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• Gulf of Maine is having 3rd warmest year on record

  06-12-2018 23:59
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Gulf of Maine is in the midst of its third-warmest year on record in a development that could further harm marine life.
  The gulf is warming faster than most of the world’s oceans in a well-documented phenomenon . The Portland Press Herald now reports surface temperatures in 2018 are running nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
  Gulf of Maine Research Institute chief scientific officer Andrew Pershing says that level of warming was exceeded only in 2012
  
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• FIFA supports case of detained Bahraini soccer player

  06-12-2018 23:58
  ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says it wants a soccer player who has refugee status in Australia to return to the country “at the earliest possible moment” rather than be extradited from Thailand to Bahrain.
  Former Bahrain international Hakeem Al-Araibi was detained at Bangkok airport last week. An Interpol warrant for his arrest was issued in apparent violation of rules protecting refugees.
  World soccer’s ruling body FIFA says it now expects his case “to be solved in accordanc
  
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• Cubs’ Morrow has elbow surgery, likely to start season late

  06-12-2018 23:58
  CHICAGO (AP) — Cubs closer Brandon Morrow likely will miss the start of the season following arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow last month.
  President of baseball operations Theo Epstein says the operation took place Nov. 6.
  Signed to a $21 million, two-year contract last December, Morrow led the Cubs with 22 saves and had a 1.47 ERA in 35 games. He did not pitch after July 15 because of a bone bruise in his right elbow.
  Epstein says Morrow still felt discomfort, leading to the decisio
  
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• Flags lowered to half-staff in remembrance of Pearl Harbor

  06-12-2018 23:54
  TUCSON – Seven seven years ago, the attack on Pearl Harbor stopped several United States citizens in their tracks.
  With 2,403 Americans killed and another 1,178 injured, this incident evokes memories in several residents to this day. To remembrance of the anniversary of the attack, Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered the flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff on Friday.
  “On December 7, 1941, what began as a seemingly normal morning in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii became a day
  
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• Feng shui or in the way? Begrudged boulders won’t budge

  06-12-2018 23:50
  HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) — A Maine restaurant owner is citing feng shui (fung shway) as a reason not to move boulders outside the building that are in the way of a sidewalk project.
  Annie Huang, co-owner of Lucky Garden in Hallowell, tells members of the city’s highway committee on Thursday that the boulders are culturally significant. Huang says in a public meeting the boulders were placed according to feng shui, a belief system about spatial arrangement that relates to flow of energy.
  
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• Real-life ‘Breaking Bad’ case ends with ailing retiree in Italian court

  06-12-2018 23:47
  A retiree discovers he is terminally ill and decides to sell drugs to pay for his funeral, so he can leave some money behind for his loved ones.
  It’s not the plot for a sequel to “Breaking Bad,” but the explanation a 61-year-old man from northern Italy told a judge Tuesday after he was found with about a half-ounce of cocaine in his car, wrapped and ready to be sold.Bryan Cranston, right, played chemistry teacher-turned-meth dealer Walter White on “Breaking Bad.” Co
  
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• CFL adds non-player football operations salary cap

  06-12-2018 23:43
  TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian Football League has added a salary cap for non-player football operations.
  The league said Thursday the cap is set at just under $2.59 million for 2019 and 2020, and will be reviewed after that.
  Coaches and other football operations staff, including general managers, scouts and equipment and video personnel, fall under the cap. Teams are capped at 11 coaches and 14 other football operations staff.
  Team doctors and athletic therapists are excluded.
  The league sai
  
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• Freedom League planning to launch as spring league

  06-12-2018 23:42
  Ricky Williams is among 50 former NFL players planning yet another professional football league, the Freedom Football League.
  Williams says a 10-team league that also includes Hall of Fame receiver Terrell Owens and approximately 100 stakeholders will be launched as a spring league. The Alliance of American Football, co-founded by Hall of Famer Bill Polian, starts up in February. The XFL will return the following February.
  The FFL, which did not specify what year it would begin play, would be fi
  
