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Son of Clippers owner Sterling found dead
MALIBU (AP) - The son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was found dead of an apparent drug overdose at his Malibu home, authorities said Wednesday.
Governor to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal.
Most Americans to pay more taxes this year
WASHINGTON (AP) - While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.
Markets rally after fiscal cliff deal
NEW YORK (AP) - The "fiscal cliff" compromise, for all its chaos, controversy and unresolved questions, was enough to send the stock market shooting higher Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year.
NHL, players' union meet for 30 minutes
NEW YORK (AP) - The proposals are flying back and forth between the NHL and the players' association. Whether significant progress is being made in the process still isn't all that clear.
Sandy Hook students, teachers head back to school
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Since escaping a gunman's rampage at their elementary school, the 8-year-old Connors triplets have suffered nightmares, jumped at noises and clung to their parents a little more than usual.
Cliff avoided: Congress staves off tax hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) - Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that strained America's divided government to the limit.
Thieves break into Paris' flagship Apple store
PARIS (AP) - Masked and armed thieves used the New Year's Eve fete to rob the flagship Apple store in Paris.
Storm returns to TV 3 weeks after grill accident
With a wave of her bandaged left hand, and boosted by well wishes from Dr. Phil, Chris Evert and even a young woman she once babysat, Hannah Storm returned to a most comfortable setting - talking in front of a TV camera.
Suspect arrested in fatal Sacramento bar shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A suspect is under arrest in connection with a New Year's Eve shooting at a bar in the Old Sacramento area that killed two people, police said Tuesday.
House gives final passage to fiscal cliff bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation to block the "fiscal cliff" is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. The bill will avoid, for now, the major tax increases and government spending cuts that had been scheduled to take effect with the new year.
Heartwarming moments defy chill at Rose Parade
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A couple who became husband and wife on the "Love Float," a surprise reunion between a returning soldier and his little boy, and a grand marshal famed globally for her chimpanzee research were among the highlights of the 124th Rose Parade on Tuesday.
Playboy Hugh Hefner marries his 'runaway bride'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hugh Hefner's celebrating the new year as a married man once again. The 86-year-old Playboy magazine founder exchanged vows with his "runaway bride," Crystal Harris, at a private Playboy Mansion ceremony on New Year's Eve. Harris, a 26-year-old "Playmate of the Month" in 2009, broke off a previous engagement to Hefner just before they were to be married in 2011. Playboy said on Tuesday that the couple celebrated at a New ...
Whales, elephant seals delight NorCal beachgoers
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (AP) - Gray whales and elephant seals are putting on a show at Point Reyes National Seashore, delighting beachgoers.
2 killed, 8 wounded in LA-area party shootings
LAKEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - The sheriff's department is investigating two separate New Year's Eve party shootings that claimed the lives of two men and wounded eight other people in the southern suburbs of Los Angeles.
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Slide threatens San Bernardino County house
GRAND TERRACE, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California home has been evacuated after a landslide opened a 25-foot-wide fissure in the hillside supporting it.
Orphaned Calif. bobcat released into wild
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) - An orphaned Northern California bobcat that was initially deemed too friendly is back in the wild.
CA woman gets 1½-year sentence for funeral scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Los Angeles mortuary employee has been sentenced to 1½ years in prison for defrauding insurers by staging a fake funeral and attempting to cover it up by cremating a mannequin and cow parts she placed in the casket.
Los Angeles settles with women fired on in manhunt
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2 million settlement on injury claims by two women who were injured when police mistakenly opened fire on them during the manhunt for disgruntled ex-cop Christopher Dorner, an official said Tuesday.
Boston bombing suspect communicates to authorities through writing
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an ardent reader of jihadist websites and extremist propaganda, U.S. officials said Tuesday, adding another piece to the body of evidence they say suggests the two brothers were motivated by an anti-American, radical version of Islam.
Death of Donald Sterling's son was accident
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coroner's investigators say the death of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's son was a drug-related accident.
Kitten Bowl vs. Puppy Bowl
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's a Super Bowl matchup for the ages: cats vs. dogs.
NoHo fire kills one, injures four
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Officials say a fire in a North Hollywood apartment complex has killed one man and injured four people.
Washington shooting ends with 5 dead
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) - A man fatally shot his live-in girlfriend at an apartment south of Seattle then killed three men, including a neighbor who told others to call 911 and retreated inside his unit before the gunman blasted open the door with a shotgun and opened fire, authorities said Monday.
Senate bill jeopardizes tax-free online shopping
WASHINGTON (AP) - States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the Senate Monday.
Feds delay policy to allow small knives on planes
WASHINGTON (AP) - Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs.
Officials: Boston suspects motived by religion
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were motivated by their religious views but were apparently not tied to any Islamic terrorist groups.
Police: 2 arrested in al-Qaida linked Canada plot
TORONTO (AP) - Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, police said Monday. The case bolstered allegations by some governments and experts of a relationship of convenience between Shiite-led Iran and the predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network.
Flight delays pile up Monday after FAA budget cuts
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a tough start to the week for many air travelers. Flight delays piled up all along the East Coast Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers were forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts.
