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Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:40:07 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) -- Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:...

No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:10:00 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care....

Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:08:31 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) -- They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt them forever....

Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:20:24 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide....

Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:50:49 GMT

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here."...

Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:09:22 GMT

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River....

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81....

Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:43:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday....

Official: 2 Dead After Angel Flight Crashes in NY

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:55:59 GMT

Official: 2 dead after Angel Flight crashes in upstate NY, search for pilot continues

Sandy-Damaged NYC Aquarium Reopens This Weekend

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:29:19 GMT

Sea lions and penguins ready to welcome visitors at NY Aquarium months after Superstorm Sandy

Teen in Devastated Okla. Town Handing out Hugs

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:21:59 GMT

13-year-old girl gives out hugs, cheer in Oklahoma town devastated by deadly tornado

Suspects in Denver Bar Slayings Plead Not Guilty

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:12:02 GMT

3 men accused of killing 5 at Denver bar that was set on fire plead not guilty

Judge: Arpaio's Office Profiles Latinos

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:45:45 GMT

Judge finds Ariz. sheriff's office racially profiles Latinos in immigration patrols

Journalist and Author Haynes Johnson Dies at 81

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:41:31 GMT

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at age 81

Ohio Kidnap Case Hero Not Endorsing Free Burgers

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:27:45 GMT

Ohio kidnap case hero says he's not endorsing restaurants offering him free burgers for life

Elite NYC School Apologizes for Abuse

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:16:21 GMT

Elite NYC prep school apologizes for past sexual abuse in letter posted on its website

Journalist and Author Haynes Johnson Dies at 81

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:15:15 GMT

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at age 81