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Associated Press Federal and local law enforcement officers gather at their trucks Monday after the hostage crisis ended in Midland City, Ala. Officials say they stormed a bunker in Alabama to rescue a 5-year-old child being held hostage there after his abductor was seen with a gun.
Authorities storm bunker, rescue boy
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in southeastern Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that left...
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Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, les...
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Associated Press Jake Dimmock, co-owner of the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, works with flowering plants Nov. 7 in a grow room in Seattle. Congressional lawmakers from both parties are working to change U.S. marijuana laws, including altering tax codes to let marijuana dispensaries deduct business expenses on federal taxes, and changing banking laws to make it easier for marijuana-related businesses to get bank accounts.
Effort building to change marijuana laws
SEATTLE — An effort is building in Congress to change U.S. marijuana laws, including moves to legalize the industrial production of hemp and establish a hefty federal pot tax. While passage this...
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Associated Press Friends and family gather to pay respects for Charles 'Chuck' Poland at the Ozark Civic Center on Sunday in Ozark, Ala. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65; a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors, gunned down Poland a school bus driver and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property.
Details emerge about man in standoff
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — As an Alabama standoff and hostage drama marked a sixth day Sunday, more details emerged about the suspect at the center, with neighbors and officials painting a picture of an ...
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Associated PRess Dr. Beth Tarini, a pediatrician and researcher at UMHS, shows a selection of "Little House" books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Tarini is the author of a study that suggests that Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, went blind from a meningitis-like disease and not scarlet fever.
How did Mary Ingalls become blind?
CHICAGO — Any fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved “Little House” books knows how the author’s sister Mary went blind: scarlet fever. But turns out that probably wasn’t the cause, medical experts ...
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Foundation launches mold program
NEW YORK — A charitable foundation says it is launching a mold cleanup program in flood-damaged neighborhoods on Staten Island. The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation says it will be sen...
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Kerry
First weekend on job keeps Kerry busy
WASHINGTON — New Secretary of State John Kerry reached out to Israeli and Palestinian leaders in phone calls this weekend, assuring them the Obama administration will continue to pursue a Mideast p...
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Associated Press Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, author of the book "American Sniper" stands in Midlothian, Texas, in 2012. A Texas sheriff reported that Kyle has been fatally shot along with another man on a gun range Saturday.
Iraq War vet charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said...
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Associated Press Members of the media tour Boeing 787 Dreamliner's cabin displaying versatile LED lighting system during a news preview in Singapore in 2012. While Boeing's 787 Dreamliners are grounded, the batteries causing airliner's troubles can still fly. But new rules exempt aircraft batteries from the ban on large lithium ion batteries as cargo on flights by passenger planes.
787 grounded, but batteries can fly
WASHINGTON — At the same time the government certified Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners as safe, federal rules barred the type of batteries used to power the airliner’s electrical systems from being carrie...
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New version of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill proposed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill that proposes forcing schools to tell parents if their children have talked to a teacher or counselor about being gay has set the stage for a new fight over social issues ...
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