More than 50 million phone numbers are now on the newdo-not-call list (search)designed to stop telemarketers from intruding on your life. Overwhelmingly Americans want these people stopped. But federal judge Lee West in Oklahoma doesn’t care about what you want. He cares about his ideology. Appointed by Jimmy Carter, West …
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SPRINGDALE, Pa. – Police say a police officer lost control of his cruiser on a slippery road before crashing through the wall of a veterinary clinic in Pennsylvania. Springdale borough police Chief Julio Medeiros says the officer from neighboring Springdale Township was responding to a call when he crashed at …
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DALLAS – Texas is taking over management of the Alamo, ending the Daughters of the Texas Republic’s 110-year management of the site. In a joint statement with the group Thursday, Land Commissioner George P. Bush said the General Land Office was taking over the day-to-day management of the downtown San …
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. – Survivors of a 2003 nightclub fire and friends and relatives of the 100 who died are gathering at the Warwick, Rhode Island, City Hall to mark the 12th anniversary of the deadly blaze. Fire broke out at The Station Nightclub in West Warwick on Feb. 20, …
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ATHENS, Ga. – Police are searching for whoever made off with Rocket the Rusty Rooster, a 10-foot-tall, 300-pound metal sculpture stolen from its perch outside an Athens business. Lexington Vintage owner Bonnie Harris tells CBS 46 that she’s saddened by the crime, believed to have happened Friday night or Saturday …
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorneys for four Oklahoma death row inmates are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 10th Circuit Court ruling that approved the state’s execution drug protocol. Attorneys for Charles Warner, Richard Eugene Glossip, John Marion Grant and Benjamin Robert Cole have also requested stays of …
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BOSTON – Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) say they did nothing wrong by including excerpts from juror questionnaires in their third request to move the trial outside Massachusetts. In a court filing Thursday, Tsarnaev’s lawyers included comments some prospective jurors wrote saying they believe Tsarnaev …
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NEW YORK – New York City agreed Friday to pay $3.9 million to the family of a black Bronx teenager shot to death by a white police officer in 2012. The deal settled a federal lawsuit brought by the family of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham. “This was a tragic case,” said …
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LOS ANGELES – Police say a 13-year-old girl was wounded in the leg by an apparent stray bullet while she was waiting at a bus stop in South Los Angeles. Officer Liliana Preciado says the shooting occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday on South Central Avenue near 92nd Street. Preciado says …
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ST. LOUIS – Ferguson city leaders say they haven’t heard from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding two federal investigations, one into the fatal shooting death of Michael Brown in August and the other into the city police department’s practices. Earlier this week, Attorney General Eric Holder said he expects …
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