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- Appeals court rejects NY cigarette tax challenge
- Feds: Reputed NYC mob leader ordered hit
- Costa Rican firm challenges Alcatel deal with US
- US weighs debt relief for post-Mubarak Egypt
- Efforts to curtail private-sector unions faltering
- Efforts to curtail private-sector unions faltering
- Arizona going to high court on immigration
- Caring for poor, hospitals reach brink of closure
- Northrop Grumman unveils new intel airplane
- Fire officials advise evacuations in southwest NM
- Calif. teachers begin weeklong budget protest
- SC teen charged with killing mom on Mother's Day
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| Car crashes down elevator shaft in Seattle garage Posted: 09 May 2011 02:10 PM PDT The Seattle Fire Department says one person is trapped after a car crashed through sheetrock in a hospital parking garage and plunged 10 feet down an elevator shaft.            |
| Absolute Poker lays off US pros after indictments Posted: 09 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT The parent company of online poker websites Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet says it has laid off 11 sponsored poker professionals in the United States as two of its executives face charges of tricking banks into processing illegal gambling payments.  |
| Posted: 09 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT In a May 4 story about Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press reported erroneously how long the World Trade Center towers stood after being hit by hijacked airplanes on Sept. 11, 2001. The south tower stood for 56 minutes before collapsing, and the north tower for about one and a half hours, according to investigators.  |
| Pa. senator convicted on gun-related charge Posted: 09 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT A Berks County judge says a Pennsylvania state senator who allegedly displayed a handgun while driving on Interstate 78 is guilty of a summary charge of disorderly conduct.  |
| APNewsBreak: 46 bus drivers hit in NY safety check Posted: 09 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 46 drivers of tour buses, buses and taxis are being charged with holding commercial licenses even though they had other licenses suspended under different names.  |
| Ex-Marine gets life in prison for killing family Posted: 09 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT A former Marine and pastor's son convicted of strangling his wife and two sons in Illinois will spend the rest of his life in prison.  |
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| Appeals court rejects NY cigarette tax challenge Posted: 09 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT A federal appeals court has lifted stays that blocked New York's effort to collect taxes on cigarette sales by Indian-owned businesses to non-Indians.  |
| Feds: Reputed NYC mob leader ordered hit Posted: 09 May 2011 12:30 PM PDT Federal prosecutors say a New York City mob boss purposefully ordered a hit on an associate because he had been disrespected.  |
| Costa Rican firm challenges Alcatel deal with US Posted: 09 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT A Costa Rican telecommunications company is challenging an agreement between French company Alcatel-Lucent SA and the U.S. government to settle bribery charges.  |
| US weighs debt relief for post-Mubarak Egypt Posted: 09 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT The Obama administration is considering a package of economic assistance, including debt relief, to help Egypt in its democratic transition following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak in February.  |
| Efforts to curtail private-sector unions faltering Posted: 09 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT Republican lawmakers in more than one-quarter of the states this year launched an ambitious attempt to break up union-only shops in private-sector workplaces.  |
| Efforts to curtail private-sector unions faltering Posted: 09 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT Not content to target only public-sector unions, Republican lawmakers in more than one-quarter of the states this year launched their most ambitious attempt in about generation to break up union shops in factories, offices and other private-sector workplaces.  |
| Arizona going to high court on immigration Posted: 09 May 2011 11:20 AM PDT Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put the most controversial parts of the state's immigration enforcement law on hold.  |
| Caring for poor, hospitals reach brink of closure Posted: 09 May 2011 11:20 AM PDT Two charity hospitals in Illinois are facing a life-or-death decision. There's not much left of either of them -- one in Chicago's south suburbs, the other in impoverished East St. Louis -- aside from emergency rooms crowded with patients seeking free care. Now they would like the state's permission to shut down.  |
| Northrop Grumman unveils new intel airplane Posted: 09 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT Northrop Grumman Corp. has unveiled a new intelligence-gathering aircraft that can be flown either robotically or with a pilot aboard.  |
| Fire officials advise evacuations in southwest NM Posted: 09 May 2011 09:50 AM PDT Residents of about 35 homes in southwestern New Mexico have been advised to evacuate because of an approaching wildfire that has burned nearly 52 square miles.  |
| Calif. teachers begin weeklong budget protest Posted: 09 May 2011 09:20 AM PDT Thousands of California teachers have begun gathering for a weeklong series of protests over the threat of deep budget cuts to public education, starting with an early morning rally in downtown San Francisco.  |
| SC teen charged with killing mom on Mother's Day Posted: 09 May 2011 09:20 AM PDT Police in South Carolina say a 17-year-old shot his mother to death on Mother's Day.  |
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