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Georgia debates Confederate carving set in stone and state law
ATLANTA (AP) – Art, monument or embarrassment? The “Confederate Memorial Carving” in a state park outside of Atlanta is once again stirring controversy, as Georgia officials try to decide what, if...
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Fire erupts at swimming pool of hotel on Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A fire at a high-rise hotel swimming pool sent large plumes of black smoke high above the Las Vegas Strip but left most guests unscathed Saturday. It took firefighters about 30 minutes...
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Hair dresser faces voyeurism charges in Arizona cities
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – A man who allegedly traveled around Arizona pretending to be a hair dresser so he could take sexually explicit photos of his clients has been apprehended. The U.S. Marshals...
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Photos: Las Vegas Swimming Pool Fire
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New Cumberland man gets jail time for sending nude photos to teen
NEW CUMBERLAND, W. Va. (WKBN) – A New Cumberland man will serve four years in a facility for youthful offenders for sending pictures of his genitals to a 15-year-old girl, according to Hancock County...
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Michelle Obama opens Special Olympics in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Michelle Obama welcomed thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities to the Special Olympic World Games on Saturday during a festive opening ceremony filled with cheers,...
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State health insurance markets struggle with cost challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) – State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama’s health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. That means more could...
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Sunday in the Senate: Health care and lending bank on agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s a rare Sunday session for senators, and on the agenda are efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law and reviving the federal Export-Import Bank. Both are...
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Endangered butterfly recovering in some, not all, of range
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – More than 20 years of habitat restoration and breeding programs have helped the endangered Karner blue butterfly make a comeback in the pine barrens of upstate New York where it was...
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Texas county where inmate died has history of racial tension
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) – In the searing 100-degree Texas heat, Sylvester Nunn uses three worn beach umbrellas to protect himself and the produce piled in the bed of his old Chevy pickup truck as he...
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Police probe shooting aboard Atlanta commuter train
ATLANTA (AP) – Police say a man was wounded when a gunman opened fire aboard a commuter train in Atlanta. Authorities say the shooting happened Saturday night on a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit...
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Ohio governor says he’s not using “hot rhetoric’ for support
CINCINNATI (AP) – Ohio’s governor says he isn’t going to use “hot rhetoric” or campaign promises that won’t be kept as he tries to move up in the crowded GOP field. John Kasich, who officially launched...
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Planned Parenthood official says no profit from fetal organs
WASHINGTON (AP) – The president of Planned Parenthood said her organization’s clinics never adjust the abortion procedure to better preserve fetal organs for medical research and that the...
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San Francisco police shoot man who attempted carjacking
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco’s police chief says an officer shot a man who attempted to carjack at least two cars near the airport. Police Chief Greg Suhr says the suspect tried to carjack a...
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Man accused of decapitating wife in central Phoenix home
PHOENIX (AP) – Phoenix police say a man suspected of decapitating his wife and their two dogs will be charged once he recovers from his own injuries. Officers were called to a central Phoenix apartment...
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Gunman in theater shooting had history of seeking vengeance
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) – The stranger clenched his fists and shook his head, recounting a time when he tried and failed to beat a cat to death with a steel rod. His audience, two women lunching at a...
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Boat of missing teens found off Florida; Namath offers help
TEQUESTA, Fla. (AP) – The Coast Guard says a boat belonging to two missing 14-year-old fishermen has been found off Florida’s Atlantic coast. Petty Officer Steve Lehmann says the boat was found Sunday...
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Giant Eagle paying hiring bonuses in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The competition for workers in the central Indiana job market has grown so intense that one retailer is offering hiring bonuses. Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle is offering $400...
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Fiat Chrysler to buy back 500,000 Ram pickups
DETROIT (AP) – Fiat Chrysler must offer to buy back from customers more than 500,000 Ram pickup trucks in the biggest such action in U.S. history as part of a costly deal with safety regulators to...
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Niagara County Farmer faces jail time for accidentally poisoning bald eagles
This report is from out sister station WIVB in Buffalo, N.Y. WILSON, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Niagara County farmer could face up to a year in prison and a $100 thousand dollar fine for accidentally poisoning...
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