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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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Law leaves volunteer firefighting in limbo
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - Fire chiefs and lawmakers are working to protect the system of volunteer firefighting that has served rural America for more than a century but is threatened by an ambiguity in President Barack Obama's health care law.
Cruz hopes to ‘soon’ renounce Canadian citizenship
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Canada-born U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has yet to renounce his birth country's citizenship as promised - but a spokeswoman said Saturday the tea party darling plans to have that finished soon.
Program keeps invasive species out
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (AP) - A mandatory boat inspection program continues to pay dividends for Lake Tahoe, a conservation agency said, as 36 boats harboring invasive plants, mussels and snails were prevented from entering the lake in 2013.
2 survive small-plane crash off California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The pilot of a small airplane that experienced engine failure and went down Saturday off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island said it never occurred to him that he wouldn't survive the crash.
Steven Seagal says he may run for Ariz. governor
PHOENIX (AP) - Action-movie star Steven Seagal says he is considering a run for Arizona governor.
Sex offender seeks admission to Kentucky bar
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Guy Padraic Hamilton-Smith graduated in the top third of his law school class at the University of Kentucky, but the state Supreme Court blocked him from taking the bar exam because he is a registered sex offender.
Here comes wearable tech wave
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off?
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