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Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and first lady Michelle Obama reported coming from book sales.
Lincoln impersonators rub gangly elbows at Ohio convention
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John Cooper's obsession with being Abraham Lincoln began one score and five years ago. Its beginnings were humble.
Package sent to Arpaio could have killed
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona authorities say a package addressed to Sheriff Joe Arpaio discovered in a northern Arizona mailbox would have exploded if opened, leading to serious injuries or death.
Immigration bill could exclude many
WASHINGTON (AP) - A promised path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally may leave out hundreds of thousands of them.
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DOC CONVICTED OF MISDEMEANORS IN OHIO TEEN'S DEATH: DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The doctor of a 14-year-old Ohio girl who had cerebral palsy and weighed just 28 pounds when she died has been found guilty of three counts of failing to report child abuse or neglect.
District mulls action for Nazi assignment
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A high school English teacher faces disciplinary action for giving a writing assignment that asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany, Albany school district officials said Friday.
X-rays show NH man swallowed ring during store theft, police say
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Police say the X-rays don't lie: A man who tried to flee from a New Hampshire jewelry store with a diamond ring worth $3,200 swallowed it.
Judges deny bid to end prison oversight
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied Gov. Jerry Brown's request to lift a court-ordered prison population cap and threatened him and other state officials with contempt of court if they fail to comply.
Pentagon looks to cut furlough civiliandays
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior Pentagon leaders are taking another look at sharply reducing the number of unpaid furlough days that department civilians will have to take in the coming months, suggesting they may be able to cut the number from 14 to as few as seven, defense officials said Thursday.
Tofu? ToWhit? Senators discuss EPA email aliases
WASHINGTON (AP) - To whom? ToWhit? Tofu?
Hawaii fisherman gets up close with hungry shark
WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) - A Hawaii fisherman has an unbelievable fishing tale: a close encounter with a 9-foot shark that jumped dangerously near his kayak. But, he has the video to prove it.
Gun control bill clears its first hurdle
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under the teary gaze of families of victims of December's Connecticut school shootings.
Despite solitude, burglar had taste for fine things
ROME, Maine (AP) - He would meditate on an overturned bucket while staring up at the sky and knew all the eagles that nested nearby.
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BULLET HITS PHILADELPHIA SHOP WORKER'S BELT BUCKLE: PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A grocery store employee said Thursday that he is thanking God and his belt buckle for saving him from a stray bullet that smashed through the market's front door.
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Internal review: CIA spied on Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA's insistence that it did not spy on its Senate overseers collapsed Thursday with the release of a stark report by the agency's internal watchdog documenting improper computer surveillance and obstructionist behavior by CIA officers.
3-day Gaza cease-fire goes into effect
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A three-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip went into effect Friday following heavy Israel-Hamas fighting that killed 17 Palestinians and five Israeli soldiers.
Gas blasts kill 25, injures 267 in Taiwan port
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) - At least 25 people were killed and 267 injured when underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan's second-largest city, hurling concrete and cars through the air and blasting long trenches in the streets, authorities said Friday, as they searched for the cause.
Dow index plunges by 317 points
NEW YORK (AP) - For stock investors, the red flags were everywhere on Thursday.
Signed ticket from Gehrig’s last game: $95K
NEW YORK (AP) - A ticket stub signed by Lou Gehrig on the day he retired from baseball sold for $95,600 at an auction on Thursday, and the boxing gloves Muhammad Ali wore in the first of his three fights against Joe Frazier sold for $388,375.
Immigration issue produces disarray
WASHINGTON (AP) - Once more, the tea party forced House Speaker John Boehner to blink.
Lawsuit alleges Muslim citizenship denials, delays
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Five people sued the federal government Thursday alleging that an expanded national security screen targeting Muslims has led to lengthy delays and denials in their citizenship and green card applications.
Demoted worker shoots CEO, kills self
CHICAGO (AP) - A demoted executive shot and critically wounded his company's CEO before fatally shooting himself Thursday inside a high-rise office building in downtown Chicago's bustling financial district, police said.
Twitter: Govt. requests for user data increased
NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter said government requests for user data grew sharply in the past six months as more countries asked for a greater amount of information about users.
Tesla posts loss, prepares factory site
PALO ALTO (AP) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors widened its loss in the second quarter as it prepared for the launch of a new SUV and started work on a massive new battery plant.
Overdraft fees often exceed cost of purchase
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fees that banks charge debit-card users who overdraw their accounts usually cost more than the items being bought.
Colorado tightening edible pot rules following death
DENVER (AP) - Alarmed by booming sales of highly potent edible marijuana products, Colorado regulators have drafted an emergency rule making it easier for new users to tell how much pot they're eating.
West Coast governors oppose offshore drilling
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The governors of California, Oregon and Washington sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewel on Thursday to stress that they don't want the possibility of drilling off of the West Coast.
Poll: Americans cool to border-crossing kids
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Americans are wary of granting refugee status to children crossing the U.S. border to flee strife-torn countries in Central America, and most in an Associated Press-GfK poll say the U.S. does not have a moral obligation to accept asylum seekers generally.
House GOP scrambles for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans, scrambling to win conservative support for a bill addressing the immigration crisis on the border, have scheduled a companion vote on legislation to block President Barack Obama from extending deportation relief to any more immigrants here illegally.
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