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Key facts about 9/11 Health & Compensation Act
(AP)- Some key information about the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which went into effect a year ago to aid ground zero responders and others who became ill after being exposed to dust and ash at the World Trade Center site:
SEAL explains why bin Laden dangerous when he was killed
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette says SEALs raiding Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hideout last year shot him dead instead of capturing him because his arms were hidden and may have been holding weapons.
Obama to observe 9/11 anniversary in Washington
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Barack Obama will mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a series of commemorations in and near Washington.
Gloomy jobs report shadows race
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A dismal new snapshot of jobs in America shadowed the presidential campaign on Friday, testing the voter patience that will save or sink President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Seizing on the timing, Republican Mitt Romney said Obama's convention party had given way to quite a "hangover."
Ryan: Don't interfere with legalized medical pot
DENVER (AP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told a Colorado television station that he thinks the federal government shouldn't interfere with states that have legalized medical marijuana.
Eastwood talks about convention chat with chair
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clint Eastwood said the idea to use an empty seat as a prop at the Republican National Convention was a spur-of-the-moment decision when someone backstage asked if he wanted to sit down.
Man fatally shoots 1, wounds other Homeowners’ association meeting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Louisville man who was having zoning trouble with the fence around his house shot and killed a neighbor and critically injured another at a homeowners association meeting inside a church, police said Friday.
Odd News
MAN ARRESTED AFTER METH OFFER TEXTED TO OFFICER: LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho man apparently trying to get the most bang for his drug-purchasing buck accidentally texted a narcotics detective while he searched for people to join him in a methamphetamine buy.
Santa Cruz sued over plastic bag ban ordinance
SANTA CRUZ (AP) - Makers of banned plastic shopping bags are fighting back, and have filed a lawsuit in Santa Cruz asking a judge to toss out the city's bag prohibition.
Officer charged in teen's shooting death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A police officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old Arkansas boy was charged with felony manslaughter Friday after investigators determined his account of the incident didn't match up with evidence at the scene, Little Rock police said.
Joe Kennedy III wins Mass. congressional primary; 1st in his generation to seek office
BOSTON (AP) - Joseph Kennedy III, the first of his famous political family's generation to seek elective office, defeated two little-known Democrats in Thursday's primary in Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District.
Former Obama agenda subjects not heard in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus, climate
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - They are the missing pages of a convention story line, ideas and initiatives once prominently featured in President Barack Obama's agenda.
Former Fla. GOP gov endorses Obama
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - What a difference six years makes.
Texas topless club owner pleads guilty in hit man case
DALLAS (AP) - The owner of a topless club pleaded guilty to a murder-for-hire charge Thursday stemming from a failed plot to kill a North Texas mayor and an attorney who were trying to crack down on such businesses.
Conventional love affair for stars, Demos
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) - Clint Eastwood's oddball GOP convention monologue didn't sit well, but Democrats proved they know how to exploit their unabashed love affair with Hollywood.
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Neiman Marcus latest security breach victim
NEW YORK (AP) - Luxury merchant Neiman Marcus confirmed Saturday that thieves stole some of its customers' payment card information and made unauthorized charges over the holiday season, becoming the second retailer in recent weeks to announce it had fallen victim to a cyber-security attack.
High fire, wind warnings in Southern Cal
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fire and weather officials are urging Southern Californians to heed high fire and wind warnings over the next three days after a third year of especially dry conditions.
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Chemical spill brings W.Va. capital to standstill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice, with officials saying Friday it was unclear when it might be safe again to even take showers and do laundry.
Alaska governor unveils new plan for gas pipeline
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday announced a new way forward on a long-hoped-for natural gas pipeline that includes scrapping the terms of a 2007 law he says no longer works well for the situation.
Damage-control follows NJ lane closings
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Officials squabbled over media leaks and worried about bad publicity in the days after lane closings near the George Washington Bridge caused huge traffic jams that now appear to have been politically orchestrated by a member of Gov. Chris Christie's administration and key allies, documents released Friday show.
Inmate raises suffocation concern
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - With time running out, the condemned killer of a pregnant woman has launched two federal appeals, arguing both that his original attorneys never got the chance to lay out the extent of his chaotic and abusive childhood, and that if executed, he would experience "agony and terror" from the state's untried execution process.
Firms: No record of insurance orphans
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Record-keeping snags could complicate the start of insurance coverage this month as people begin using policies they purchased under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Scientists: Americans are weather wimps
WASHINGTON (AP) - We've become weather wimps.
Deep freeze may have cost about $5B
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Hunkering down at home rather than going to work, canceling thousands of flights and repairing burst pipes from the Midwest to the Southeast has its price. By one estimate, about $5 billion.
Trapped trucker survives hours in subzero temps
Trapped trucker survives hours in subzero temps
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TEXAS FIREFIGHTER USES BEER TO PUT OUT TIRE BLAZE: HOUSTON (AP) - An off-duty Houston firefighter made the best of his resources when trying to put out a truck tire fire: He used beer the rig was hauling.
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