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Congress renews undetectable gun ban just in time
December 10, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' easy renewal of an expiring ban on undetectable plastic guns belies the larger reality that one year after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn. more »»
Tech firms vie to protect personal data, profits
December 10, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. more »»
Mass. special congressional race heading to wire
December 10, 2013 BOSTON (AP) — The candidates seeking to fill Edward Markey's old seat in the U.S. House are making their final appeals to voters in the Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District. more »»
Guilty verdict in California city corruption trial
December 10, 2013 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former official in the Los Angeles suburb of Bell was convicted of corruption Monday in a case that drove the city to the brink of bankruptcy. more »»
Mormon church explains past ban on black priests
December 10, 2013 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After Mormon church leaders lifted the ban on blacks in the priesthood in 1978, church leaders offered little official explanation for the reasons behind the ban, saying onl... more »»
Congress renews undetectable gun ban for decade
December 10, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Narrowly beating a midnight deadline, Congress voted Monday to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can evade airport detection machines. more »»
Storm snarls travel; power outages persist
December 10, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Snow and bitter cold snarled traffic and prompted another 1,650 U.S. more »»
18 LA sheriff's deputies face federal charges
December 10, 2013 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials said 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies saw themselves as being "above the law" when they engaged in crimes that included beating... more »»
Chief: Fatally shot Texas student charged officer
December 10, 2013 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio university student was charging toward an officer with his hand raised when he was fatally shot during a traffic stop, authorities said Monda. more »»
Invasive cockroach found in NYC can take the cold
December 10, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — The High Line, a park that turned a dilapidated stretch of elevated railway on Manhattan's West Side into one of New York's newest tourist attractions, may have brought a differen... more »»
Hagel orders airlift for Central African Republic
December 10, 2013 DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in violence there. more »»
Cold dis-comfort: Antarctica set record of -135.8
December 10, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Feeling chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for "soul-crushing" cold. Try 135. more »»
US Sen. Mark Kirk has gallbladder removed
December 10, 2013 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, who returned to Congress after suffering stroke last year, had his gallbladder removed Monday due to an unrelated medical issue. more »»
LA sheriff: Troubled by charges against deputies
December 9, 2013 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he's troubled by the charges against 18 current and former deputies who have been arrested as part of an FBI investigation into... more »»
Ex-San Diego mayor sentenced for harassment
December 9, 2013 SAN DIEGO (AP) — When he was mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner waited to be alone with women to kiss, grope and manhandle them without any witnesses, according to a probation officer's report... more »»
US vet held in N. Korea says statement was coerced
December 9, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 85-year-old U.S. more »» |
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