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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A homeless woman accused of slamming a car carrying her 3-year-old daughter into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip told authorities she was stressed out after being chased by security guards from parking lots where she had been trying to sleep before the crash, according to a police report obtained Monday.
December 21, 2015
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ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A Boy Scout leader was pulled into a cave by a bear in northern New Jersey but beat the animal away with a rock hammer while the three Scouts with him called for help, authorities said.
December 21, 2015
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RIVERSIDE (AP) - The man accused of buying the assault rifles his longtime friend used in the San Bernardino massacre is a danger to the community and will remain in custody as he faces a terrorism-related charge, a judge ruled Monday.
December 21, 2015
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A humane society official said Monday that dozens of dogs were fed hotdogs laced with sleeping pills then shot to death in rural northern Arkansas.
December 21, 2015
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Wondering how you will fare financially in 2016? Below are what experts think next year will hold for financial matters close to home: Raises, rent, gas, food and health.
December 21, 2015
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REDWOOD SHORES (AP) - PC users will see more warnings about the dangers of keeping outdated software on their machines, under a legal settlement negotiated by tech giant Oracle and regulators at the Federal Trade Commission.
December 21, 2015
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more amazing feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on Earth safely.
December 21, 2015
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The annual $2 billion contract to manage one of the federal government's premier nuclear weapons laboratories will be up for grabs after 2017.
December 21, 2015
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MENLO PARK (AP) - The latest iPhones come with the ability to turn still images into video - just like magic - but sharing options had been limited to other Apple apps.
December 21, 2015
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NEW YORK (AP) - More Americans are shunning costly home broadband and using their cellphones to get online, a new survey shows.
December 21, 2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse.
December 21, 2015
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's three-decade-old ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men was formally lifted Monday, but major restrictions will continue to limit who can give blood.
December 21, 2015
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday it is investigating a more recent batch of E. coli cases linked to Chipotle, and that it does not know yet if they are linked to a larger outbreak that began in October.
December 21, 2015
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PARADISE (AP) - A man captured on video being shot by a Northern California police officer following a high-speed chase and crash has died, authorities said Monday.
December 21, 2015
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - In Alabama, a Presbyterian church wanted to be able to hire its own police for protection. Mosque leaders around the country are meeting with law enforcement officials as an anti-Muslim furor fuels arson attacks and vandalism. And the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been holding specialized training for congregations for "all hazards, including active shooter incidents."
December 20, 2015
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