Spokane grandmother shoots at intruder, gets badge

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Friends say Sandra Mize is soft-spoken with a great laugh, but don't mess with the 63-year-old grandmother of 10. When she was awakened by an intruder smashing through her backdoor early Wednesday she grabbed her gun and confronted the man. When he kept coming, she fired the gun for the first time in 30 years. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Feds announce charges against 2 NY assemblymen

Retiring Intel CEO gets $18.9M pay package

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Cisco plans to buy Ubiquisys for about $310M

SAN JOSE (AP) - Cisco plans to buy privately held Ubiquisys for about $310 million in cash in order to strengthen its mobility strategy more and enable more intelligent mobile internet networks for service providers. Cisco Systems Inc., which is based in San Jose, Calif., supplies routers, switches, software and services to corporate customers and government agencies worldwide. It is considered a ...

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Ex-Atlanta superintendent surrenders

NRA suggests trained, armed school staffers

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COLORADO SHOOTING MATCH CANCELED OVER NEW GUN LAWS: MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - A regional shooting competition that would have brought hundreds of people to Colorado has become the latest casualty of the state's new gun laws set to kick in just a few days before the competition.

Transgender man plans to keep seeking divorce

Transgender man plans to keep seeking divorce

Ohio man who killed 6-month-old girl seeks mercy

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Obamacare credits could trigger surprise tax bills

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CHIPS ARE DOWN AND OUT: PHILLY SNACK TRUCK TAKEN: PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The chips are down - and out - after Philadelphia police say someone drove a snack truck away from a city convenience store.

Possible human remains found in new 9/11 debris

Man killed after firing shot at airport

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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.

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5 year-old shoots 2-year-old sister in Kentucky

Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of LA

Missing woman, thought dead, surfaces in Fla.

J.C. Penney ad apologizes to retail customers

Ohio executes man who killed, raped 6-month-old

Justice appeals morning-after case

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FBI: Backpack from Boston suspect's room

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FROSTY START FOR UPSTATE NY ICE CREAM TRUCK SEASON: GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - The chilly relationship between rival upstate New York ice cream truck operators got out of hand this season, with Sno Cone Joe trying to chase Mr. Ding-A-Ling out of the market, authorities said Wednesday.