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- Prosecutor: 3 Ohioans enslaved disabled mom, child
- Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet
- Bank teller pleads guilty in theft from customers
- Conn. senators still hold out hope for gun bill
- R.I. high court upholds murder conviction of parolee
- Portland, Maine, says, ‘Life’s good here’
- New video, $65K reward in '08 Times Square bombing
- Grand jury to get charges in Va. mall shooting
- Negotiators reach deal to fund new women’s prison in N.H.
- What it takes to become an Army Ranger
- Records sought in fungal meningitis outbreak
- N.H. man sentenced for raping foster brother, 7, in Mass.
- Police in Lancaster, N.H., warn of paving scam
- South Texas county sued over jail abuse
- IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
- Warrants say Conn. murder suspect threatened victim
- Utah man shot in church upgraded to fair condition
- Sword stolen decades ago on way back to Brown University
- CBO: Senate immigration bill cuts deficits by $197B over 10 years, $700B in next 10
- Penalty-killer Paille steps up offense for Bruins
| Prosecutor: 3 Ohioans enslaved disabled mom, child Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:47 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bills, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her captors, authorities said Tuesday in announcing federal charges against three suspects. 
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| Minn. mother, son accused of stealing gopher feet Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:46 PM PDT PRESTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota mother and her 18-year-old son are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty. 
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| Bank teller pleads guilty in theft from customers Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:45 PM PDT A bank teller accused of stealing from the CD accounts of mostly elderly customers has pleaded guilty to bank fraud. Federal prosecutors said Michelle Laudato, 35, of Farmington pleaded guilty Tuesday in US district court in Hartford. Prosecutors said Laudato used her position at a Webster Bank branch in Bristol to steal more than $178,000 from the accounts of at least 18 customers between July 2009 and June 2010. 
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| Conn. senators still hold out hope for gun bill Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:45 PM PDT HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's two Democratic U.S. senators say they still believe the Senate could take up a slightly retooled gun control bill later this year. 
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| R.I. high court upholds murder conviction of parolee Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:43 PM PDT The Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld Tuesday the murder conviction of a man in a deadly 2007 home invasion while out on parole after decades of incarceration on an earlier murder conviction. The court said the weight of evidence against Alfred ''Freddie'' Bishop was ''enormous.'' Bishop was sentenced in Rhode Island Superior Court in 2009 to life without parole for the killing of Gabriel Medeiros. 
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| Portland, Maine, says, ‘Life’s good here’ Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:41 PM PDT Maine's largest city is betting that visitors will come to know that ''life's good here.'' The city launched a new marketing campaign Tuesday under the slogan: ''Portland, Maine. Yes. Life's good here.'' 
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| New video, $65K reward in '08 Times Square bombing Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:40 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — New video footage of a suspected bomber riding a blue bicycle was offered Tuesday along with a $65,000 award in an effort to generate leads in the 2008 blast at the military recruitment station in Times Square. 
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| Grand jury to get charges in Va. mall shooting Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:40 PM PDT CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — The case against a man charged with shooting two women at a community college inside a Virginia mall is headed to a grand jury. 
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| Negotiators reach deal to fund new women’s prison in N.H. Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:38 PM PDT New Hampshire House and Senate negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a public works budget for the next two years that contains funding for a new women's prison. 
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| What it takes to become an Army Ranger Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — As the military looks to bring women into combat jobs closer to the front lines, including commando units, senior leaders are reviewing the physical and mental requirements that troops must meet in order to qualify for certain positions. 
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| Records sought in fungal meningitis outbreak Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:37 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three Tennessee clinics have received subpoenas for documents related to drugs from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak last year. 
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| N.H. man sentenced for raping foster brother, 7, in Mass. Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:36 PM PDT A New Hampshire man convicted of sexually assaulting his 7-year-old foster brother while they lived in Massachusetts was sentenced in Greenfield Superior Court Monday to up to 10 years in prison. Joshua Matthews, 24, was also sentenced to 10 years probation upon release. 
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| Police in Lancaster, N.H., warn of paving scam Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT Police in Lancaster, N.H., are warning people of a likely paving scam in the area. Police are advising homeowners to be leery of anyone approaching them offering some paving work at a reduced price. 
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| South Texas county sued over jail abuse Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:32 PM PDT GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) — A South Texas county has been sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women in its jail. 
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| IRS worker: No political bias against tea party Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman has released the full transcript of congressional investigators' interview with an Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican who said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office, not in Washington. 
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| Warrants say Conn. murder suspect threatened victim Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:31 PM PDT Police said a man charged with killing a Connecticut college student threatened to kill her after she tried to break off their relationship shortly before she disappeared in April. Arrest and search warrant affidavits were released Monday in the murder case against Jermaine Richards, 30, of Bridgeport. 
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| Utah man shot in church upgraded to fair condition Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:28 PM PDT OGDEN, Utah (AP) — It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many at the church as Ricky Jennings, entered through the glass doors in back, holding his wife Cheryl's hand. 
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| Sword stolen decades ago on way back to Brown University Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:28 PM PDT A Brown University spokesman said a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Ivy League school in the 1970s. Last week, a federal judge in Virginia ordered Williamsburg collector Donald Tharpe to surrender the Tiffany silver sword to Brown. 
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| CBO: Senate immigration bill cuts deficits by $197B over 10 years, $700B in next 10 Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — CBO: Senate immigration bill cuts deficits by $197B over 10 years, $700B in next 10. 
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| Penalty-killer Paille steps up offense for Bruins Posted: 18 Jun 2013 02:22 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — His teammates always knew Daniel Paille was more than a speedy penalty killer who specialized in defense for the Boston Bruins. 
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