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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Amid blaring bagpipes, the crowd erupted with even louder cheers, whistles and shouts when firefighters entered a high school auditorium to receive their promotional badges after a 5-year legal battle that ended with a U.S. Supreme Court victory. Full Story »
CONCORD, Calif. - Oh Christmas tree, how puny are your branches. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON - A couple that crashed a White House party turned over a watch to pay a landscaping debt, but a jeweler is saying it's a fake luxury timepiece. Full Story »
ALAMEDA, Calif. - A San Francisco Bay area school board will use broad lessons against bias to replace a curriculum against bullying gay people that had become a national centerpiece in the opposition to same-sex marriage. Full Story »
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NEW YORK - A plainclothes cop chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists Thursday in the heart of Times Square, killing the suspect near a landmark Broadway hotel after a gunfight that shattered box office and gift shop windows, police said. Full Story »
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A riot at a Southern California prison that left more than 200 injured and two buildings destroyed was triggered by an "ongoing racial street war" between black and Hispanic gangs, corrections officials say. Full Story »
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Everything that pedophile Theodore Sypnier has to show for his 100 years on Earth is packed in a single duffel bag as he prepares to begin a new chapter in life: freedom. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The FBI said it was probing the case of five terror suspects arrested in Pakistan, one of whom made an extremist-style "farewell" video before leaving his home in the United States. Full Story »
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday he still wants to reconcile with the first lady even though Jenny Sanford has made clear she won't be standing by his side in the wake of his affair. Full Story »
NEW YORK - A construction worker behind bars for nearly four years for a gang rape that never happened was cleared Thursday after his accuser admitted she lied to make her friends feel sorry for her. Full Story »
CHICAGO - Hundreds of Chicago firefighters worked to put out a high-rise fire that left one person dead and 12 people injured. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chocolate milk is "soda in drag" and should be booted out of US school cafeterias, a former celebrity chef turned school lunch lady has said. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Long-feared by US intelligence, Muslim radicalization is gaining momentum in the United States, hit by a spate of recent cases featuring youths recruited and trained overseas for jihad, analysts say. Full Story »
SAN FRANCISCO - Police have arrested several San Francisco State University students who barricaded themselves inside a campus building to protest budget cuts and fee hikes. Full Story »
SEATTLE - The second trial of a man who stormed into a Jewish center in Seattle three years ago and shot six women, killing one, is in the hands of a jury. Full Story »
A strong winter storm was forecast to continue to bring snow and cold air to the Central U.S. on Thursday. Full Story »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will seek the extradition of a Chicago man charged in the United States with helping plan last year's Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and raised tension with Pakistan, a top official said on Thursday. Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. - A man accused of killing a former co-worker and wounding five others last month made a gun gesture with his hand when he was fired in 2007 and left a letter on his manager's office door with a thumbprint in blood, according to police documents released Thursday. Full Story »
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