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• Dozens of families remain at lead-tainted Indiana complex

  31-03-2017 23:55
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dozens of families remained at a lead-contaminated public housing complex in northwest Indiana, despite a Friday target date to move them out so the city can tear down the building
  
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• Fiery highway collapse may snarl Atlanta traffic for months

  31-03-2017 23:49
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's dreadful rush-hour traffic could be extra nasty for months to come after a raging fire underneath Interstate 85 collapsed an elevated portion of the highway and shut down the
  
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• Witness: Driver in crash admitted texting before collision

  31-03-2017 23:48
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, apologized after the crash and acknowledged he had been texting while driving, a witn
  
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• Sale of ex-Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock is finalized

  31-03-2017 23:47
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It's official: Atlantic City's former Trump Taj Mahal casino now belongs to Hard Rock International.
  
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• Homicide victim was previously attacked at gay bar in 2011

  31-03-2017 23:43
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 46-year-old man who was stabbed to death this week in his downtown Madison apartment also was brutally attacked outside a gay bar in 2011 and became an advocate for LGBT victims
  
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• Oregon set to double recycling rate to 10 cents a can

  31-03-2017 23:40
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon was the first state in the nation to give 5-cent refunds for recycling used soda cans and glass bottles more than 45 years ago.
  
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• Trump's approach to intel agencies shows anxiety, distrust

  31-03-2017 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House's handling of intelligence reports on the Russia investigation has been labeled unorthodox and, to the Democrats, suspicious. But when it comes to Donald Trump's rela
  
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• Venezuela's top prosecutor rebukes Supreme Court power grab

  31-03-2017 23:30
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's chief prosecutor broke with the government on Friday and rebuked a Supreme Court decision stripping Congress of its last vestiges of power, showing a crack in the
  
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• Court won't revive suit over Confederate-themed state flag

  31-03-2017 23:27
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has blocked an African-American attorney's effort to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the Mississippi state flag. The man says he'll take the cas
  
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• Trump talks up orders on trade, but neglects to sign them

  31-03-2017 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had an apparent glitch Friday afternoon at an Oval Office signing for pair of executive orders: After touting the measures, he neglected to sign them.
  
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• Ex-Detroit school official gets 1½ years in prison for fraud

  31-03-2017 23:22
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A woman who retired from the Detroit school district after nearly 40 years has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a scheme to reap nearly $1.3 million for tutoring services that
  
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• North Carolina future uncertain after 'Bathroom bill' reset

  31-03-2017 23:21
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tense negotiations over a deal to undo North Carolina's "bathroom bill" gave way Friday to uncertainty.
  
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• UN Security Council cuts 500 peacekeepers from Congo mission

  31-03-2017 23:18
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to cut 500 troops from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo and improve its operations to focus on protecting civilians and e
  
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• Authorities: Missing teen spotted with teacher in Oklahoma

  31-03-2017 23:16
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There's been a confirmed sighting in Oklahoma of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared more than two weeks ago with her 50-year-old teacher, Tennessee authorities said Friday.
  
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• Feds: Giuliani seeks 'critical' role in Turkish man's case

  31-03-2017 23:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and an ex-U.S. attorney general met with Turkey's president to seek a "critical" role in resolving charges that a Turkish ma
  
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• The Latest: Witness: Driver admitted texting while driving

  31-03-2017 23:09
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a deadly crash involving a church bus and a pickup truck in southwest Texas (all times local):
  
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• Trump targets trade abuses with executive orders

  31-03-2017 23:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Friday focused on reducing the trade deficit just days before he holds his first meeting with his Chinese counterpart.
  
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• White House makes clear it's not trying to push Assad out

  31-03-2017 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration declared Friday that it wasn't pursuing a strategy to push Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power, making clear its focus is on defeating the Islamic Sta
  
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• NYC mayor wants to close Rikers Island jail over next decade

  31-03-2017 22:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The mayor said Friday that he wants to close the city's troubled Rikers Island jail complex, though he cautioned that doing so would be difficult and take at least a decade.
  
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• Diocese filing for bankruptcy to settle sex abuse claims

  31-03-2017 22:48
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A second Montana Roman Catholic diocese will file for bankruptcy protection as part of settlements involving more than 400 people in sex abuse lawsuits, church officials said Frid
  
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• Family recognized stolen Rockwell painting by pool-cue hole

  31-03-2017 22:44
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A family who lost a Norman Rockwell painting in a burglary at their home over 40 years ago got it back Friday and knew for sure it was theirs because of a scrape and hole the exact
  
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• Will suburban mayor pay political price for backing Trump?

  31-03-2017 22:43
  
  BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — In Roger Claar's 31 years as mayor, Bolingbrook has grown from a sleepy town surrounded by farm fields to a diverse Chicago suburb nearly twice as large, with its own airport
  
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• Second baby eagle hatches at National Arboretum

  31-03-2017 22:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A second bald eagle has hatched in a nest at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Questions, answers about the legal immunity process

  31-03-2017 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn says he's in talks with congressional committees to testify before them in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Those c
  
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• Capitol Week In Review: No Budget Agreement In Sight

  31-03-2017 22:07
  
  State lawmakers are halfway into the legislative session and the Governor says they’re nowhere near a budget agreement; the state’s rainy day fund is tapped; and as of tomorrow, lawmakers will be law breakers.
  
