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2 wildfires north of Los Angeles persist after long week
Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ...
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Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet
Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly ...
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Official Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York ...
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Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governors race
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted no time reminding voters of the scandals facing President Barack ...
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U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in ...
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O.J. Simpsons ex-lawyer says poured his soul into Nevada trial
Yale Galanter, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney, reacts during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 17, ...
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McCartney Kicks Off North American Tour In Orlando
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) -- Former Beatles star Paul McCartney’s North American tour kicks off Saturday night in Orlando, and if the elaborate production equipment involved is any indication, spectators are in for a quite the show. McCartney’s ';Out There'; tour requires31 trucks worth of equipment, including spectacular lasers and lighting, huge pyrotechnics, and ...
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Up to 60 injured after car drives into parade crowd in Damascus
The injuries ranged from critical to superficial. Three of the victims were flown by helicopter to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treated at the scene in Damascus, about a half-hour east of Bristol. The status of the driver wasn't released. Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man. Authorities are still investigating, but Harris says ...
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Funeral held for mom son found dead in home
TRENTON, N.J. -; Funeral services have been held for the New Jersey woman and boy whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last ...
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Impossible Choice Faces Americas First Climate Refugees
The 350 residents of Newtok, Alaska, will soon be the country's first "climate refugees." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says their village is likely to be underwater in just four ...
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FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning.No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said ...
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Slave cabin to get new home in African-American history museum
An 1850s South Carolina slave cabin is getting a new home in the nation’s capital. The Smithsonian Institution is dismantling it, plank by plank, and moving it to the National Museum of African-American History and ...
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Right-Wing Radio Host Wants To Kill The President And Shoot Hillary Clinton In The Vagina
';I’m supporting our troops by saying we need to try, convict, and shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina. I want to pull the ...
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Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill
BP America in its suit - of violating Texas' environmental regulations. Texas is seeking money from "lost" tourism revenues due to the spill, as well as monies that would have been generated from state park entrance and concession fees by visitors to the coastal communities. In addition, the state is seeking civil penalties for each day the oil spilled into the Gulf, and each ...
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Woman Finds 325-Pound Bear Inside Her Condo In Lake Tahoe
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (CBS/AP) — Nevada wildlife officials said they were forced to euthanize a bear that entered an Incline Village condominium because the bruin posed a danger to the public. A woman phoned authorities after encountering the 3-year-old, 325-pound male bear inside her unit late Thursday night on Lake Tahoe’s north ...
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Collision closes New York area train route as NTSB investigates
A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived Saturday to investigate a commuter rail collision that caused a prominent railroad line near New York City to be partially ...
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Witnesses Car drives into crowd at Va. parade
Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate ...
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Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion
Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her ...
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First lady to high school grads live your dreams
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey). First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds as students enter the arena for the commencement ceremony of Martin Luther King, ...
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Feds Drive-through Sanford bank robbers said All will die in note
Robert Gordon Shaw and Matthew Anthony Cosimini had money problems. So, according to Shaw, the two devised a plan to rob a Regions bank in Sanford. They made a fake bomb , stole a pickup truck at Seminole Towne Center, and wrote a demand ...
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America Ferrera Eyes TV Comeback On ABC
America Ferrera may return to ABC. The former "Ugly Betty" actress' telenovela project "Pedro & Maria" is in development at the broadcast network as a potential limited series. Originally developed at MTV three years ago, "Pedro & Maria" is a modern day twist on "Romeo and Juliet." The project is from executive producer Ben Silverman ...
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Newark Homeowner Reports Suspicious Woman Posing As PGE Worker
NEWARK (CBS SF) — A Newark resident reported a suspicious person posing as a PG&E employee knocked on her door Thursday, according to police. A resident on Marguerite Drive reported that around 3:30 p.m. a woman knocked on her door, claiming to be a PG&E employee, according to Newark police. The person, who had a PG&E logo card hanging from a lanyard but no uniform or company ...
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17 Bodies Removed From Modesto Funeral Home After Complaints
MODESTO (CBS/AP) — Officials say 17 bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the bodies. Stanislaus County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejaran says the removal of the bodies on Friday from McGuire Cremation & Funeral Service comes as the department investigates what he termed ';potential criminal and ...
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Man Arrested For ‘Sexting’ Scotts Valley High School Girl
SCOTTS VALLEY (CBS SF) — A man was arrested in Scotts Valley Friday after allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a high school student, according to police. Officers learned Wednesday that a suspicious man had been spotted at Scotts Valley High, police said. When confronted by a school employee, the man said he was hoping to hand a bag of baked goods to two students he ...
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Report Obama Trims Afghan War Budget Request
The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion. The White House issued a statement Friday saying the change was made to account for the drawdown of ...
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