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New video raises doubts about Fla. gunman's story

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
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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More autism reported, likely from better testing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
ATLANTA (AP) -- One child out of 88 in the U.S. is believed to have autism or a related disorder, an increase in the rate attributed largely to wider screening....
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More autism reported, likely from better testing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
ATLANTA (AP) -- One child out of 88 in the U.S. is believed to have autism or a related disorder, an increase in the rate attributed largely to wider screening....
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More autism reported, likely from better testing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
ATLANTA (AP) -- One child out of 88 in the U.S. is believed to have autism or a related disorder, an increase in the rate attributed largely to wider screening....
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$540M lottery has states anticipating tax jackpot

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- 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 would bring a tax bonanza....
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$540M lottery has states anticipating tax jackpot

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- 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 would bring a tax bonanza....
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Govs tour Neb. beef plant to see 'pink slime'

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) -- Governors of three states donned coats, hair nets and goggles to tour a main production plant for "pink slime" Thursday, hoping to persuade grossed-out consumers and grocery stores to accept the processed beef trimmings are as safe as the industry insists....
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Mich. militia head, son plead guilty to gun charge

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
DETROIT (AP) -- A Michigan militia leader and his son pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a machine gun, giving prosecutors their only gain in a domestic terror trial that was upended when the judge dismissed charges of plotting war against the government....
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Judge ends Lohan's probation, gives back freedom

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan's days as a criminal defendant could be over - if she can behave herself....
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Judge ends Lohan's probation, gives back freedom

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan's days as a criminal defendant could be over - if she can behave herself....
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AP Interview: Missing toddler's mom wants answers

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The mother of a toddler missing since December says she was in denial for three months but has come to accept the heart-wrenching possibilities of what may have happened to her daughter, whose whereabouts remain unknown as her second birthday approaches....
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Hospital: Mo. jail death mom treated appropriately

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Louis hospital says it made every effort to help a homeless woman who sought treatment for a sprained ankle and who subsequently died while in police custody following her arrest for refusing to leave the emergency room....
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Video of handcuffed Fla. shooter adds to debate

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
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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Feds: Crips gang ran teen prostitution ring in Northern Virginia

The Crips, one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the United States, has spread its network of crime into high schools across the country, including Virginia, where gang leaders recruited young girls as prostitutes with promises of "lots of money" and then maintained their allegiance through beatings, ...

JetBlue captain's unraveling baffles friends

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) -- No one recalls JetBlue Airways captain Clayton Osbon coming unhinged before. Not the airline that let him fly for 12 years, the neighbors in his secluded waterfront community or the friends he tried selling weight-loss shakes to on the side....
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Mo. school agrees to unblock gay websites

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 ...

Mich. militia head, son plead guilty to gun charge

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
DETROIT (AP) -- A Michigan militia leader and his son each pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally possessing a machine gun, ending a six-week trial that took a dramatic turn this week when a judge dismissed more serious charges of conspiring to rebel against the government....
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House ready to OK GOP budget, rejects rival plans

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are ready to ram through the House an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget that showcases their deficit-cutting plan for revamping Medicare and slicing everything from food stamps to transportation while rejecting President Barack Obama's call to raise taxes on the rich....
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House passes bill to keep highway aid flowing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed a stopgap three-month transportation bill to keep federal aid flowing to construction projects....
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Autism rates up; screening, better diagnosis cited

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-05-21 08:39
ATLANTA (AP) -- Autism cases are on the rise again, largely due to wider screening and better diagnosis, federal health officials said Thursday....
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