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Smuggled dinosaur skeleton returned to Mongolia

NEW YORK (AP) — It may be the first time a dead dinosaur is flying for free. U.S. authorities in New York are returning a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus skeleton to the Mongolian government this week. The […]

2013/05/06

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NY state senator charged with embezzlement

NEW YORK (AP) — A once-powerful New York state senator was arrested Monday in a widening corruption scandal that has resulted in criminal charges against other lawmakers and turned some into wire-wearing informants. Sen. John […]

2013/05/06

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. (AP Photo)

NY AG: 2 banks violated mortgage accord

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general says Wells Fargo and Bank of American have violated the terms of last year’s national mortgage settlement by failing hundreds of times to process refinancing requests promptly. […]

2013/05/06

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‘Orajel’ creator David Morris Kern dies at 103

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — The creator of Orajel, a medicine aimed at fighting toothaches that was later also used for mouth sores, has died, family members said Sunday. David Morris Kern was 103. Allan […]

2013/05/05

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. (AP Photo)

NYC park named after late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City playground where the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch learned to ride a bike as a child has been renamed in his honor. City officials on Friday rechristened […]

2013/05/04

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Solar plane leaves Calif. on cross-country trip

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered airplane has taken off from Northern California on the first leg of a planned journey to several U.S. cities. The Solar Impulse left Moffett Field in Mountain View […]

2013/05/03

Final piece of spire is hoisted to the roof of One World Trade Center during construction, New York City. (AP Photo)

US flag-covered spire hoisted to NY’s WTC roof

NEW YORK (AP) — A crane has hoisted a U.S. flag covered spire to the top of New York’s One World Trade Center, under construction at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. Construction workers […]

2013/05/02

Study: Food, skin allergies increasing in children

NEW YORK (AP) – Experts say they’re not sure why parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children. A big government study says 1 in 20 children in the U.S. have food […]

2013/05/02

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Jon Bon Jovi to watch signing of NJ overdose law

PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi, whose daughter suffered an apparent drug overdose last year, plans to join Gov. Chris Christie when he signs into law Thursday a good Samaritan bill intended to assure […]

2013/05/02

Musician Bob Weir (AP Photo)

Furthur cancels show after Bob Weir fall

NEW YORK (AP) — Furthur is cancelling a tour date after guitarist Bob Weir fell onstage at a concert last week. Weir said on his website Tuesday that the Grateful Dead offshoot is “unable to […]

2013/05/01

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