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ArmenianAmericans sue Turkey, banks over losses

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

Armenian-Americans have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Turkish government and two major Turkish banks for alleged damages dating back nearly a century. Attorneys say heirs of Armenians killed and driven out of Turkey in 1915 are enti

3 SD counties, reservation to get disaster aid

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

President Barack Obama has approved a disaster declaration for three South Dakota counties and the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Gov. Mike Rounds on Thursday announced the declaration, which will free up federal money to help Dewey, Perkins

Suspect breaks sprinkler at Calif. cop station

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

Police in Modesto, Calif., are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenry was in a second-floor interrogation room Wednesday evening when he smashed a s

Democrats catch break with trial's early end

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

Jurors in the Rod Blagojevich case are out of sight deciding the fate of the former Illinois governor in a corruption trial that could have been unpleasant for Democrats. A group of President Barack Obama's allies had been subpoenaed by the defe

Judges ponder location for Google privacy lawsuits

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

A panel of federal judges is deciding where to consolidate several lawsuits against Google Inc. alleging the company violated wiretapping laws. At least nine lawsuits have been filed in the United States so far contending that Google collected f

NY's Paterson: I regret leaving governor's race

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMT

New York Gov. David Paterson says he regrets dropping out of the race for a full term. Paterson's comments on WOR-AM came a day after a special prosecutor cleared him of allegations that he tampered with a witness who had accused a top aide of d

CO man dies in skydiving mishap in Montana

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:31:00 GMT

Flathead County officials have released the name of a Colorado man who died in a parachuting accident during an annual skydiving festival in northwestern Montana. Sheriff's officials say 57-year-old Garl "Mike" Newby of Colorado Springs, Colo.,

Excessive force suspension reversed for Texas cop

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:24:00 GMT

An arbitrator has reversed the suspension of a white east Texas police officer seen on videotape slamming a black handcuffed suspect face first onto the hood of a squad car. Examiner Harold E. Moore determined Paris police Officer Jeremy Massey'

Chelsea Clinton's wedding declared a nofly zone

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:24:00 GMT

Chelsea Clinton's wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone. The Federal Aviation Administration says local airspace will be restricted from 3 p.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Clinton, the daughter of former President Bil

Conn. probing charities aiding Yale hockey player

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:24:00 GMT

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says his office is investigating two charities run by a man spearheading efforts to help a Yale women's hockey player fighting leukemia. Blumenthal said Thursday that the two leukemia-related chari

PHOENIX (AP) Arizona files appeal asking court to lift judge's order b...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:17:00 GMT

Rangel deal?...Troops, informants at risk...Army sees risky...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:03:00 GMT

Members of the House ethics panel haven't yet signed on but there's word of an agreement between lawyers for Congressman Charles Rangel and lawyers for the ethics panel. Rangel would have to accept some of the 13 charges of ethical violations that w

Dozens arrested as Arizona prepares to appeal immigration law...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:35:00 GMT

Dozens of opponents of Arizona's immigration law have been arrested in Phoenix, after peacefully confronting riot police. Hundreds of protesters began marching at dawn today, gathering in front of the federal courthouse, where yesterday a judge

Man who fled Neb. hospital arrested in Colorado

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:35:00 GMT

Cell phone tracking helped Colorado police find and arrest a man who fled custody last weekend while at a Lexington, Neb. hospital. Authorities say 26-year-old Jacob Wolsleben was arrested Wednesday after a chase in eastern Colorado while drivin

Thousands march in Jerusalem gay pride parade

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:35:00 GMT

Thousands of members of Israel's gay community and their supporters have held a gay pride parade through Jerusalem. The marchers set off from the city's center and marched past religious protesters to a park near Israel's parliament for a rally

Minn.'s Pawlenty gazes south at Iowa as 2012 looms

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:21:00 GMT

Republican Tim Pawlenty shares something important with the Iowans he's working to impress: A border. The two-term Minnesota governor makes his latest step across state lines this weekend to campaign for Iowa Republicans. It's viewed as part of

Moore wants to bring back downtown movie theaters

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:21:00 GMT

Michigan-based documentary filmmaker Michael Moore wants to bring back the single-screen movie theaters that used to be the pillars of city business districts. Moore has a plan to refurbish or prop up downtown movie houses in his home state, and

