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Union: Police not told boy’s gun might be fake
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MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press 
Dec 13, 2014
CLEVELAND (AP) — A dispatcher didn't tell officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy last month that the gun might not be real or th...
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Tribes wary of selling pot, even if feds allow it
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JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press 
Dec 13, 2014
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Many in Indian Country are wary of the idea of growing and selling marijuana on tribal lands, even if it could present an eco...
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Christmas tree shopping: Cost vs. convenience
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HOLLY RAMER Associated Press 
Dec 12, 2014
WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. (AP) — Some U.S. consumers are going over the Internet or through the woods to find fresh Christmas trees this year, taking ad...
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Greenpeace activists take plea deal in P&G protest
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DAN SEWELL Associated Press 
Dec 12, 2014
CINCINNATI (AP) — Eight Greenpeace activists who staged an eye-catching protest at Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati have pleaded guilty to ...
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Teen girl still hooked to machines 1 year later
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KRISTIN J. BENDER Associated Press 
Dec 12, 2014
A year ago, 13-year-old Jahi McMath underwent a tonsillectomy and tissue removal at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California, to treat sleep apnea. ...
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Mudflows spur evacuations in Southern California
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ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press 
Dec 12, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dangerous storm system blamed for two deaths in Oregon, thousands of power outages in Washington and flooded roadways in the San ...
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Officials: No arrests in case of burned woman
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ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press 
Dec 11, 2014
COURTLAND, Miss. (AP) — Jessica Chambers was a regular at the rural convenience store gas station where Ali Fadhel worked, and the two often chatted. ...
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Police demonstrations inspire new protest songs
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LISA LEFF, Associated Press 
Dec 11, 2014
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Stop. Hey, what's that sound? Protest songs are taking their place alongside chants of "I can't breathe" and "Hands up, don't ...
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Driving while black? App developers offer advice
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STEVEN DUBOIS, Associated Press 
Dec 11, 2014
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Though the developers of the soon-to-be released "Driving While Black" smartphone application want motorists to download their p...
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California storm knocks out power, delays flights
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MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press 
Dec 11, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fifty thousand utility customers are without power in San Francisco as a major storm pounds Northern California. Pacific Gas and ...
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Ohio lawmakers narrow lethal injection bill
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AP Legal Affairs Writer, By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS 
Dec 10, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers have removed a provision from a death penalty bill that doctors warned could lead to dangerous shortages of a wid...
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Humpback whales increasing in waters near NYC
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JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press 
Dec 10, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe they want to sing on Broadway. Humpback whales, the gigantic, endangered mammals known for their haunting underwater songs, have...
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Missouri executes inmate for 1998 hammer death
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JIM SALTER Associated Press 
Dec 10, 2014
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death early Wednesday for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, the state's ...
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