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August 1, 2013

Calif. pot farm pollution: Too dangerous to deal with?

Marijuana farms proliferate in the high Sierra, where armed Mexican cartel operatives clear wilderness areas, divert creeks and poison wildlife.
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August 1, 2013

Senate passes Collins-King resolution celebrating lighthouses

The resolution designates Aug. 7 as national Lighthouse Preservation Day.
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August 1, 2013

Military tells police to break up pro-Morsi protests

CAIRO – Protesters holding sticks and wearing helmets and makeshift body armor stand behind mounds of sandbags, tires and brick walls. They change guards every two hours to ensure they stay alert. With Egypt’s military-backed government signaling a crackdown is imminent, supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi are taking no chances with security at […]
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August 1, 2013

British court upholds euthanasia ban

LONDON – A British appeals court upheld a law against euthanasia in rejecting appeals from two severely disabled men who argued that doctors should be allowed to legally kill them. The two men – one of whom died of pneumonia last year – claimed their right to “private and family life” as guaranteed by the […]
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August 1, 2013

Small-town police snap up military cast-offs

Equipment worth millions that the U.S. is giving away is ending up in unlikely places.

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August 1, 2013

Consumers left in the dark amid outbreak of food illness

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nearly 400 people across the country have been sickened by cyclospora, a lengthy intestinal illness usually contracted by eating contaminated food. But if you’re looking to find out exactly where it came from, you may be out of luck. Federal officials warned Wednesday that it was too early to say whether the […]
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August 1, 2013

George Zimmerman stopped for speeding in Texas

Cleared in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the neighborhood watch volunteer did not get a ticket.
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August 1, 2013

House OKs student-loan legislation

Maine Sen. Angus King helped create the bill now headed for Obama's signature.
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August 1, 2013

NSA admits sweeping data program

Responding to growing criticism, the White House orders changes to the phone surveillance system.
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August 1, 2013

Dispatches

CLEVELAND Women held captive kept diaries detailing abuse Three women held captive in a run-down home for a decade kept diaries documenting the physical and sexual abuse they suffered on a daily basis, prosecutors said Wednesday. The women’s kidnapper, Ariel Castro, lured one of them into his Cleveland home with the promise of a puppy […]