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• Buckeye police say teen arrested after incident at school

  06-12-2018 23:27
  BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Buckeye say a teenager believed responsible for prompting a lockout at Verrado High School has been arrested.
  They say the 15-year-old Phoenix boy is not a Verrado student.
  His name hasn’t been released.
  Police went to the school around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday after two students told administrators a teen on their bus had a gun.
  Verrado High was placed on lockout as police searched the campus, but no weapon was found.
  Police say the suspect was later locat
  
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• Foundation donates $100K to family of killed deputy marshal

  06-12-2018 23:20
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A foundation that helps families of fallen first responders has donated $100,000 to the family of a deputy U.S. marshal who was shot and killed in Tucson.
  The Arizona Daily Star reports the Tunnel to Towers Foundation on Wednesday announced the donation to the family of Chase White to help pay off the family’s mortgage.
  The foundation is asking people both locally and nationwide to donate the rest so the family can own their home outright by Christmas.
  White, 41,
  
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• The M7.0 left Alaska shaken, and the aftershocks keep coming.

  06-12-2018 23:19
  ANCHORAGE –  Alaska earthquake scientists released a cross-section view of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Alaskans last week.
  Photo: Alaska Earthquake Center
  In the image, the primary earthquake can be seen, as well as the resulting aftershocks. Additionally, the Alaska Earthquake Center specified how close the quake was to Anchorage, Big Lake, and the Mat-Su communities.
  According to the AKEC, the region which was upended and ruptured during the quake is called the &ldq
  
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• UConn sophomore Lexi Gordon to transfer

  06-12-2018 23:18
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn sophomore Lexi Gordon is leaving the program.
  The 6-foot wing from Texas has scored just 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while seeing limited action in 30 games for the top-ranked Huskies. She has played just 10 minutes this season, notching a single free throw, while missing all five of her shots from the floor.
  Coach Geno Auriemma says Gordon wants to transfer to a school where she will have more opportunities to play.
  He called her a great teammate.
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• Democrats want to increase scrutiny of privately-run immigration detention

  06-12-2018 23:17
  Democrats poised to hold committee positions in Congress that will give them jurisdiction over agencies in charge of keeping immigrants in custody, especially children, said Thursday they plan to step up scrutiny of immigration detention next year.
  Democrats won control of the House in November’s elections, which means the party’s House members shift into chairmanships of committees and subcommittees in the next Congress that starts in January.Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, a California
  
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• The Latest: Supreme Court denies request to stay execution

  06-12-2018 23:02
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on an execution in Tennessee (all times local):
  6:50 p.m.
  The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt plans by the state of Tennessee to put an inmate to death in the electric chair.
  Attorneys for 61-year-old inmate David Earl Miller had previously filed two applications seeking to halt the scheduled 7 p.m. execution at a Nashville prison. The court, in an emailed statement, said the request for a stay was denied, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissenting.
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• Feds won’t pursue third trial against Lonnie Swartz

  06-12-2018 22:51
  PHOENIX (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they would not pursue another trial against a Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican teenager across a border fence but who was twice acquitted.
  A filing in court shows prosecutors say they will no longer purse the case against Lonnie Swartz, the agent who killed 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October 2012.
  In April, Swartz was acquitted of second-degree murder, but a jury deadlocked on manslaughter charges. Prosecuto
  
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• Brandon Ingram skips Lakers’ 2-game trip with sprained ankle

  06-12-2018 22:51
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Ingram is staying home from the Los Angeles Lakers’ upcoming two-game road trip due to his sprained left ankle.
  Ingram will have a precautionary MRI exam Thursday night.
  Ingram injured his ankle early in the Lakers’ 121-113 victory over San Antonio on Wednesday night when Spurs center LaMarcus Aldridge flagrantly fouled him.
  Ingram is the Lakers’ starting shooting guard and their third-leading scorer with 15.2 points per game. The No. 2 o
  
