Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

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2 HURT WHEN TRUCK VEERS OFF I-280, CATCHES FIRE: MILLBRAE (AP) - Two men are hospitalized with what a California Highway Patrol spokesman describes as "major burns" after the delivery truck they were in ran off the side of a San Francisco Bay area freeway, crashed into a tree and burst into flames.

TV network aimed at millennials set to start this summer

Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88

New Obama offer moves toward Boehner

Man held after LA schools threatened

Deciding fate of massacre site can help healing

High court fight looms over right to carry a gun in public places

WASHINGTON (AP) - The next big issue in the national debate over guns - whether people have a right to be armed in public - is moving closer to Supreme Court review.

Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years

LOS ANGELES (AP) - They are seen as the progenitors of Chicano rock 'n' roll, the first band that had the boldness, and some might even say the naiveté, to fuse punk rock with Mexican folk tunes.

Campaign tracking year-round practice

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - As Maine's governor addressed the newly elected Legislature in early December, his frustration with trackers, the video camera-toting operatives who follow politicians around, boiled over into a brief diatribe that set the session off to a sour start.

Movement seen in 'fiscal cliff' talks

WASHINGTON (AP) - Big differences remain, but there is finally movement in long-stalled talks on avoiding the "fiscal cliff."

Gunman had hundreds of rounds of ammo

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition - enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, authorities said Sunday, raising the chilling possibility that the bloodbath could have been even worse.

Routine morning, then unthinkable terror

City opposes visits by Vietnam officials

WESTMINSTER (AP) - The Southern California home to a huge Little Saigon community has renewed its opposition to visits from communist Vietnam officials. The resolution unanimously approved Wednesday night by the Westminster City Council says the officials from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are not welcome. The resolution, which was first adopted in 2004, expired in 2009. <p ...

Medi-Cal cuts could hurt health reform

Deadly Oklahoma tornado widest on record

Land dispute to blame for missing Marine

NY boy, 10, grabs home intruder's gun, shoots wall

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NM PROF: 'OBESE' GRAD APPLICANTS LACK 'WILLPOWER' : ALBUQUEQUE, N.M. (AP) - A University of New Mexico psychology professor is under fire after he tweeted that people battling obesity don't have the willpower to finish doctorate degrees.

Foreclosure auction scam crack down

HPV a growing cause of upper throat cancer

Jury finds for Ohio Catholic school teacher fired after becoming pregnant

New US-Mexico border crossing stalls

Trade winds drop, Hawaii gets muggy

Fort Hood suspect to represent himself

Man hunting for pythons finds mysterious jewelry

White House promises veto of GOP spending plan

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LAW CHANGE KILLS GERMANY'S LONGEST WORD: BERLIN (AP) - A tweak to state laws in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to conform with current EU regulations has caused an unexpected casualty: the longest word in the German language.

Scott Weiland sues over his Stone Temple Pilots ouster

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scott Weiland has countersued his former band mates in Stone Temple Pilots claiming they had no right to expel him and shouldn't be allowed to perform with a new lead singer. Weiland's suit was filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, one week after his former collaborators sued to get him to stop using the band's music in solo performances. The singer's case claims the three other members of Stone Temple ...

Prosecutor: Manning aided enemy