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Economy bounces back from brutal winter
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American economy shrugged off the end of a brutal winter last month, rebounding with the biggest hiring surge in two years and suggesting that the job market's gains could endure.
St. Louis trial highlights gender bias in pay
ST. LOUIS (AP) - From male-only corporate jets to guys' golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive suite was rife with exclusion and outright discrimination. But it wasn't until the King of Beers' 2008 sale to Belgian brewer InBev that she says she realized the boy's club atmosphere was costing her millions.
GM begins talks to settle ignition switch lawsuits
DETROIT (AP) - A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in some older model small cars.
Chevron profit plunges on lower production, prices
NEW YORK (AP) - Chevron Corp. reported a steep decline in first quarter profit because of lower global oil prices and bad weather that slowed oil production.
CDC confirms first American MERS case
NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials on Friday confirmed the first case of an American infected with a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.
Documents: Teen laid out 180-page school attack plan
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The 17-year-old Minnesota boy outlined his plan in a 180-page journal: kill his family, set a fire to divert first responders, then go to his school with bombs and guns and "kill as many students as he could," according to court documents.
Family sues Utah State over son’s death on campus
LOGAN, Utah (AP) - A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a Utah college student who was killed when he hit a rope tied between two trees known as a "slack line" while riding his bike.
Vett arrested, suspended for animal cruelty
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - State officials suspended a Texas veterinarian's license on Thursday after he admitted telling some clients that he would euthanize their pets but instead kept the animals alive in cages for months at his clinic in Fort Worth.
Senior class prank leads to 62 arrests
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - Sixty-two students were arrested Thursday after police said they broke into their high school overnight for a senior class prank, urinating in hallways, greasing doorknobs with petroleum jelly and taping hot dogs to lockers.
Teen plotted to kill family, bomb schools
WASECA, Minn. (AP) - Authorities said Thursday that they prevented an "unimaginable tragedy" by foiling a teenager's elaborate plot to kill his family and bomb the junior and senior high school in the southern Minnesota city of Waseca.
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NATION
• REMAINS OF VIETNAM VET MISSING SINCE 1980 FOUND: RENO, Nev. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies in northern Nevada are investigating the suspected murder of a highly-decorated Vietnam veteran whose remains were found last summer in a septic tank near the historic Comstock mining town of Virginia City nearly 34 years after he disappeared.
Internet giants eye cheerleader’s defamation suit against The Dirty
CINCINNATI (AP) - An appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether a gossip website should have been immune from a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader, a case that Internet giants such as Google and Facebook are watching closely.
LinkedIn posts 1Q loss as execs focus on long term investments
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - LinkedIn began the year with its largest quarterly loss since going public as the online professional networking service ramped up its investments in projects aimed at attracting more users on the lookout for better jobs and career advice.
Internet giants eye cheerleader’s defamation suit against The Dirty
CINCINNATI (AP) - An appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether a gossip website should have been immune from a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader, a case that Internet giants such as Google and Facebook are watching closely.
Tankers carrying oil derail, catch fire in Va.
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Multiple CSX train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River, with three tankers ending up in the water and leaking some of their contents, becoming the most recent crash involving oil trains that has safety experts pushing for better oversight.
Articles by Section - Nation
Record defense is why Seattle will win 2nd straight
PHOENIX (AP) - The sideshow is over, which means Marshawn Lynch can go back to not talking and this realization can become obvious again: The Seattle Seahawks are still the best defensive team in football.
Record 4.1M Las Vegas visitors
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A record 41.1 million visitors descended on Las Vegas last year.
FDA OKs ADHD drug for binge-eating disorder
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health regulators have approved an attention deficit disorder drug for a new use: A first-of-its kind treatment for binge-eating disorder.
Ida May Fuller got got first benefit check
LUDLOW, Vt. (AP) - Seventy-five years ago, the government cut 65-year-old Ida May Fuller a check. It was numbered 00-000-001 - the first Social Security payout.
Patriots should edge Seahawks for fourth Super Bowl win
PHOENIX (AP) - Go ahead, pile on the Patriots.
1 of 4 remaining World War II Doolittle Raiders passes at age 94
SEATTLE (AP) - Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, one of four surviving Doolittle Raiders who attacked Japan during a daring 1942 mission credited with lifting American morale during World War II, has died. He was 94.
Officer who arrested man with golf club reassigned
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole has reassigned an officer involved in the arrest last summer of a 69-year-old man who refused to drop a golf club he was carrying on a city sidewalk.
Apple iPhone squeezing Samsung
CUPERTINO (AP) - The runaway success of Apple's newest iPhone has fueled a dramatic shift in the global market: the California tech giant is now neck-and-neck with South Korea's Samsung for the title of world's leading seller of smartphones.
House Democrats seek better messaging, not new policies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Better messaging, not changes in policy, is the key to winning elections again, House Democrats said Thursday as they huddled in Philadelphia to talk strategy. And the message, they said, must focus relentlessly on middle class paychecks.
Amazon’s big spending helps top expectations
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a Prime quarter for Amazon.
Google’s 4Q earnings disappoint, but CFO’s pep talk eases letdown
MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - Google has gotten into the habit of missing analysts' earnings targets, frustrating investors who believe the online search leader would be more profitable it wasn't pouring so much money into far-flung projects such as Internet-connected eyewear and driverless cars.
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opens
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) - A shuttered hotel-casino on the south shore of Lake Tahoe has reopened under the Hard Rock banner after a $60 million renovation that local business and tourism officials hope will help jump-start the struggling main casino drag in the shadow of a big ski resort.
Bart the cat hit by car, buried and then crawls from his grave
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Bart the cat was hit by a car, buried and seemingly crawled back from the dead.
Trial opens for desecrating cemetery
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) - Two brothers accused of digging up graves, dumping human remains and reselling plots at a suburban Chicago cemetery went on trial Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court.
Jesse Ventura says Chris Kyle is no hero
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - "American Sniper" is tops at the box office but don't expect to see former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura lining up at a theater for it.
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