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• Serena Williams launches pop-up shop during Art Basel Miami

  06-12-2018 22:48
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Strong. Sophisticated. Sexy. Serena Williams’ fashion line is all about power moves and she’s hoping it will also inspire woman to find their own voice.
  During the launch of her first pop-up shop Wednesday night, Williams said she wants everyone “to step into their power.”
  Williams launched her shop at the luxe Faena District during Miami’s Art Basel where guests including fellow tennis star Caroline Wozniacki drank cocktails draped wi
  
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• No guaranteed prison time for Wilmington Trust defendants

  06-12-2018 22:41
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — There’s no guarantee that four former executives of the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program will be sentenced to prison for fraud.
  But even if a judge orders prison time for the former Wilmington Trust officials later this month, they won’t be led away in handcuffs.
  In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors say they won’t oppose the defendants’ requests to be allowed at least two mo
  
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• Kansas hopeful Azubuike returns by start of Big 12 play

  06-12-2018 22:41
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self is hopeful that injured center Udoka Azubuike will be back on the floor by the time the second-ranked Jayhawks open Big 12 play against Oklahoma on Jan. 2.
  The 7-footer sustained a severe high ankle sprain when he landed awkwardly on a Wofford player early in the Jayhawks’ 72-47 rout on Tuesday night. Azubuike was still not putting much weight on the ankle Thursday, Self said, but he could be moving in a walking boot by the weekend.
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• ‘Complete vandalism’: Archaeologists fume over destruction of 6,000-year-old structure

  06-12-2018 22:40
  LONDON (NBC) — Construction workers drilled a hole through a 6,000-year-old platform near Britain’s iconic Stonehenge, causing irreparable damage to the ancient structure, archaeologists said on Thursday.
  The structure in Blick Mead was drilled by Highways England workers as part of preparations for a four-lane highway tunnel to run beneath Stonehenge, said David Jacques, the lead archaeologist at the site.
  “It’s complete vandalism,” he said. “We hav
  
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• FBI opens probe into alleged beating at W.Va. traffic stop

  06-12-2018 22:34
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia county prosecutor says the FBI has opened an investigation into a traffic stop involving two state police troopers and a sheriff’s deputy in which a teenage motorist allegedly was beaten.
  Berkeley County Prosecutor Catie Wilkes Delligatti said Thursday the FBI investigation is separate from one her office is conducting into the Nov. 19 incident.
  Gov. Jim Justice learned last week of dashboard camera video involving a 16-year-old male.
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• Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport restaurants to raise menu prices

  06-12-2018 22:33
  PHOENIX (AP) — Travelers in Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will soon have to shell out more if they want to eat there too.
  The Arizona Republic reports the Phoenix City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to end a cap on how much airport vendors can charge for food and beverages.
  SSP and HMS Host, the two companies that oversee restaurants at Sky Harbor, say increases are necessary to cover rising labor costs and the state’s minimum wage.
  Pricing on most items is currently
  
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• Federal prosecutors won’t pursue another trial for Border Patrol agent in Arizona who fatally shot Mexican teenager

  06-12-2018 22:33
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t pursue another trial for Border Patrol agent in Arizona who fatally shot Mexican teenager.
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• Braves hire pitching coach Rick Kranitz to replace Hernandez

  06-12-2018 22:33
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have hired pitching coach Rick Kranitz, who served in the same role for NL East rival Philadelphia last season.
  Kranitz, 60, replaces Chuck Hernandez, who was not retained following Atlanta’s playoff loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  Kranitz joined the Phillies as bullpen coach in 2015. He was promoted him to assistant pitching coach for 2017 and took over the direction of the staff one year later.
  Braves manager Brian Snitker says Kranitz “has
  
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• School lunch rules OK refined grains, flavored low-fat milk