Mass. humor contest draws world's cartoonists

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:21:00 GMT

Cartoonists from around the world are submitting works on two themes the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and freedom for a Massachusetts humor contest. Mario Barros, a Cuban refugee and organizer of the Bostoon's Boston International Hu

1 dead, 3 sickened at Pa. water treatment plant

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:21:00 GMT

Authorities say one person is dead and three others are sick after an accident at a western Pennsylvania water treatment plant. Allegheny County authorities say the victims were in a 30-foot hole at the Sewickley Wastewater Treatment plant short

AZ, FL, UT, VT to get Air Force's new F35 fighter

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:21:00 GMT

The Air Force has chosen bases in Arizona, Florida, Utah and Vermont to serve as homes to the U.S. Air Force's pricey new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Operational missions of the single-engine jets would go to Hill Air Force Base in Utah and the B

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Sanford Health, WebMD strike partnership

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:53:00 GMT

Sanford Health and the medical website WebMD are partnering on three websites. Sanford vice president David Link says the sites will be targeted at different groups. A children's nutrition and fitness site will be aimed at educating and mo

2 New Orleans officers charged in beating death

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:46:00 GMT

Two New Orleans police officers have been indicted on federal charges in the beating death of a 48-year-old man. An indictment handed up Thursday against the officers, Melvin Williams and Matthew Dean Moore, includes charges of deprivation of r

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:32:00 GMT

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Step in effort to kill gusher may be accelerated

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:32:00 GMT

The government's point man for the Gulf oil spill says preparations for an attempt to plug the gusher from above are going well enough that the timeline for the "static kill" may be moved up. Work on the relief well needed for a permanent fix mu

Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:32:00 GMT

The new federal health care law is about to face its first major popularity test. A Missouri ballot measure Tuesday will challenge President Barack Obama's top policy accomplishment by attempting to reject its mandate that most Americans have he

$1.7B worth of pot seized in Central Calif sweep

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:32:00 GMT

Federal and state agents have arrested nearly 100 people in a sweep of marijuana-growing operations that's netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot in California's Sierra Nevada range. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says several Mexican d

Crews work to keep oil spill from Lake Michigan

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:32:00 GMT

Michigan is the latest state to be dealing with a major oil spill. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates more than 1 million gallons have leaked from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River. Governor Jennifer Granholm warns that the in

SD to get $155,000 in drug company settlement

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will receive about $155,000 from a national settlement with a subsidiary of pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson over allegations the company illegally marketed an anti-seizure drug.

Psych eval ordered for accused SD child molester

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:04:00 GMT

A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a 44-year-old Pierre man who could face life in prison if convicted of child sex crimes. Dwight Stulken has pleaded not guilty to numerous counts of rape and sexual contact with a child under the

Arrests at rally...No Rangel deal...Grain workers dead...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:04:00 GMT

Officers have been making multiple arrests at a rally in Phoenix protesting Arizona's new immigration law. Demonstrators had promised nonviolent civil disobedience at the rally, which was held despite a federal judge's last-minute decision to block

Gov't warned company about pipeline monitoring

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:04:00 GMT

A company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river was warned by government regulators in January that its monitoring of corrosion in the pipeline was insufficient. The U.S. Department of Transportation

Protests go on despite ruling on immigration law

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:57:00 GMT

Officers are making multiple arrests at a rally in Phoenix protesting Arizona's new immigration law. Television images show a large group of demonstrators, with another line of about a dozen protesters well in front of them facing a line of poli

Texas jury mulls death sentence for childkiller

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:22:00 GMT

A Texas jury is deliberating whether to give a death sentence to a 29-year-old man convicted of beheading his common-law wife's three children in 2003. John Allen Rubio faces execution or life in prison with an opportunity for parole after 40 ye

Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:01:00 GMT

An energy company has received approval to open one of Utah's biggest natural-gas fields by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas, instead of on top of them. The federal Bureau of Land Management approved Bill Barrett Corp.'s

19 lowperforming Minn. schools to split $24.5M

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:54:00 GMT

The state will divide nearly $24.5 million in grants among 19 of the state's lowest-performing schools in an effort to turn them around starting this fall. The Minnesota Department of Education announced Thursday how it would spend it's share of

