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Calif. bill would prohibit ticket-buying software

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Music and sports fans would have one less obstacle in buying tickets to popular events under a bill advancing through the California Legislature. Legislation by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan of Sacramento […]

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Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean […]

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden (AP Photo)

Browns QB Weeden to help with Oklahoma tornado

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden is heading home to help his cherished Oklahoma heal. Weeden is returning to his home state this weekend to assist in any way he can in the […]

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Boy Scouts vote on policy toward openly gay boys

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay […]

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High school prom photos of President Barack Obama are pictured on The Today Show in this YouTube video.

The President’s prom pic released in Time Magazine

It was around this time of year that President Obama went to his senior prom back in 1979. In a newly unearthed photo published today in TIME magazine, a then-17-year-old Barack Obama is seen wearing […]

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A Galapagos giant tortoise crawls along the path near Googler Karin Tuxen-Bettman while she collects imagery with the Street View Trekker in Galapaguera, a tortoise breeding center, which is managed by the Galapagos National Park Service. (Photo credit: Google)

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world’s largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. […]

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Calif. beach water quality mostly good last summer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new report finds visitors to California beaches encountered mostly clean waters last year. About 93 percent of beaches along the state’s coast that were tested for bacterial pollution last summer […]

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Text of President Obama speech on terrorism

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House: It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at […]

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Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman’s murder […]

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13 insurers to compete on Calif. health exchange

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state’s largest health insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, will be among 13 plans competing for policies on California’s new health care exchange. Officials with Covered […]

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Obama: Congress briefed on every drone strike

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his administration informs Congress about every drone strike America orders. In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all […]

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Sergio Garcia, of Spain, reacts after hitting his second tee shot into the water during the final round of The Players Championship golf tournament, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (AP Photo)

Euro Tour CEO apologizes for saying ‘colored’

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term “colored” during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods […]

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NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday’s outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that […]

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