  06-12-2018 22:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — The national school lunch program will allow refined grains back onto menus, scaling back some of the contested changes implemented under President Barack Obama.
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says its decision will give flexibility to schools struggling to serve only whole grain-rich foods. It says half of grains on menus will have to be whole-grain rich. The agency is also giving schools more time to reduce sodium and scrapping a final, stricter sodium limit.
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• Iowa religious activist criminally charged in book burning

  06-12-2018 22:29
  ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northwestern Iowa religious activist who burned four LGBTQ children’s books he’d checked out of an Orange City library has been charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief.
  The Sioux City Journal reports 62-year-old Paul Dorr is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 22.
  A message left Thursday for Dorr was not immediately returned. No attorney for Dorr appears in online court documents.
  Dorr released a nearly 30-minute video on Facebook Live in which he
  
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• Chicago officer shoots motorist who sped SUV into police car

  06-12-2018 22:26
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police said an officer shot a motorist in the wrist after the driver sped and SUV toward the officer, striking a police car and a fence.
  Police spokesman Sgt. Al Stinites said the shooting at a gas station on the West Side occurred late Wednesday after officers spotted an SUV wanted in connection to an earlier call of shots fired. He says officers were approaching the SUV on foot when the situation escalated.
  The motorist was reported in stable condition at a hospita
  
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• Man, woman drive from Arizona to Wyoming with kids in trunk

  06-12-2018 22:25
  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A man and woman admit in court they drove from Arizona to Wyoming with two children in the trunk of their car.
  Sixty-three-year-old Michael J. Fee and 31-year-old Amber L. Freudenstein each pleaded guilty Thursday to two misdemeanor counts of child endangerment.
  The Casper Star-Tribune reports Circuit Judge Steven Brown sentenced each to 30 days in jail. Fee is from Peoria, Arizona, and Freudenstein is from Tempe, Arizona.
  Sheriff’s officials say a third party tol
  
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• Former FIFA official sentenced in bribery scandal

  06-12-2018 22:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former FIFA official from Guatemala who was cooperating in the U.S. investigation of corruption in international soccer’s governing body was sentenced on Thursday to time served.
  Ex-Guatemalan soccer chief Rafael Salguero had been under house arrest since 2016 while providing information to prosecutors in a sprawling case accusing several soccer officials of accepting more than $200 million dollars in bribes.
  Salguero, who had pleaded guilty to corruption charges in
  
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• Judge: Pipeline owners trespassed, but work can continue

  06-12-2018 22:08
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge says a company building an oil pipeline through south Louisiana trespassed on the land of three people challenging the construction — but he allowed the work to continue and awarded each of the three $150 in compensation and damages.
  Judge Keith Comeaux’s ruling Thursday disappointed opponents of the nearly complete Bayou Bridge Pipeline, who said they would appeal.
  Opponents had hoped the St. Martinville-based judge would order the pipeline
  
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• Internet access via mobile phones starts for all Cubans

  06-12-2018 22:07
  HAVANA (AP) — For the first time, average Cubans are now able to sign up for internet service for their mobile phones Thursday, a development long awaited on the communist-ruled island.
  Users began receiving text messages Thursday morning from the state telephone monopoly informing them that they can buy an internet access packages for 3G service.
  Previously, nearly all Cubans could use their mobiles only to get their state-run email accounts unless they connected to the internet at a limi
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory issued December 6 at 2:04PM MST expiring December 7 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

  06-12-2018 22:04
  * WHAT…Wet snow expected. Plan on slippery road conditions,including during the morning commute on Friday. Total wet snowaccumulations of up to two inches, with localized amounts upto 8 inches at mountain top levels, are expected.
  * WHERE…White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties,Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains and Catalina and RinconMountains.
  * WHEN…5 PM MST this evening to 8 PM MST Friday evening.
  * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Look for reduced visibilities at times.A W
  
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• The Latest: GBI: Single shot wounded officer, killed suspect

