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Calif. deputy shoots, kills himself in courthouse

CRESCENT CITY (AP) - Colleagues at a Northern California sheriff's office are mourning one of their own after a longtime deputy fatally shot himself inside the county courthouse.

September 25, 2012 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


NYC schools dispensing morning-after pill to girls

NEW YORK (AP) - It's a campaign believed to be unprecedented in its size and aggressiveness: New York City is dispensing the morning-after pill to girls as young as 14 at more than 50 public high schools, sometimes even before they have had sex.

September 25, 2012 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Brown OKs state parks funding, prevents closures

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown announced Tuesday that he had signed several bills to keep California's state parks open and ensure greater spending oversight after a scandal in which parks officials hid $54 million.

September 25, 2012 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Gov. Brown to sign bill to OK driverless cars

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown plans to sign legislation Tuesday at the headquarters of Google Inc. that will pave the way for driverless cars in California.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


San Francisco City Hall ruins from 1906 quake are unearthed

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Construction crews have unearthed the massive foundations of the old San Francisco City Hall destroyed in the disastrous 1906 earthquake.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Deputy shoots, kills himself in Northern California courthouse

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) - Colleagues at a Northern California sheriff's office are mourning one of their own after a longtime deputy fatally shot himself inside the county courthouse.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Beeping clocks prompt L.A. radio station evacuation

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspicious, beeping package that prompted the evacuation of Los Angeles all-news radio station KNX turned out to be a box full of clocks.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Gusty winds could push deadly Southern California wildfire

CAMPO, Calif. (AP) - A fire that killed an elderly man who refused to evacuate and burned 20 homes in rural San Diego County was smoldering Tuesday, but gusty afternoon winds could push it back to life, authorities said.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Immigrant requests strain consulates, schools

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Schools in Yakima, Wash., are taking nearly a month to deliver transcripts to former students. The Mexican consulate in Denver introduced Saturday hours last month after passport applications spiked by one-third. San Diego public schools added five employees in a new office to handle records requests.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Work by Mass. lab could taint 1,100 inmates' cases

BOSTON (AP) - Faced with the daunting task of evaluating more than 34,000 drug cases handled by a Massachusetts chemist accused of misconduct, prosecutors and defense attorneys are starting with 1,140 cases of people who are already serving prison sentences based on potentially tainted evidence.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


WHY IT MATTERS: Gay marriage

EDITOR'S NOTE _ One in a series examining issues at stake in the election and their impact on people

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Tesla unveils faster electric car charging station

HAWTHORNE (AP) - Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled a solar-powered charging station on Monday that it said will make refueling electric vehicles on long trips about as fast as stopping for gas and a bathroom break in a conventional car.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Romney, Obama focus on US posture abroad

NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are sparring over how best to address U.S. challenges abroad in nearly back-to-back addresses at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


Images show NKorea launch pad halt

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea has stopped construction on a launch pad where intercontinental-range rockets could be tested, an interruption possibly due to heavy rains and that could stall completion up to two years, according to an analysis of new satellite imagery.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


US, Egypt seek better ties after embassy protests

NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and Egypt sought Monday to repair ties strained severely by a year-and-a-half of rapid change in the Middle East, culminating in the last two weeks with Egyptian demonstrators overrunning the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and President Barack Obama candidly remarking that the two countries were now neither enemies nor allies.

September 25, 2012 | By The Associated Press | Signal AP


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2 Texas firefighters stable after deadly blaze

BRYAN, Texas (AP) - Two Central Texas firefighters are in serious but stable condition as investigators try to determine what sparked a lodge hall fire that killed two colleagues.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Ross beats Evans in dunk contest

HOUSTON (AP) - Terrence Ross had to settle his nerves at the start of the All-Star dunk contest. By the end, he was calming down a ball boy he needed as a prop for his winning slam.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Stanley Marsh 3 settles teenagers' lawsuits

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Stanley Marsh 3, an eccentric millionaire artist best known for his "Cadillac Ranch" art display along an interstate in the Texas Panhandle, has settled lawsuits from 10 teenagers who allege he paid them for sex acts, attorneys announced Saturday.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Willis' new 'Die Hard' scores with $25M debut

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bruce Willis remains a die-hard at the box office.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Baghdad area bombings kill dozens

BAGHDAD (AP) - Car bombs tore through shopping areas within minutes of each other in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 100.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


2 firefighters dead, 2 hurt after Texas lodge fire

BRYAN, Texas (AP) - Two Texas fire lieutenants have died of burns after battling a lodge hall fire, a city official said Saturday.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Long-missing WWII medal to be awarded

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hyla Merin grew up without a father and for a long time never knew why.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


No central agency oversees, inspects cruise ships

MIAMI (AP) - A byzantine maze of maritime rules and regulations, fragmented oversight and a patchwork quilt of nations that do business with cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health and safety record of the ship they're about to board in what for many is the vacation of a lifetime.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Hunter voted out as head of NBA players' union

HOUSTON (AP) - Billy Hunter was ousted from his job as executive director of the union in a unanimous vote by NBA players who said Saturday they will "no longer be divided, misled, misinformed."

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Cruise passengers return home, feds probe fire

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Passengers of the Carnival Triumph tried to put the memories of their nightmarish cruise behind them Friday, boarding buses and planes for home after five harrowing days aboard a vessel adrift at sea without power or working toilets.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Kershaw to start 3rd straight opener for Dodgers

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Clayton Kershaw was selected Saturday as the Los Angeles Dodgers' opening day starter and will become the team's first pitcher to start three straight openers since Derek Lowe from 2005-07.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


Dozens of pro-Dorner protesters rally at LAPD HQ

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dozens of protesters rallied outside Los Angeles police headquarters in support of Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer and suspected killer of four who died after a shootout and fire this week at a mountain cabin.

February 17, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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