May 19, 2013
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The escalator bank at the north end of Reliant Stadium remains closed Friday in Houston.  A fan fell to his death from an escalator while attending a preseason game Thursday between the Houston Texans and the Minnesota Vikings, Reliant Stadium officials said in a statement.
Fan falls to death at Texans stadium during game
HOUSTON — A 25-year-old fan died after tumbling about 60 feet from a fifth-floor escalator at Reliant Stadium during a preseason Houston Texans game, officials said Friday. Jonathon Kelly of Hou...
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney acknowledges delegates before speaking Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
‘Need jobs, lots of jobs’
TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney launched his fall campaign for the White House in a rousing Republican National Convention finale Thursday night, proclaiming America needs “jobs, lots of jobs” and promis...
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Colleges open their eyes: Sleep is key to good GPA
As college students return to campus in the coming weeks, they’ll be showered in the usual handouts of coupons, condoms and credit cards. But some schools are also giving students what a growin...
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Yosemite shuts cabins for rodent probe
FRESNO, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials have indefinitely closed 91 cabins at the center of a probe into the deaths of two people from a mouse-borne virus. Officials say the double-wal...
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Weaker Isaac hovers over Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS — Isaac hovered over Louisiana for a third day Thursday, shedding more than a foot of additional rain that forced authorities to hurriedly evacuate areas ahead of the storm and rescue h...
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Man gets 99 years for sex assault of girl
LIBERTY, Texas — A man convicted of participating in the repeated group sexual assault of an 11-year-old Texas girl was sentenced Thursday to 99 years in prison — but he wasn’t in court to face his...
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Prosecutor seeks death penalty for 3 soldiers
LUDOWICI, Ga. — Georgia prosecutors will seek the death penalty against three Army soldiers accused of killing a former serviceman and his girlfriend to protect an anti-government militia group, of...
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100-year-old’s wreck rekindles age debate
LOS ANGELES — Jack Wyard of Los Angeles is 92 and sees no reason to surrender his car keys, not to mention the freedom they offer to get up and go whenever he wants. After all, the retired sales...
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Levi Aron (right) appears in court for sentencing Wednesday at State Supreme Court in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Aron received 40 years to life in prison for the 2011 abduction and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky.
Man gets 40 years to life for dismembering boy
NEW YORK — A hardware store clerk was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, killing and dismembering a lost little boy, bringing an end to a gruesom...
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Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and wife Janna appear on stage at the Wisconsin delegation's Beers and Brats event Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. Ryan officially accepted the vice presidential candidate nomination Wednesday.
Ryan: Romney won’t ‘duck tough issues’
TAMPA, Fla. — Seizing the Republican National Convention spotlight, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan promised Wednesday night that Mitt Romney “will not duck the tough issues” if he wins the W...
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