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• Tulsa Firefighters Call Off Search For Man Who Reportedly Jumped Off Bridge

  31-03-2017 20:32
  
  Tulsa firefighters searched for about hour after getting a report a man who had reportedly jumped off the Interstate 44 Arkansas River bridge just after 11:15 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Thousands Prepare To Say 'Goodbye' To Fallen Tecumseh Police Officer

  31-03-2017 19:41
  
  Police from across the U.S. have gathered in the town of Canadian to say their goodbyes to a fallen Tecumseh Police officer. 
  
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• Students to stay home, farmworkers to march for Cesar Chavez

  31-03-2017 19:40
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California and several other states will honor Cesar Chavez by closing schools and state offices Friday, the 90th anniversary of the birth of a man who went from a grape and cotton
  
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• Hispanic pastors note drop in church attendance

  31-03-2017 19:30
  
  They believe people are staying away out of fear of deportation in the wake of stepped up immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
  
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• Getaway driver convicted of murder over carjacking at mall

  31-03-2017 19:25
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The getaway driver in a deadly carjacking at an upscale New Jersey mall has been found guilty of murder.
  
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• John L. Harrison Jr., of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, dies

  31-03-2017 19:24
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — John L. Harrison Jr., who served as a World War II pilot with the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 96.
  
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• Empty jails hope to cash in on illegal immigration crackdown

  31-03-2017 19:24
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Several Texas counties that are struggling with debt because their jails have few or no prisoners hope to refill those cellblocks with a different kind of inmate: immigrants who have ent
  
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• Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs

  31-03-2017 19:23
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas prison officials asked the state's highest court Friday to stay a judge's order that they must disclose more information about one of the drugs they plan to use in th
  
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• The Latest: Researcher: Age of passengers a reason for toll

  31-03-2017 19:19
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a deadly crash involving a church bus and a pickup truck in southwest Texas (all times local):
  
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• Lebanese PM urges world help to cope with refugee influx

  31-03-2017 19:19
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will present a comprehensive plan to help alleviate the enormous burden of Syrian refugees at an upcoming Syria conference in Brussels, but needs urgent international support to
  
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• Family of London attack victim: She's 'getting stronger'

  31-03-2017 19:16
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a Utah woman injured in last week's attack in London says she is getting stronger.
  
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• The Latest: Top Dem says it's too soon to consider immunity

  31-03-2017 19:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the investigation involving Michael Flynn, the president's former national security adviser (all times local):
  
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• New Jersey trooper kills man trying to flee at rest stop

  31-03-2017 19:15
  
  CRANBURY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a state trooper shot and killed a Delaware man who drove toward him while trying to flee from a service area on the New Jersey Turnpike.
  
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• 2 women sentenced for raising money online for al-Shabab

  31-03-2017 19:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women who used an internet chat room to raise several thousand dollars for the Somali militant group al-Shabab have been sentenced to prison.
  
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• Subject Of Tennessee Amber Alert Spotted in OKC

  31-03-2017 19:10
  
  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the 15-year-old victim in an ongoing AMBER Alert, along with the 50-year-old man believed to have kidnapped her earlier this month, have been spotted in Oklahoma City. 
  
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• Austrian lawmaker alleges global Turkish surveillance

  31-03-2017 19:09
  
  VIENNA (AP) — A hodge-podge of documents presented by a senior Austrian lawmaker purports to show a Turkish global surveillance network aimed at undermining organizations loyal to a Muslim cleric who
  
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• The Latest: Feds give $10M to help fix collapsed interstate

  31-03-2017 19:08
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the collapse of a section of an interstate in Atlanta (all times local):
  
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• EU wants to solve divorce before fall talks on UK's future

  31-03-2017 19:08
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday raised the possibility of starting general talks on Britain's future relationship with the bloc as early as the fall if decisive progress is made on key pa
  
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• Israel says will try to curb growth on settlements footprint

  31-03-2017 19:02
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will limit new settlement construction in the West Bank "when possible" to within areas already developed or at least to contiguous areas, President Benjamin Netanyahu's govern
  
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• Clinton criticizes Trump budget cuts to diplomatic programs

  31-03-2017 18:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton on Friday criticized President Donald Trump's proposal to slash billions of dollars from diplomacy and jabbed rhetorically at her former rival, remarking on her pench
  
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• Judge approves $25 million Trump University settlement

  31-03-2017 18:54
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A judge on Friday approved an agreement for President Donald Trump to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits over his now-defunct Trump University, ending nearly seven years of legal batt
  
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• Indiana police investigating sex abuse video posted online

  31-03-2017 18:54
  
  LA PORTE, Ind. (AP) — Northern Indiana police say a number of people have viewed and shared on social media a video showing "heinous" sexual abuse of a high school student.
  
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• Ex-colleague plans to defend Philadelphia DA's bribery case

  31-03-2017 18:54
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former colleague pledged to represent Philadelphia's top prosecutor in a federal bribery case despite his client's financial problems.
  
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• Top House intel committee Democrat: Too early to consider an immunity deal for former NSC adviser Michael Flynn

  31-03-2017 18:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House intel committee Democrat: Too early to consider an immunity deal for former NSC adviser Michael Flynn.
  
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• Atlanta highway collapse snarls traffic; fire investigated

  31-03-2017 18:53
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's dreadful rush-hour traffic got even worse Friday, the morning after a raging fire underneath Interstate 85 collapsed an elevated portion of the highway and shut down the heavi
  
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