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Associated Press Judge Lillian Sing applauds a defendant on the bench of the Community Court Tuesday in San Francisco. While it's been difficult for researchers to determine cost savings by the courts, new studies suggest the courts are helping stem crime.
Novel courts handle low-level crimes in US
SAN FRANCISCO — In most courtrooms, spontaneous applause could get you thrown out. But in this San Francisco court, it’s expected — and strongly encouraged for the defendants. Bowls of hard cand...
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Professor’s research targets tumors with light
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Gabe Spalding is sculpting light to try to kill tumors and pain centers while preserving surrounding healthy tissue. Spalding is an Illinois Wesleyan University professor of ...
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Associated Press Aliayah Lunsford, 3, of Bendale, W.Va. appears in an undated photo. Aliaya has been missing since she vanished from the family home on Sept. 24. 2011.
Family wants answers on missing 3-year-old
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Her mother is in prison for welfare fraud. Her stepfather is lying low. Her six siblings, some just infants, are in the custody of child welfare authorities. And Aliayah Lunsfor...
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Mother sues megachurch over rape allegation
TULSA, Okla. — The mother of a 13-year-old girl allegedly raped at a Tulsa megachurch is suing the church for waiting two weeks to report the allegation. The lawsuit — first reported by the Tuls...
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Man mauled says he wanted to be one with tiger
NEW YORK — Before his now-infamous tangle with a Bronx Zoo tiger, David Villalobos adorned his Facebook page with New Age odes to Mother Earth and affirmations like, “Be love and fearless.” Poli...
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Associated Press British billionaire Sir Richard Branson drinks champagne after repelling down the side of the new Spaceport America hangar in 2011 in Upham, N.M. As the nation's first launch station to send people to space nears completion, some see signs New Mexico may have reached for the stars - and got stuck in the bad economy.
Spaceport America hangar is built, but who will come?
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — New Mexico Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson says it will be New Mexico’s Sydney Opera House. Virgin Galactic Chairman Richard Branson has hinted it will host the fir...
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Officer shoots, kills double amputee
HOUSTON — A Houston police officer has fatally shot a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair after police say the double amputee waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen. Police spoke...
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Floodwaters recede in Alaska; cleanup begins
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Floodwaters receded Saturday from much of the tourist town of Talkeetna, giving residents a chance to begin cleaning the muddy mess left behind — but officials warned that the d...
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Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy luncheon Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has skipped out of Washington so lawmakers can make their case for voters to re-elect them.
Often-criticized Congress exits town until November
WASHINGTON — The most partisan, least productive Congress in memory has skipped out of Washington so lawmakers can make their case for voters to re-elect them. The Senate closed the Capitol not ...
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Mauled NY man: I wanted to be one with the tiger
NEW YORK — Before his now-infamous tangle with a Bronx Zoo tiger, David Villalobos adorned his Facebook page with New Age odes to Mother Earth and affirmations like, “Be love and fearless.” Poli...
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