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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

Utah soccer league hiring security after ref hit

PVC pipes staking mine claims killing birds

Suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

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WITHERSPOON PLEADS NO CONTEST, FINED AFTER ARREST: ATLANTA (AP) - Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge and paid a $100 fine after berating a state trooper in Atlanta while her husband was given a sobriety test, an embarrassing exchange caught on a dashboard camera after the usually squeaky-clean Hollywood star had what she called "one too many" glasses ...

Trooper arrest investigated after YouTube post

No breakthrough yet in Texas explosion

Flag-covered spire hoisted to WTC roof

Pot magazines same as porn?

Suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged

Man killed after firing shot at airport

Man killed

Judge OKs release of man charged with terror

Fresh off victory, NRA convention underway in Houston

Soccer referee in coma from player's punch

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SAN DIEGO STUDENTS SUSPENDED FOR 'TWERKING' VIDEO: SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dozens of students at a San Diego high school have been suspended for making a suggestive "twerking" dance video.

J.C. Penney ad apologizes to retail customers