  06-12-2018 22:00
  MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a police officer southeast of Atlanta (all times local):
  4 p.m.
  Authorities say a single gunshot critically wounded a police officer and killed another man as the two struggled after the officer responded to a report of a disturbance at a dentist office southeast of Atlanta.
  Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Natalie Ammons told reporters the staff at the business called 911 a little after 8 a.m. Thursday to report a man causing
  
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• Russian warplanes, navy ships to visit Venezuela

  06-12-2018 21:57
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister says the country’s aircraft and navy ships will make visits to Venezuela.
  Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the statement during Thursday’s talks in Moscow with his Venezuelan counterpart Vladimir Padrino Lopez. Shoigu said Russia’s military aircraft would continue to make stopovers in Venezuela and its ships would calls at its ports as part of bilateral military cooperation, but didn’t mention any specific dates.
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• Poorest big US city endorses predictable work schedules

  06-12-2018 21:56
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The poorest big city in the United States has passed legislation that will ensure fast-food, retail and hospitality workers will know when they’ll work and how much they’ll work.
  Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym introduced and championed the measure approved Thursday. She says it will affect about 130,000 hourly workers in retail, food service and hospitality.
  Workers say that without predictable schedules, they can’t budget or make plans like docto
  
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• Fired coach Mike McCarthy returns to speak to Packers

  06-12-2018 21:54
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Fired coach Mike McCarthy was welcomed back to bid farewell to the Packers players on Wednesday.
  “Mike came by the office, I think Tuesday we all saw him as a staff, which was great,” interim coach Joe Philbin said before Thursday’s practice.
  “Then we talked, and he wanted an opportunity to speak with the team. I was 100 percent, fully supportive of that, and he did a fantastic job talking to the team. Not just about football and winning footb
  
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• US, Israel and Palestinians spar over condemning Hamas

  06-12-2018 21:51
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would condemn the militant Islamic group Hamas has sparked a Palestinian-backed amendment which condemns Israeli settlement building and strongly backs a two-state solution to their conflict.
  A rival resolution sponsored by Ireland is entitled a “Comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.” It gives “unwavering support” to the two-state solution and references the 2016 Secu
  
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• Malta becomes smallest nation to challenge for America’s Cup

  06-12-2018 21:49
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Royal Malta Yacht Club has been accepted as the fourth challenger for the 36th America’s Cup in 2021, making the Mediterranean archipelago the smallest country to compete for the oldest trophy in international sports.
  Malta Altus Challenge was accepted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. It joins Challenger of Record Luna Rossa of Italy, the New York Yacht Club’s American Magic and INEOS Team UK.
  Malta has a population of approximately 460,000.
  The Roy
  
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• Whales have worse than average year for entanglement in gear

  06-12-2018 21:48
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal officials say last year was slightly worse than average for the entanglement of large whales, which is a major threat to the animals’ populations.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report Thursday on the subject. The agency says that the number of cases nationally was 76, and that 70 of the entanglements involved live animals, while the rest were dead. The 10-year average is closer to 70 entanglements.
  The agency says about
  
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• Laborious recount starts in Maine’s ranked-balloting race

  06-12-2018 21:48
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A recount in a Maine congressional race that used a new voting system where voters rank candidates on the ballot has officially begun.
  State election officials on Thursday started the recount requested by Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in the 2nd Congressional District.
  The process is projected to take four weeks to complete. That’ll bring it nearly to the date that Democratic Rep.-elect Jared Golden is to be seated.
  Poliquin won the first round of votes a
  
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• 30-year prison term for man who shot at cars in Phoenix area

  06-12-2018 21:46
  PHOENIX (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to 15 counts of aggravated assault for shooting at passing cars on a Phoenix-area highway has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
  Maricopa County Superior Court officials say 38-year-old James David Walker also was sentenced Thursday on his guilty pleas to two counts of armed robbery.
  Walker pleaded guilty two months ago to the May 2016 shootings at several passing cars on State Road 87, also known as the Beeline Highway.
  Authorities say two driver
  
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• The Latest: Trump greets tech execs at White House

