Nation News
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Oversight board concerned about NSA surveillance
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:40 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the federal oversight board that President Barack Obama said will meet with him to discuss the National Security Agency's secret surveillance program said Wednesday... Read more...
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New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:40 pm
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) - A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the... Read more...
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NC repeals law that allowed racial bias appeals
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:39 pm
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the... Read more...
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Man convicted in Phoenix's 'serial shootings' dies
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:37 pm
PHOENIX (AP) - A serial killer convicted of murdering six people in a shooting spree that terrorized Phoenix in 2005 and 2006 was found dead Wednesday in his death row prison cell, officials said. Dale... Read more...
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Montana court says bison transfer legal
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:36 pm
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The relocation of Yellowstone National Park bison to tribal lands in Montana can resume, under a Wednesday ruling from the state's Supreme Court that revives a stalled conservation... Read more...
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NY: Kodak will keep some operations in Rochester
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:34 pm
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - New York state and Eastman Kodak Co. have reached a deal that will keep some of the troubled company's operations in Rochester and provide $49 million for environmental cleanup... Read more...
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Bus company owner faces charges from 2008 crash
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:29 pm
DALLAS (AP) - The owner of a Houston bus company has been indicted on federal charges stemming from the 2008 Texas crash that killed 17 people on their way to a religious conclave, authorities... Read more...
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House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billion
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:26 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year,... Read more...
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Maine governor to stop talking to 3 newspapers
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:24 pm
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine's blunt-spoken governor doesn't mince words when opponents dare to cross him but he's saved some of his harshest criticism for newspapers, once telling schoolchildren... Read more...
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Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:17 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Students applying for financial aid for the coming school year could find some comfort in a bipartisan student loan compromise taking shape in the Senate that would prevent interest... Read more...
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Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:11 pm
FAIRPORT, Mich. (AP) - A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected,... Read more...
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AP PHOTOS: Astrodome, JFK terminal endangered
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:05 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered... Read more...
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Feds: Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:02 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. Federal... Read more...
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SF 'landlords from hell' plead guilty to felonies
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:57 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building have pleaded guilty to... Read more...
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4 shot, 3 dead at Ky. condo shooting
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:54 pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously injured Wednesday at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky. The fourth person was taken to University... Read more...
