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Reluctant witness in Tennessee faces charges, prison time
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two and a half years ago, federal prosecutors announced with great fanfare the indictments of about 30 people accused of operating a multistate child sex trafficking operation ru...
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Associated Press An Atlantic puffin flies with a mouthful of hake on its way to feed its chick in 2007 on Eastern Egg Rock, Maine. Scientists say the comical-looking seabirds have been dying of starvation and losing body weight, possibly because of shifting fish populations due to warming ocean temperatures.
Atlantic puffins populations in peril on US coasts
PORTLAND, Maine — The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world. In the Gulf of Maine, the comical-...
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Associated Press Wayne Losey, co-founder of Dynamo DevLabs, speaks about 3-D printing during the Hardware Innovation Workshop on May 15 in San Mateo, Calif. With the printers users make whatever they like, iPad stands, guitars, jewelry, someone even made a rifle.
3-D printing becomes reality
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Invisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printe...
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Homeowners battle insurance premiums
Associated Press GULF SHORES, Ala. — When Stan Virden moved into his 2,400-square-foot house overlooking a rock-lined canal in 1996, he paid less than $1,000 a year for homeowners insurance. ...
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Associated Press A truck leaves Smithfield Foods Friday in Smithfield, Va. Smithfield Foods has agreed to be bought by Shuanghui International Holdings for about $4.72 billion. Residents in this southeastern Virginia town have mixed reactions to the idea that the maker of their famous cured hams may soon be owned by a Chinese company.
Home of hams ponders buyout
SMITHFIELD, Va. — You can’t go far in this historic southeastern Virginia town without seeing a pig. A herd of life-size swine statues lines its downtown, an ornament of a piglet wearing a banda...
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Associated Press Cars damaged by a tornado sit in a parking lot Friday at Canadian Valley Technical Center on State Highway 66, west of Banner Road in El Reno, Okla.
Frightened residents flee tornadoes
OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s a warning as familiar as a daily prayer for Tornado Alley residents: When a twister approaches, take shelter in a basement or low-level interior room or closet, away from windo...
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Angel evokes tragedies at service for teenager
WARWICK, N.Y. — After Joseph and Betty Ginley’s firefighter son was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, they found some solace in the tall steel angels crafted as memorials by ...
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TV meteorologist injured in tornado
NEW YORK — The next time meteorologist Mike Bettes talks about the power of tornadoes on The Weather Channel, he can speak from personal experience. Bettes was nursing minor injuries Saturday, i...
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Audio: Bus driver defied gunman in bunker drama
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — When a gunman barged onto Charles Poland’s school bus and demanded that he turn over young passengers, the driver simply said no. “Sorry, you’re going to have to shoot me,” ...
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Associated Press Rhode Island State Rep. Frank Ferri stands Wednesday inside the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. A faithful member of his Catholic church choir for decades, the openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation's most Catholic region.
Catholic sway wanes amid gay marriage fight
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. He defeated the Roman Catholic Church just last month. The openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marria...
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