A device known as a StingRay simulates a cellphone tower and enables agents to collect the serial numbers of individual cellphones and then locate them.
2013
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PARKERS PRAIRIE, Minn. Up to 30,000 gallons of oil spilled when train derails Thousands of gallons of oil leaked onto frozen ground after a train carrying crude from Canada to Chicago derailed Wednesday in western Minnesota. The 94-car Canadian Pacific train was headed south near Parkers Prairie when it lost air pressure and went into […]
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Report blames oil drilling for 2011 quake
But state seismologists in Oklahoma say that the earthquake, which was felt in 14 states, was natural.
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Lester caps spring with strong start
Jon Lester, the opening-day starter for Boston, ends spring training with a 0.75 ERA in 24 innings.
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Gun-tough Colorado faces hunter boycott
Some hunters are targeting Colorado’s important tourism dollars by urging a boycott of the state because of its recently approved gun control legislation. “It’s a question of principle,” Chris Jurney, vice president of the Colorado Outfitters Association, a group that represents many of the guides and outfitters that cater to out-of-state hunters, told the Los […]
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Files describe shooter’s spiral into madness
Victim Gabrielle Giffords says she hopes ‘universal background checks become part of our history.’
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Study: Health law will cost insurers
Insurance companies must pay nearly a third more for claims on individual policies, actuaries find.
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UConn signs women’s basketball coach to a new contract
STORRS, Conn. – Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma signed a new $10.86 million contract, a deal designed to keep him at the school through the 2017-18 season, UConn announced Wednesday. The 59-year-old Hall of Famer, who has coached at UConn since 1985, will make $1.95 million in salary, speaking fees and media fees in […]
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Forced furloughs reduced
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon will sharply cut the number of unpaid furlough days civilians will be forced to take over the next several months from 22 to 14, defense officials said Wednesday, reducing the impact of automatic budget cuts on as many as 700,000 workers. According to defense officials, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made the […]
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Featured obituary: Alton Fowler, 82, longtime truck driver, family man
Mr. Fowler worked over 40 years for Hannaford, but is best remembered by his family as a devoted father, skilled woodworker, and churchgoer.