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- Bomb threat prompts 5-hour evacuation at Texas A&M
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- Police say missing Oregon woman's cellphone found
- APNewsBreak: Tenn.'s meningitis has likely peaked
- US gun industry is thriving during Obama's term
- Obama accuses Romney of suffering from 'Romnesia'
- Congress launches inauguration website
- Governor Patrick appoints Marita Rivero to head board of Bunker Hill Community College
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- Fire destroys State Fair of Texas icon Big Tex
- Closure extended for inspection in meningitis case
- Ameridose closure extended; pharmacy has same owners as one tied to meningitis cases
- Texas A&M searching campus buildings after threat
- Vt. Supreme Court upholds Lowell wind permits
- Auburn standoff resolved without injury
- Md. man charged with secretly recording women
- Police say missing Ore. woman's cellphone found
- Jets' McKnight a 'game-time decision' vs. Pats
| Bomb threat prompts 5-hour evacuation at Texas A&M Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University's campus shut down for about five hours Friday after an emailed bomb threat prompted an evacuation and building-by-building search.           |
| McMahon spends $27M in Conn. US Senate campaign Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:55 PM PDT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former wrestling magnate Linda McMahon has invested more than $27 million of her personal fortune into her current U.S. Senate campaign, bringing the total she's spent pursuing a seat in Congress — including an unsuccessful run in 2010 — to more than $77 million, according to finance records obtained Friday.  |
| Police say missing Oregon woman's cellphone found Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:24 PM PDT GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — Police say children playing outside an apartment complex have found the cellphone of an Oregon woman who vanished three days ago under suspicious circumstances.  |
| APNewsBreak: Tenn.'s meningitis has likely peaked Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's chief medical officer says the rate of new infections from a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak appears to be declining in the state where it was first discovered.  |
| US gun industry is thriving during Obama's term Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Tennessee lawyer Brian Manookian says he never considered himself a gun enthusiast. He owns just one handgun and was raised in a gun-free home. But the firearms industry has proven so successful in recent years that he decided to give up practicing law and make guns his livelihood.  |
| Obama accuses Romney of suffering from 'Romnesia' Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:02 PM PDT FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama offered a mocking medical diagnosis Friday for what he considers rival Mitt Romney's bout with shifting positions: "Romnesia."  |
| Congress launches inauguration website Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has launched a website and Facebook page as it prepares for the 57th presidential inauguration to take place on the west side of the Capitol on Jan. 21.  |
| Governor Patrick appoints Marita Rivero to head board of Bunker Hill Community College Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:16 PM PDT Governor Deval Patrick today appointed Marita Rivero as the new chairwoman of the board of trustees at Bunker Hill Community College. Rivero, vice president and general manager of television and radio at WGBH, will begin the position on Jan. 1., the state Department of Education said. She replaces Jeanne-Marie Boylan, who has held the position since 1999.  |
| News Summary: US gun industry thriving under Obama Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:32 PM PDT GUNS GUNS GUNS: An analysis by The Associated Press of data tracking the health of the gun industry shows that President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for guns.  |
| 'Perversion files' name 4 ex-Scout leaders in RI Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:39 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The newly released Boy Scouts "perversion files" name several former Scout officials in Rhode Island, including one expelled from the organization in the 1970s after being accused of forcing a boy to perform a sex act on him.  |
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| Fire destroys State Fair of Texas icon Big Tex Posted: 19 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT DALLAS (AP) — Big Tex, the metal cowboy whose slow drawl of "Howdy, folks!" made him an icon of the State Fair of Texas for 60 years, was destroyed Friday when flames engulfed his 52-foot-tall frame.  |
| Closure extended for inspection in meningitis case Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:28 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A pharmacy with the same owners as a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed 21 people has agreed to remain closed until at least Nov. 5.  |
| Ameridose closure extended; pharmacy has same owners as one tied to meningitis cases Posted: 19 Oct 2012 01:42 PM PDT A Westborough pharmacy with the same owners as the Framingham specialty phamacy at the center of the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak will remain closed until at least Nov. 5. The temporary closure of Ameridose, by mutual agreement with state regulators, was extended two weeks to give investigators more time to complete an inspection of the Westborough facility.  |
| Texas A&M searching campus buildings after threat Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:24 PM PDT COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Officials at Texas A&M University say the bomb threat that forced the evacuation of everyone on campus was sent via email.  |
| Vt. Supreme Court upholds Lowell wind permits Posted: 19 Oct 2012 02:39 PM PDT MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Supreme Court on Friday rejected a series of appeals filed by opponents of a wind-power project under construction on Lowell Mountain.  |
| Auburn standoff resolved without injury Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:54 AM PDT AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Police say a 23-year-old man who was arrested following a standoff in Auburn, Maine, has been charged with two counts of criminal threatening with a firearm.  |
| Md. man charged with secretly recording women Posted: 19 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Police have arrested a 42-year-old man they say secretly videotaped two women in their Maryland condominium.  |
| Police say missing Ore. woman's cellphone found Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — Police say children playing outside an apartment complex have found the cellphone of an Oregon woman who vanished three days ago under suspicious circumstances.  |
| Jets' McKnight a 'game-time decision' vs. Pats Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Rex Ryan says New York Jets running back-kick returner Joe McKnight will be a "game-time decision" on whether he plays Sunday in an AFC East showdown with the New England Patriots.  |
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