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Dartmouth says numbers down for binge drinking

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT

Two years after Dartmouth College started a national initiative to reduce binge drinking, it says the number of its students treated for extreme alcohol intoxication has been reduced by more than half.
    

Nanny cam shows intruder beating NJ woman near kid

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:50 PM PDT

MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — Police are searching for a man who appears on a hidden-camera video repeatedly beating a New Jersey woman in front of her young daughter during a home invasion.
    

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Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:45 PM PDT

    

ND abortion clinic files federal legal challenge

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:42 PM PDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's lone abortion clinic filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the nation's toughest abortion restrictions from taking effect, expanding on a separate challenge it raised last month in state court.
    

ND abortion clinic files federal legal challenge

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:41 PM PDT

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging two new North Dakota laws that impose the nation's toughest abortion restrictions.
    

Temperature to soar across Arizona, West this week

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:39 PM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is in the grips of a dangerous heat wave that could send temperatures soaring to 118 degrees by the weekend in Phoenix, creating ripe conditions for wildfires and forcing the Border Patrol to ramp up efforts to rescue immigrants succumbing to the stifling heat while crossing the border.
    

Mass. man's body found in Otis Reservoir

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:36 PM PDT

OTIS, Mass. (AP) — The Berkshire district attorney's office says search crews have recovered the body of a man believed to have drowned at Otis Reservoir.
    

Clippers finalize Doc Rivers hire

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doc Rivers is the Los Angeles Clippers' new coach and senior vice president of basketball operations.
    

Family and friends of homicide victim say he was dreaming of a stable life

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT

With no arrests yet in the triple homicide at a house party in Dorchester early Saturday, the family and friends of one of the victims, Felix Garcia, spoke about how he had taken on new responsibility recently and dreamed of a stable adulthood. Garcia's sisters, Michelle, 14, and Bryana, 17, said was always encouraging them to do their best.
    

Maine man killed in ATV accident

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:30 PM PDT

NEW PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials say a 29-year-old western Maine man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash.
    

Ex-supervisor found guilty in Ala. inmate death

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal jurors have convicted a former prison supervisor of fatally beating an inmate and conspiring to cover it up.
    

Army reductions will affect 10 US bases

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT

The Army's plans to eliminate a dozen combat brigades by 2017 will affect 10 military bases in eight states. A brigade is between 3,500 and 5,000 troops.
    

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,109

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:25 PM PDT

As of Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at least 2,109 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
    

Bruins head into offseason after stunning loss

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:24 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — Don't tell David Krejci that adversity makes you stronger.
    

Blackhawks fan celebrate another Stanley Cup

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:16 PM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks brought the Stanley Cup home Tuesday and proceeded to take it on a pub crawl, with scores of ecstatic fans flocking to taverns and restaurants in hopes of catching a glimpse of their beloved players and the sacred trophy awarded to the NHL champion.
    

NH scouts calm after burns from lightning

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:13 PM PDT

GILMANTON, N.H. (AP) — With about a 15-minute warning from their base camp, Boy Scouts and their counselors at a remote New Hampshire campground hurriedly gathered under a tarp tied to trees to wait out an approaching evening storm.
    

Mass. student's $675,000 song-sharing fine upheld

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — A $675,000 verdict against a former Boston University student who illegally downloaded and shared songs on the Internet has been upheld.
    

Gov. Paul LePage signs Lyme disease bill

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:05 PM PDT

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill aimed at promoting Lyme disease awareness.
    

Former NSA official sympathizes with Snowden

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says he feels a "significant kinship" with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
    

Old NYC safe linked to Susan B. Anthony is opened

Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — After several minutes of fiddling with the combination lock, the safe cracker pronounced it was ready.