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- Conn. tourism gets boost from filmmaker Ken Burns
- GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
- Alamo to display fragile 'Victory or Death' letter
- NY cop killing suspect released from hospital
- Romney's campaign says he still supports Mourdock
- Southbridge Pop Warner official defends team’s conduct in 5-concussion game
- Jeff Blatnick, 1984 gold medal wrestler, dies
- Judge calls mistrial in U. Iowa liberal bias trial
- Man grazed by bullet after hotel tryst goes bad
- Critical online reviews can carry legal risks
- NJ teens accused of killing girl showed 2 sides
- Judge declares mistrial in political discrimination lawsuit against U. of Iowa law school
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- Azerbaijan, Gaza, Ethiopia women win media awards
- Patriots hoping for win before bye week
- Colo. fire destroys dozen homes; others evacuated
| Conn. tourism gets boost from filmmaker Ken Burns Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:12 PM PDT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's tourism industry is getting a boost from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.           |
| GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" — has propelled the emotional issue of abortion back to the political forefront. It's put GOP candidates in tight races, from the presidential candidate on down, on the defensive.  |
| Alamo to display fragile 'Victory or Death' letter Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Visitors to the Alamo will get a rare glimpse next year of the "Victory or Death" letter penned 177 years ago by the head of the outnumbered Texas forces while under bombardment by Mexican government troops.  |
| NY cop killing suspect released from hospital Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A police spokeswoman says an ex-convict suspected of gunning down a suburban New York police officer and then shooting to death a carjacking victim is being transferred from a hospital to Nassau County police headquarters on Long Island.  |
| Romney's campaign says he still supports Mourdock Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney's campaign says he still supports Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after Mourdock said "God intended" pregnancies that result from rape. The campaign has not asked Mourdock to pull a TV ad featuring Romney.  |
| Southbridge Pop Warner official defends team’s conduct in 5-concussion game Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT An official with the Southbridge Pop Warner football program today defended the team's conduct during a Sept. 15 game in which five rival players between the ages of 10 and 12 suffered concussions. Reading from a prepared statement, Rob Philion, vice president of Southbridge Pop Warner Youth Football and Cheer, said the rival Tantasqua coaches bore the responsibility for protecting their players.  |
| Jeff Blatnick, 1984 gold medal wrestler, dies Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:03 PM PDT SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — Jeff Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics and went on to a career as a sports commentator and motivational speaker, died Wednesday in New York state at age 55.  |
| Judge calls mistrial in U. Iowa liberal bias trial Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:09 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a conservative scholar who claims she was passed over for jobs at the University of Iowa law school because of liberal bias.  |
| Man grazed by bullet after hotel tryst goes bad Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence police say a Colorado man was grazed by a bullet after a hotel tryst took a dangerous turn.  |
| Critical online reviews can carry legal risks Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:26 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota doctor took offense when a patient's son posted critical remarks about him on some rate-your-doctor websites, including a comment by a nurse who purportedly called the physician "a real tool."  |
| NJ teens accused of killing girl showed 2 sides Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:21 PM PDT CLAYTON, N.J. (AP) — Something struck Toni Fiorella whenever she would see a mother from her hometown drop two teenage sons off at the laundromat to do the family's wash. She didn't know them by name, but they were always respectful. Their mother must be on to something, Fiorella thought.  |
| Judge declares mistrial in political discrimination lawsuit against U. of Iowa law school Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Judge declares mistrial in political discrimination lawsuit against U. of Iowa law school.  |
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| Police: 3 people dead after 5 shot in Los Angeles Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) — Five people were shot and three of them died Wednesday in connected attacks at a business and residence in a Los Angeles suburb, police said.  |
| Audit: US oversight of charter school funds lax Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — An audit of the U.S. Department of Education's division overseeing hundreds of millions of dollars in charter school funding has criticized the office for failing to properly monitor how states spend the money.  |
| Wandering pig finds himself banned in Brockton Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT Loving the streets of Brockton was ultimately Porkchop's undoing. The peripatetic pig is now banned from the city. Porkchop, a lovable 125-pound potbellied pig, was simply caught too many times by animal control officers enjoying strolls down Silver Road, where he lives with owner Anthony Ruiz.  |
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| Azerbaijan, Gaza, Ethiopia women win media awards Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:47 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A columnist imprisoned under Ethiopia's controversial anti-terrorism laws, an Azerbaijani investigative radio reporter who had surveillance cameras planted in her apartment and a Palestinian blogger who has been beaten and tortured for reporting on abuses and protests in Gaza each received Courage in Journalism awards Wednesday from a women's media group.  |
| Patriots hoping for win before bye week Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have one major mission before their bye week. Go to London and bring back a win.  |
| Colo. fire destroys dozen homes; others evacuated Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:45 PM PDT WETMORE, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in and around a small southern Colorado town has destroyed at least 12 houses, authorities said Wednesday.  |
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