Cousins receive 48 hours jail for Ariz. wildfire

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POLICE: PA. WOMAN CITED NONEXISTENT TWIN IN THEFT: BIG BEAVER, Pa. (AP) - Police say a western Pennsylvania woman blamed her nonexistent twin sister for stealing items from a hotel room.

Seagate Technology agrees to buy Solyndra plant

FREMONT . (AP) - Seagate Technology has reached a tentative deal to buy the former headquarters of solar company Solyndra. The Oakland Tribune reports the Cupertino-based maker of disc drives has entered into an agreement to purchase the massive building in Fremont, which has been empty since Solyndra filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2011. Seagate spokesman Brian ...

NJ mom who once lost custody decapitates son, 2 , puts his head in freezer then kills self

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Washington Monument didn't sink after earthquake

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NY JUDGE: POKER'S NOT GAMBLING UNDER FEDERAL LAW: NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that poker is more a game of skill than chance and cannot be prosecuted under a law created to stop organized crime families from making millions of dollars from gambling.

Police: Day care workers urge then videotaped 3-year-old boys to fight

Farmers could face jail time for heat violations

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Farmers could be tossed in jail and fined thousands of dollars if they fail to provide field workers with adequate water and shade under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday.

Biden: Wall St. reform critics 'squealing pigs' as he continues attack rhetoric

Woman found dead in Ariz. home with 4 dozen cats

MESA, Ariz. (AP) - A woman has been found dead in her suburban Phoenix home, where she lived with about 50 cats. Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were forced to wear breathing equipment to enter the residence in Mesa, Ariz., early Tuesday. They had been called to check on the 64-year-old woman, whose name wasn't immediately released. It's unclear ...

Texas can cut off Planned Parenthood funds

Lawmaker urged to step aside amid scandal of having sex with teen boy at rest stop

Nude dip in holy sea puts Kansas Congressman in political spotlight

Austria's hills alive with sound of yodeling

VIENNA (AP) - In one part of Austria, the hills are again alive with a particular sound of music - yodeling. The Alpine country has inaugurated a new hiker's path where participants are invited to let loose with an occasional melodic mountain yell. Organizers say it's push-button easy: at rest stops along the way, hikers press a knob ...

Court says Alabama can't check students’ immigration status

Levees, removable walls proposed

Levees, removable walls proposed

Woman accused of fatally pinning ex with car

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut woman has been charged with murder after police said she ran down her ex-boyfriend with her car and crushed him against a cinder-block garage wall. Cherelle Baldwin of Bridgeport was arraigned on a murder charge in state court in the death of 24-year-old Jeffrey Brown, the father of her toddler son. Baldwin, 21, was detained on $1 million bail. She was arrested Monday after a three-week investigation. Baldwin's relatives ...

27-car I-80 sandstorm pileup kills 1

NC health dept.: Poison gas not in pool inspection

BOONE, N.C. (AP) - Inspectors checked a motel where three people were presumed killed by carbon monoxide fumes six weeks before anyone died, but their review didn't include investigating for the poisonous gas, the local health agency said Tuesday. The Appalachian District Health Department said it inspected the swimming pool at the Best Western Blue Ridge Plaza in Boone six weeks before a Longview, Wash., couple were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their ...

Woman ordered to get help after 396 arrests

NYC bomb plot details settle little in NSA debate

ACLU sues over NSA phone records

NEW YORK (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Obama administration Tuesday, asking the government to halt a phone-tracking program that collects the telephone records of millions of Americans and that it says is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, along with the New York Civil Liberties Union. "The practice is akin to snatching every American's address book - with annotations detailing ...

NJ town to restrict baggy pants

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CLEVELAND PUNISHES 12 OFFICERS IN DEADLY CHASE: CLEVELAND (AP) - Cleveland police fired a sergeant and meted out demotions and suspensions Tuesday for a car chase last year that involved five dozen cruisers, 137 rounds of ammunition fired by 13 officers, and the death of two people who, it turned out, were probably unarmed.

AT&T launches push-to-talk service for iPhone

Deal reached in case against Pa. nude 'pope'

Big Apple’s future: A lot of water?

Jury selection begins in Zimmerman's trial

Transplant group rejects lung rule changes

Rear slap gets ex-NFL player 30 days jail