  06-12-2018 21:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a White House tech meeting (all times local):
  3:40 p.m.
  President Donald Trump has met with a group of tech executives at the White House.
  His daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, helped coordinate the Thursday meeting to field ideas about securing U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing and faster wireless technology known as 5G.
  The gathering with the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Qualcomm comes amid
  
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• Executive gets 2½ years for economic development fraud

  06-12-2018 21:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — A corporate executive has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for defrauding a New York state economic development program.
  Joseph Gerardi was sentenced Thursday in the case involving the Buffalo Billion project. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said the sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who wants to cheat as they compete for contracts involving government funding.
  Gerardi was convicted by a jury of conspiracy, wire fraud and making false statements to
  
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• After a long, bumpy journey, ‘Mowgli’ settles in at Netflix

  06-12-2018 21:40
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor and director Andy Serkis says he was shocked when he found out Warner Bros. was considering selling his big budget “The Jungle Book” adaptation to Netflix.
  But Serkis says he realized soon that it was the best outcome for his film, which is a darker rendering of Rudyard Kipling’s tales than the popular Disney versions. This way, “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” will be available to 117 million subscribers worldwide immediately.
  “Mo
  
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• Canadian Olympic skier out of hospital after breaking leg

  06-12-2018 21:39
  CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Olympic skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada been released from the hospital after breaking his leg during training at the season-opening World Cup men’s downhill at Lake Louise.
  The 34-year-old skier crashed Nov. 21 and underwent surgery in Calgary.
  He says in a statement that doctors are optimistic his top condition combined with the outcome of the surgery will put him “on track for a timely recovery.”
  Osborne-Paradis has been on his country&rs
  
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• Prosecutor: Cops charged in cover up told the same lies

  06-12-2018 21:35
  CHICAGO (AP) — A prosecutor says the three Chicago police officers charged with falsifying their reports about the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald told the same lies to protect the officer who pulled the trigger.
  In her closing argument Thursday afternoon, Special Prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes told Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson that no objective viewer of the dashcam video that shows Officer Jason Van Dyke shoot McDonald 16 times could conclude, as the of
  
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• Judge transfers Avenatti’s assets to estranged wife

  06-12-2018 21:35
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California judge has transferred assets including an airplane and a Ferrari from Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti as part of his divorce.
  In an order obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, Orange County Judge Carol Henson ordered some of Avenatti’s assets be liquidated and sold for back child and spousal support.
  Avenatti previously was ordered to pay more than $150,000 monthly in child and spousal support.
  Of the unknown total amount ow
  
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• 3 cops charged with covering up shooting won’t testify

  06-12-2018 21:35
  CHICAGO (AP) — Three Chicago police officers charged with lying about the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald won’t testify at trial and their attorneys have rested their cases.
  Attorneys for former Officer Joseph Walsh, Officer Thomas Gaffney and ex-Detective David March announced they were through calling witnesses on Thursday. Closing arguments in the bench trial will begin Thursday afternoon before Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson.
  One witness testified Thursday &mdas
  
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• North Carolina race shines light on ‘ballot harvesting’

  06-12-2018 21:34
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An investigation into whether political operatives in North Carolina illegally collected and possibly stole absentee ballots in a still-undecided congressional race has drawn attention to a little-known political tool called ballot harvesting.
  It’s a practice long used by special-interest groups and both major political parties. It’s viewed either as a voter service that boosts turnout or a nefarious activity that subjects voters to intimidation and makes e
  
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• Drugmaker to sell cheaper generic rival to EpiPen injectors

  06-12-2018 21:26
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A generic drugmaker plans to start selling a slightly cheaper version of the EpiPen in the U.S. early next year.
  The penlike injectors are used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions. Brand-name EpiPen, which dominates the market, has been in short supply since spring because of production problems.
  Drugmaker Sandoz said Thursday the price of two generic injectors will be $250 without insurance. Two other generics on the market in the U.S. cost $300 a pair. Brand
  
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