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Feds: More time needed to indict Tsarnaev
Posted 7:18 PM 5/17/2013 by Connie Murphy
BOSTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors say they'll ask for more time to indict Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Prosecutors said Friday they will not indict Tsranaev within the 30-day period prescribed the Federal Speedy Trial Act. Sunday marks 30 days since Tsarnaev was (More)
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Study questions how sharply US should cut the salt
Posted 6:47 PM 5/17/2013 by Connie Murphy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle.
Make no mistake: Most Americans eat way too much salt, not just from salt shakers but (More)
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Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered
Posted 4:31 PM 5/17/2013 by Connie Murphy
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.
"I'm just ecstatic," Edward Buckner, president of the (More)
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$1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest
Posted 4:28 PM 5/17/2013 by Connie Murphy
PARIS (AP) - Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials (More)
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Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention
Posted 4:21 PM 5/17/2013 by Connie Murphy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.
He said this step, which (More)
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Dark clouds hang over air shows after budget cuts
Posted 3:30 PM 5/17/2013 by Tony Spehar
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) - The automatic budget cuts that grounded the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds are taking a toll on performers, air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators.All told, the International (More)
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Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones
Posted 2:39 PM 5/17/2013 by Juice Godfrey
WASHINGTON (AP) - The growing use of unmanned "eyes in the sky" is raising many privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what to do about civilian drones. Chris Calabrese of the American Civil Liberties Union tells a House subcommittee that a law is needed to prevent (More)
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Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million
Posted 11:30 AM 5/17/2013 by Patricia Collier
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.Lottery officials say the prize is growing quickly Friday because so many people have been (More)
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Changes for Bank of America customers
Posted 2:11 AM 5/17/2013 by Lacey Steele
Bank of America customers, two million of them, will soon lose their bank benefits.
That's because the nation's second largest bank has sold the mortgages to a third party which means Bank of America will no longer offer those mortgage holders discounted or free banking services.
Bank of America says it will wait 12 months before billing dumped customers for other banking services.
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Court hearing today for Robel Phillipos
Posted 2:07 AM 5/17/2013 by Lacey Steele
American citizen Robel Phillipos is scheduled for a probable cause court hearing today in Boston.
Phillipos is accused of making false statements in the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings.
He and two others have been charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, accused of attempting to destroy emptied fireworks and removing a backpack along with a laptop from the UMass Dartmouth room of bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Witnesses: Car drives into crowd at Va. parade
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Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
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OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
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Obama's Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs
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Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs
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First lady to high school grads: live your dreams
AP Politics Feed
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
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First lady to high school grads: live your dreams
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Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf
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A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
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Obama agenda marches on despite controversies
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Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
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CBO: Obama budget cuts deficits $1.1T by 2023
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Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention
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Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel
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Syria's Assad says he won't step down
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Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped
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Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights
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Denmark favorite to win Eurovision Song Contest
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French president signs gay marriage into law
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SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
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Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
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AP Impact: Myanmar sanctions list languishes
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Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city
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Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
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