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Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up
A surfer carries his board at the San Clemente State Beach in San Clemente, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2013. In search of new revenue, the state parks system is eyeing new parking fees for parts of the Northern California shoreline or considering hiking rates to visit popular beaches south of Los Angeles during peak periods. (AP Photo/Jae C. ...
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Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison ...
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Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet
For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.At a price around $7.5 million, it comes stocked with china glasses, monogrammed hand towels and pillows, a mini-bar, and a lap top of navigational charts.It also carries some awful hefty baggage. The private aircraft is the source of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and a long-running legal battle ...
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Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE – Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown win, the most in horse racing history. "I get paid to spoil dreams," Lukas said in an interview with NBC moments after the race. Orb finished fourth. The ...
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CHALLENGE FOR DEMSSenate Campaigns Marked By Internal Battles
Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota -- showing that Republicans aren't the only ones with internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. The prospects' decisions also show divisions within the Democratic Party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with ...
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60 injured five critically as trains collide in Connecticut
By M. Alex Johnson and Carlo Dellaverson, NBC News Sixty people were injured, five of them critically, and rail traffic from New York to Boston was shut down after a Metro-North commuter train derailed and plowed into a second train Friday in Fairfield, Conn., Gov. Dan Malloy said.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport ...
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Ah Mr Fogle weve been expecting you The case of the hapless wig-wearing American diplomat expelled from Moscow is not as simple as it first seemed
In the long and sinuous history of international espionage, the one thing you can absolutely rely on is that very little is as it first appears. And so it is with Ryan Christopher Fogle, third secretary in the political department of the US Embassy in Moscow, comedy wig owner, and, apparently, a man who thinks it wise to hang around near park entrances at midnight with EUR100,000 (85,000) in ...
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More than a dozen injured as car plows through parade in Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring more than a dozen people, some seriously, authorities ...
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Suspect IDed in Fatal Home Invasion
A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning. Dalton Smith, who was wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction, attempted to rob the off-campus home where he and Hofstra junior Andrea Rebello were fatally ...
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New York Mets lose 8-2 to Chicago Cubs
New York Mets staring pitcher Jeremy Hefner pitches to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning in a baseball game in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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2 wildfires north of Los Angeles persist after long week
Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ...
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Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet
Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly ...
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Hero Philly cop arrested charged with rape other crimes
A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and "forced the two ...
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Official Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York ...
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Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governors race
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted no time reminding voters of the scandals facing President Barack ...
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U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana has canceled subsidies for a planned $1.8 billion fertilizer plant in the state because of concerns that a Pakistani company involved in the project makes products used in improvised explosives that kill and injure U.S. troops in ...
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O.J. Simpsons ex-lawyer says poured his soul into Nevada trial
Yale Galanter, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney, reacts during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 17, ...
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Crash in small Va. town injures dozens during parade
DAMASCUS, Va. An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after a car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town. Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said Saturday that no fatalities have been reported. The injuries ranged from critical to superficial. Three of the victims were flown by helicopter to regional hospitals. Another ...
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McCartney Kicks Off North American Tour In Orlando
ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) -- Former Beatles star Paul McCartney’s North American tour kicks off Saturday night in Orlando, and if the elaborate production equipment involved is any indication, spectators are in for a quite the show. McCartney’s ';Out There'; tour requires31 trucks worth of equipment, including spectacular lasers and lighting, huge pyrotechnics, and ...
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Up to 60 injured after car drives into parade crowd in Damascus
The injuries ranged from critical to superficial. Three of the victims were flown by helicopter to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treated at the scene in Damascus, about a half-hour east of Bristol. The status of the driver wasn't released. Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man. Authorities are still investigating, but Harris says ...
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At Least 5 Dead in Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer ...
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Funeral held for mom son found dead in home
TRENTON, N.J. -; Funeral services have been held for the New Jersey woman and boy whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last ...
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Impossible Choice Faces Americas First Climate Refugees
The 350 residents of Newtok, Alaska, will soon be the country's first "climate refugees." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says their village is likely to be underwater in just four ...
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Deadly Greenwich Village shooting possible hate crime police say
Authorities are investigating the overnight shooting death of a 32-year-old man in New York's Greenwich Village as a hate crime after police said the gunman may have hurled anti-gay ...
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FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits are searching an apartment in downtown Spokane as they investigate the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.FBI agents, Spokane police officers and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials descended on the apartment Saturday morning.No arrests have been made. An FBI spokeswoman has not said ...
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Memorial Bridge is falling down, falling down
The Memorial Bridge linking New Hampshire and Maine is a historical landmark, its been there for over 80 years, but the bridge is old and in this age of recession, expensive repair work versus more valuable replacement may soon see the structure razed and replaced.
The Memorial Bridge that links Portsmouth in New Hampshire to Kittery in Maine is ageing. The through truss lift bridge is over 80 years old and has begun to feel its age in recent years, on the 16th of October, 2009 state authorities issued an emergency closure of the bridge due to essential repairs that were needed and its weight limit has steadily been reduced over the last year or so. Read more
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