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Colo. shooting judge won't overturn insanity law
DENVER (AP) - The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings has denied a request by defense lawyers to declare a state law on the insanity plea unconstitutional.
Forest Service may let more fires burn
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After coming in $400 million over budget following last year's busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one.
Costello, D'Angelo, more perform at Prince tribute
NEW YORK (AP) - They partied like it was 1999 - the audience and the musicians - at a Prince tribute concert at Carnegie Hall.
Coroner: Lion killed woman after escaping cage
DUNLAP, Calif. (AP) - The investigation into a lion attack that killed a 24-year-old woman who loved big cats is focusing on a cage door that the 550-pound animal managed to escape through to reach the volunteer intern, officials say.
Bieber scuffles with photographers in London
LONDON (AP) - Justin Bieber's week just got worse. Following a brief hospital stay after fainting backstage, the 19-year-old pop star's preparation for a final concert in London on Friday hit a speed bump. Bieber got into an altercation with insult-hurling paparazzi, lashing out at a photographer with a stream of expletives as he was restrained by minders. The singer quickly took to Twitter to address the incident, which was captured by Channel 5 news, ...
Man convicted in 5 Tenn. killings pleads in Ala.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to killing five people in Tennessee has pleaded guilty to killing a sixth person in north Alabama.
Bieber recovering after fainting at London concert
Justin Bieber is recovering after fainting backstage at a concert in London. A spokeswoman for Bieber said late Thursday that the 19-year-old pop star was given oxygen and took a 20-minute reprieve after fainting backstage at London's O2 Arena. "Getting better," Bieber posted on Twitter. "Thanks for everyone pulling me thru tonight. Best fans in the world. Figuring out what happened. Thanks for the love." In a video of the concert posted online, Bieber's manager ...
Colorado shooting judge won't overturn insanity law
DENVER (AP) - The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings has denied a request by defense lawyers to declare a state law on the insanity plea unconstitutional.
UPDATE: I-5 reopened through Grapevine
The California Highway Patrol reopened Interstate 5 through the Grapevine early today after the pass was shut down due to overnight snow.
US household wealth regains pre-recession peak
WASHINGTON (AP) - It took 5½ years. Surging stock prices and steady home-price increases have finally allowed Americans to regain the $16 trillion in wealth they lost to the Great Recession. The gains are helping support the economy and could lead to further spending and growth. The recovered wealth - most of it from higher stock prices - has been flowing mainly to richer Americans. By contrast, middle class wealth is mostly in the form ...
2 dead in LA police standoff
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman killed a man, opened fire on police and holed himself up in a Watts home with three children inside before shooting himself, police said Friday.
Vatican conclave expected to start soon
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican said Friday the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week, signaling that cardinals are coming to an end of discussions about the state of the church and who best among them might lead it.
Slow-moving storm plagues New England
BOSTON (AP) - A slow-moving storm centered far out in the Atlantic Ocean dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of New England, caused coastal flooding in Massachusetts and turned the morning commute in the region into a slushy crawl.
Giffords, Tucson victims call for new gun controls
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - It was the place where former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last spoke and walked without limitations; where Emily Nottingham's son became the first Congressional aide to die in the line of duty; where a 9-year-old girl was gunned down while waiting to shake hands with a politician.
Slain Santa Cruz officers honored in memorial
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - She was an adventurer, a traveler who loved her small beach town and spent weekends enjoying its parks and beaches with her partner and two young boys.
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Judge considers effect of fungus on Calif. inmates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco is considering whether an airborne fungus that occurs naturally in the San Joaquin Valley presents enough of a public health danger that thousands of vulnerable state prison inmates should be moved to other locations.
Putin: US-Russia positions on Syria don't coincide
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) has told President Barack Obama that their positions on Syria do not coincide but both leaders agree on the need to push for negotiations in Syria's two-year-old civil war.
LA teacher arrested after wife's stabbing death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Court documents allege that a Los Angeles teacher arrested in the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife had threatened to kill her using piano wire, an ice pick, guns or pipe bombs.
Food companies work to make it look natural
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection.
Lawsuits filed against Calif.'s Delta Plan
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Environmental and fishing groups have filed a lawsuit against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
LA doctor not guilty of secret video recording
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles plastic surgeon who appeared on TV's "The Doctors" has been found not guilty of secretly making video recordings of patients who undressed for examinations.
Hathaway fire 67 percent contained
BANNING, Calif. (AP) - The Hathaway wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains north of Banning is now 67 percent contained.
Federal agents search land linked to Hoffa case
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa on Monday as they searched a field in suburban Detroit.
Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.
Police chief takes criminals to task online
KENT, Ohio (AP) - If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of his small department's 49,000 Facebook fans.
Miss Connecticut wins Miss USA contest in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 25-year-old accountant from Connecticut with a secret glamorous side is the new Miss USA.
Apple reveals requests for information
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.
IRS supervisor in DC scrutinized tea party cases
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.
Steady rain falls as crews work against Colo. fire
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history.
North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let's talk.