Mich. man killed in Mont. campground bear mauling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT

Montana wildlife officials have identified the man killed in a bear mauling near Yellowstone National Park as a 48-year-old Michigan man. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim (AHS'-hym) says the body of Kevin Kammer of Grand Rapids, Mi

2 die after getting trapped inside Ill. grain bin

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT

Authorities say two young men have died and another is in serious condition after becoming trapped inside a grain bin in northwestern Illinois. The Carroll County sheriff's department says 19-year-old Alejandro Pacas and 14-year-old Wyatt Whiteb

Mich. man killed in Mont. campground bear mauling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT

Pa. diocese sued after abuse accuser's suicide

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:47:00 GMT

The estate of an alleged clery abuse victim who committed suicide is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh because it stopped paying for his mental health treatments. A copy of the lawsuit obtained by The Associated Press says 39-year-

NY judge denies appeal based on scared Astor juror

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:33:00 GMT

The judge in the Brooke Astor case has denied a motion to overturn the convictions of the New York philanthropist's son and his co-defendant. The defense wanted to vacate the convictions last October of Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, and lawyer

Name of bear mauling victim released

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:33:00 GMT

Montana wildlife officials have released the name of the man who was killed by a grizzly bear at a campground near Yellowstone National Park. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim says the body of 48-year-old Kevin Kammer of Grand Rapid

Pitino says he didn't immediately report threats

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:33:00 GMT

Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has finished testifying in the case of a woman who demanded millions from him after a sexual tryst, saying he didn't immediately report threatening phone calls because he didn't want his family to find out.

Wash. high court lifts stay of execution for Brown

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Washington state's Supreme Court has lifted the stay of execution for a death row inmate who claimed the state's method of lethal injection violated constitutional bans on cruel and unusual punishment. The high court unanimously ruled Thursday t

3 arrested during Arizona immigration protest

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Three people have been arrested as hundreds of protesters rally against Arizona's new immigration law despite a federal judge's last-minute decision to block the most controversial parts of the measure. It was not immediately clear why the peopl

Stocks fall as traders await Friday's GDP report

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Stocks are falling as investors waiting for the government's gross domestic product report had a muted response to earnings and economic reports. Traders have gotten a combination of good news Thursday, but momentum is fading after an initial ju

Police probe homicide; family mourns exNBA player

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMT

Memphis police say they are investigating the discovery of a body that family members have said is missing NBA player Lorenzen Wright as a homicide. Police have not confirmed that identity. The body was found Wednesday in a wooded area in southe

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:26:00 GMT

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Trial begins for SD church arson suspect

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:12:00 GMT

Trial for a teenage boy accused of setting a Yankton church on fire began this week but was delayed indefinitely when a subpoenaed witness failed to appear. St. John's Lutheran Church sustained $2 million in damage in the April 2009 blaze the da

1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:44:00 GMT

A Virginia woman who plotted to have her husband and stepson killed is scheduled to die in September and would be the first woman put to death in the U.S. since 2005. A judge on Thursday set a Sept. 23 execution date for 41-year-old Teresa Lewis

$8M bail set in Ohio marriage counselor's killing

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:44:00 GMT

A judge has set bail at $8 million for the husband of an Ohio marriage counselor accused of stabbing his wife to death. Thirty-eight-year-old Maurice Lyons appeared Thursday in Cleveland Municipal Court, where his attorney told the judge his cl

SAN DIEGO (AP) Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod says she...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:44:00 GMT

Protests still on as Arizona prepares to appeal immigration ruling...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:37:00 GMT

Demonstrators are going ahead with plans to march to the state Capitol in Phoenix today to protest Arizona's new immigration law. A federal judge put most of the law on hold yesterday, including sections that require immigrants to carry their pa

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Minn. thirdparty candidate had domestic incident

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:23:00 GMT

Third-party gubernatorial candidate Rob Hahn is confirming that his former wife has an order of protection against him. Hahn confirms a story published in Thursday's Minneapolis Star Tribune. The newspaper cited a report filed by Hahn's no

Grizzly, 2 cubs caught after MT campground mauling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:23:00 GMT

Montana wildlife officials have captured a female grizzly and two of her three cubs in a campground near Yellowstone National Park where a man was killed and two others injured in a bear attack. Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden Capt. Sam Sheppard

