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DA: NYC WORKERS STOLE 100,000 TINY BOOZE BOTTLES: NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say workers at New York's Kennedy airport stole 100,000 mini liquor bottles and duty-free items such as larger bottles of liquor, perfume and cigarettes.

Californian confirms role in anti-Islam film

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COPS: MAN TRIED TO PAY BARTENDER WITH HIS OWN CARD: MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police in Miami Beach say a homeless man broke into a car, stole a credit card and then tried to use it to buy a beer - from the bartender the card belonged to.

YouTube blocks video inciting violence

Whooping cough vaccine loses punch too fast

Poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist

4 receive slain CHP officer's donated organs

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities say four people who have been waiting for organ transplants have received the organs of a California Highway Patrol officer who died after being shot during a traffic stop on a San Francisco Bay area freeway. California Transplant Donor Network officials said Tuesday that a 50-year-old married father of four from Southern California has received the heart ...

First group of delayed young deportees approved for new work permit program

Danger in air once again at Reno National Air Races this weekend

Obama: US safer, resilient on 9/11 anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are at Arlington National Cemetery visiting the graves of service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The visit to the burial ground across the Potomac River from the White House is part of the president's observance of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Obamas ...

Hawaii pays benefits to man dead for 20 years

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii has paid nearly $400,000 in worker's compensation benefits to a former Kauai man who has been dead for more than 20 years. Hawaii News Now reports a federal indictment alleges Edwin Callison's daughter was able to continue collecting his checks by forging his signature on a state document verifying his eligibility to receive the benefits. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11

Police release video of gunman at Sikh temple

At ground zero, can there ever be a politics-free 9/11 observance?

Debate surrounds annual $60M cost of memorial

Tests link deadly ricin to Obama letter suspect

Obama defends counterterrorism effort

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NYC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADOPTS ALL-VEGETARIAN MENU: NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City elementary school has adopted an all-vegetarian menu, serving kids tofu wraps and veggie chili.

Legal tiff settled over Chicago parking meters

US assessing reported Syrian chemical use

Army amputee completes air assault school

Man arrested for letting son, 9, drive Ferrari

Pro-gun Native American billboard draws criticism

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SOME LOSING JOBS AMID ALLEGED NEV. PATIENT DUMPING: CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Two staff members who violated discharge policies at a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital were fired Monday and three others are being disciplined following an investigation into busing patients to other states, the governor's office and agency officials said Monday.

Lawyer: Former ricin suspect's home is unlivable

1st female Iraq war resister to be court-martialed

Abortion trial stirs debate on when life ends

Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost