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- Former UW basketball player Overton charged
- Woman photographs eagle and prey on power line
- Military spending on the agenda as US mayors meet
- Obama extends National Guard border deployment
- 6-foot python found atop garbage truck in Ohio
- UN body votes for protection of gay rights
- Calif watchdog investigating Bell police union
- Congressman from NJ wins $25,000 in lottery
- RI officials unveil renovated women's prison
- Ferris wheel that NJ girl fell from is to reopen
- Group gathers 714K names to repeal Ohio union law
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- Court: Tape of Va Tech shooter's hearing destroyed
- Senate panel agrees on defense budget blueprint
- Prison ordered in Pa. 'hot girlfriend' shooting
| Jury convicts Ariz. inmate who sparked manhunt Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT An Arizona inmate whose escape sparked a three-week national manhunt was convicted Friday of breaking out of prison and abducting two truck drivers whose big rig was used as a getaway vehicle.            |
| NY man cleared of 1972 slaying indicted Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT A 78-year-old man acquitted in March of killing a blind upstate New York homemaker in 1972 has been indicted on a federal charge of failing to register as a sex offender.  |
| TVA signs letter of intent for mini reactors Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed a letter of intent to become the first utility to have a small modular nuclear reactor built.  |
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| Former UW basketball player Overton charged Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT Former Washington basketball player Venoy Overton was charged Friday in King County Superior Court with promoting prostitution involving an 18-year-old woman.  |
| Woman photographs eagle and prey on power line Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT A Montana woman photographing a bald eagle in a spruce tree near her house also made a picture of what was left of its prey -- a fawn carcass dangling from a power line.  |
| Military spending on the agenda as US mayors meet Posted: 17 Jun 2011 11:10 AM PDT Money spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be spent at home under a resolution proposed Friday by U.S. mayors that calls on Congress to hasten the end of the wars.  |
| Obama extends National Guard border deployment Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:50 AM PDT The Obama Administration is keeping the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border for at least another three months where the soldiers support the Border Patrol by watching for people sneaking across the border.  |
| 6-foot python found atop garbage truck in Ohio Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT The driver of a garbage truck found a 6-foot Burmese python on its roof after he emptied a trash bin into the truck at a Cincinnati fast-food restaurant.  |
| UN body votes for protection of gay rights Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:20 AM PDT The United Nations issued its first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people on Friday in a cautiously worded declaration hailed by supporters including the United States as a historic moment.  |
| Calif watchdog investigating Bell police union Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT California's campaign watchdog is investigating the police union in the troubled city of Bell. The California Fair Political Practices Commission probe focuses on whether the Bell Police Officers Association violated state law in the March election by using campaign materials showing officers in uniform.  |
| Congressman from NJ wins $25,000 in lottery Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey has hit the lottery. Pallone reported earning $25,000 from the New Jersey Lottery in his financial disclosure form for 2010 that was released this week. The report was filed May 13 but doesn't say more specifically when last year Pallone won the lottery.  |
| RI officials unveil renovated women's prison Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT Rhode Island prison officials have offered their first glimpse of a renovated facility for women inmates.  |
| Ferris wheel that NJ girl fell from is to reopen Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT A Ferris wheel in New Jersey from which an 11-year-old girl fell to her death this month will reopen Saturday with new safety precautions.  |
| Group gathers 714K names to repeal Ohio union law Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT Opponents of Ohio's new collective bargaining law say they have collected hundreds of thousands more signatures than needed in their effort to let voters decide whether to repeal the measure this fall.  |
| US dismisses criminal charges against bin Laden Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT A federal judge has approved a request by prosecutors to officially dismiss all criminal charges against Osama bin Laden.  |
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| Court: Tape of Va Tech shooter's hearing destroyed Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT Attorneys for the families of two students killed in the Virginia Tech shootings won't get to hear an audio tape of a hearing to decide whether the shooter would have to undergo mental health treatment.  |
| Senate panel agrees on defense budget blueprint Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT A Senate panel has completed its work on a $683 billion defense spending blueprint that includes a compromise on the handling of Guantanamo Bay detainees.  |
| Prison ordered in Pa. 'hot girlfriend' shooting Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT A Pennsylvania man has been sent to prison for at least seven years for shooting another man because the victim looked at his "very hot girlfriend."  |
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