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:23:00 GMT

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Appeals court: More freedom for judge candidates

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:16:00 GMT

A Minnesota attorney has won a court victory in his pursuit of more freedom for judicial candidates to campaign. A federal appeals court ruled for Greg Wersal in his argument that candidates should be allowed to seek endorsements and solicit ca

Man missing after jumping off cliff into Missouri

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:16:00 GMT

Cascade County official say an 18-year-old man missing and presumed drowned after jumping into the Missouri River in the Hardy Creek area. Sheriff's Capt. Ray Hitchcock says search and rescue crews were called Wednesday evening after the young m

Dive to Lake Champlain tug now set for the spring

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Plans to check out a sunken tug boat in Lake Champlain for potential fuel leakage won't happen until the spring. The Environmental Protection Agency's Paul Kahn said Thursday that there isn't time to arrange a dive before unpredictable fall wea

Court orders new trial for former police chief

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:02:00 GMT

The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Ken Huber, a former police chief convicted of killing his wife at their Highmore home. The court said in an opinion issued Thursday that the judge erred by not allowing Huber's attorneys

Grizzly, 2 cubs trapped after campground mauling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:02:00 GMT

Teen burned by lightning strike takes it in stride

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:02:00 GMT

A 16-year-old boy burned by a lightning strike during this week's storm in Duluth is recovering from the frightening ordeal and even keeping his sense of humor about his close call. Austin Shinler was sitting on a rock waiting for his grandfathe

Protests to proceed...Thousands of graves may be mismarked...Lower...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:02:00 GMT

An Arizona sheriff is vowing to go ahead with a crime sweep targeting illegal immigrants, even though most parts of the state's new immigration law won't be taking effect today as scheduled. A federal judge put most of the law on hold yesterday. Pr

NC expert: Gulf oil unlikely to reach East Coast

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:55:00 GMT

An expert on marine sciences and coastal circulation says it's unlikely oil from BP's massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico will reach the East Coast. Roy He of North Carolina State University said Thursday the chances are low in part because the

Sept. execution set for Va. death row's only woman

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:41:00 GMT

A September execution date has been set for the only woman on Virginia's death row, who would be the first woman put to death in the United States since 2005. A county judge set the Sept. 23 date Thursday for 40-year-old Teresa Lewis. Lewis was

FAA: Chelsea Clinton's wedding is a nofly zone

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:27:00 GMT

Mother Nature helping firefighters battle Cal fire

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:27:00 GMT

Firefighters say calm, cool morning weather has dampened a Kern County wildfire that's burned 25 structures. The blaze about 10 miles south of Tehachapi still threatens 150 homes but fire spokesman John Buchanan says he sees mainly smoke and em

Mother's death in NYC fire is ruled a suicide

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:27:00 GMT

The New York City medical examiner has ruled that the death of a mother who died in a fire with her four children on Staten Island was a suicide. Spokesman Ellen Borakove said Thursday that autopsy results show that Leisa Jones died from smoke i

DC sniper claims coconspirators, more shootings

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:27:00 GMT

Convicted DC snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad were supposed to have had help carrying out their deadly attacks, and they may have been involved in more shootings than authorities suspected. That's according to an interview with act

NEW YORK (AP) Mortgage rates drop to 4.54 pct., hitting lowest level on...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:13:00 GMT

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:13:00 GMT

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:13:00 GMT

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:13:00 GMT

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More protests planned...Stocks gain...Worst day since Korea...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMT

This was the day that Arizona's new immigration law was supposed to take effect. And even though much of it has been put on hold, more protests against the law are planned today in Phoenix. Two groups are marching from the state Capitol, and demonstr

2 cold case suspects returned to SC to face trial

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMT

Two men charged in the 1992 cold case death of a New York sailor in South Carolina have been returned to the state. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports Charles Welty, of Missoula, Mont., and Douglas Emery of New Jersey are back in South

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMT

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:00 GMT

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Stocks climb on earnings, drop in jobless claims

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:45:00 GMT

Stocks are climbing after a new batch of upbeat earnings and a modest drop in jobless claims renewed some optimism about the economy. Southwest Airlines, ExxonMobil and Avon Products all topped forecasts. Strong earnings worldwide is giving Euro