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Pharmacist surrenders license as case count rises

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:27 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The pharmacist who co-founded a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak has voluntarily surrendered his license in Tennessee as state health officials report an increase in people sickened.

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Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:27 PM PDT

Long Island police officer killed in traffic stop

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:36 PM PDT

BELLEROSE TERRACE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a man who fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident gunned down a Long Island police officer.

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Obama makes closing case to late-breaking voters

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling to win late-breaking undecided voters, President Barack Obama is pressing a closing argument that balances economic optimism with second-term specifics, all while raising doubts about Republican Mitt Romney's trustworthiness.

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Liberal US appeals judge Betty Fletcher dies at 89

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:22 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Longtime federal appeals court judge Betty Fletcher has died at age 89.

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4 dead in murder-suicide; 2 at retirement home

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:19 PM PDT

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Four people were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in California that included the deaths of an 88-year-old woman and the suspected gunman at an upscale retirement home in Stockton, police said.

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Pharmacist linked to outbreak surrenders license

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:18 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The pharmacist who co-founded a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak has voluntarily surrendered his license in Tennessee as the state pharmacy board discussed potential civil penalties against the company.

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Another Maine city endorses gay marriage

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — South Portland is joining other major Maine cities that have endorsed "yes" votes for the gay marriage question on the Nov. 6 ballot.

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Texas school finance case focuses on demographics

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A boom in Texas' Hispanic population, coupled with starkly higher poverty rates for minorities statewide, could so hurt future household income that it would cost the Lone Star State $11.4 billion annually in lost tax revenue by 2050, a demographics expert testified Tuesday at a school finance trial.

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WHY IT MATTERS: Auto bailout

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

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Forecasters: Too early to tell if Tropical Storm Sandy will hit Mass. on Halloween

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Sandy could be headed for New England just in time for Halloween, but forecasters say it is still too early to tell. "It's possible," said National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Dellicarpini. "The possibilities range from it hitting the east coast to remaining out over the open ocean." Sandy was upgraded to a tropical storm from a tropical depression Monday. The storm is carrying winds up to 50 miles per hour and is 275 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, Dellicarpini said.

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US wants new Lebanon gov't free of Syria influence

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday threw its support behind efforts by Lebanon's president to form a new government in the aftermath of last week's deadly car bombing in Beirut that many blame on Syria or its ally, Hezbollah.

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Vets say late pay from VA cripples their finances

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:22 PM PDT

DENVER (AP) — Exasperated veterans who work part-time for the Veterans Administration while attending college say their paychecks are sometimes weeks late, leaving them in trouble with bill collectors or having to borrow money to avoid eviction.

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Jury clears Bridgeport cop, city in fatal shooting

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:07 PM PDT

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A state civil court jury has cleared a Bridgeport police lieutenant and the city of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a South Carolina man in 2008.

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Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT

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Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:14 PM PDT

Informant: NYPD paid me to 'bait' Muslims

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:35 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A paid informant for the New York Police Department's intelligence unit was under orders to "bait" Muslims into saying inflammatory things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press.

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WHY IT MATTERS: Outsourcing

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:05 PM PDT

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Official: New York LI police officer among 2 dead

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT

BELLEROSE TERRACE, N.Y. (AP) — Gunfire that erupted near Belmont Racetrack on the edge of New York City killed a Long Island police officer and another person Tuesday morning.

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School loses swim title, alleged rule violations

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

GARDNER, Mass. (AP) — Gardner High School has been stripped of its 2012 girls' state swim title for alleged rule violations.

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