 13 at Pa. rectory with abuser

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A witness in a landmark priest abuse trial told a jury on Thursday she felt "helpless and trapped" as a 13-year-old because a priest was fondling her when she worked weekends at the rectory....
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Woman: 'Helpless' at 13 at Pa. rectory with abuser

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A witness in a landmark priest abuse trial told a jury on Thursday she felt "helpless and trapped" as a 13-year-old because a priest was fondling her when she worked weekends at the rectory....
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JetBlue co-pilot, unlikely hero, instant celebrity

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
SALEM, Ohio (AP) -- Friends and relatives of the co-pilot of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 say he doesn't want to be considered a hero - but that's exactly what many are calling him....
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JetBlue co-pilot, unlikely hero, instant celebrity

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
SALEM, Ohio (AP) -- Friends and relatives of the co-pilot of JetBlue Airways Flight 191 say he doesn't want to be considered a hero - but that's exactly what many are calling him....
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Defense, DA sum up case of body in NYC high-rise

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- A handyman never did any harm to an office cleaner he's charged with smothering and stuffing into a high-rise air-conditioning vent, his lawyer said, but prosecutors called their evidence against Joseph Pabon crushing....
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Defense, DA sum up case of body in NYC high-rise

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- A handyman never did any harm to an office cleaner he's charged with smothering and stuffing into a high-rise air-conditioning vent, his lawyer said, but prosecutors called their evidence against Joseph Pabon crushing....
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Defense, DA sum up case of body in NYC high-rise

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
NEW YORK (AP) -- A handyman never did any harm to an office cleaner he's charged with smothering and stuffing into a high-rise air-conditioning vent, his lawyer said, but prosecutors called their evidence against Joseph Pabon crushing....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

New video raises doubts about Fla. gunman's story

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 14:02
MIAMI (AP) -- Newly released police video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman may be important for what it doesn't show: No obvious cuts, scrapes, blood or bandages. No clearly broken nose. No plainly visible evidence of a life-and-death struggle with Trayvon Martin....
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