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Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding

30 min 41 sec ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.
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'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

38 min 26 sec ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.


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Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

39 min 29 sec ago

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.


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Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police

46 min 44 sec ago

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer confronting an armed intruder.


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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

53 min 9 sec ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.


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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

53 min 22 sec ago

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so.


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Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days

1 hour 1 min ago

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The Metro-North commuter rail line says crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals damaged in a derailment and crash in Connecticut.


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NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'

1 hour 19 min ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government.
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Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida

1 hour 24 min ago

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11. The odds of winning were put at 1 in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to the Florida Lottery. ...


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Obama to speak on legality of drone program

1 hour 36 min ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.
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Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

1 hour 39 min ago

ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling graduates of Morehouse College to take the power of their example — as black men graduating from college — and use it to improve people's lives.


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Swift, Bieber, more ready for Billboard Awards

2 hours 57 sec ago

They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.


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Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed

2 hours 2 min ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota's large Somali community.
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Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

2 hours 4 min ago
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness."
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White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

2 hours 22 min ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.


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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site

2 hours 25 min ago

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said.


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Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition

2 hours 26 min ago

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.


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Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash

2 hours 33 min ago

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — An emergency official says authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally.


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Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'

2 hours 37 min ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
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Damaged trains set to be removed from wreck site

3 hours 16 min ago

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.


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