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Woman accused of taping dog OK’d to live with one

BOULDER, Colo. — A University of Colorado student accused of taping her boyfriend's dog to a refrigerator will be allowed to live at her mother's home in Chicago this summer, even though her mother has a dog.

Three hurt in La. as more storms batter Southeast

NEW ORLEANS — High winds from a possible tornado injured three people and damaged nearly two dozen homes Monday in southern Louisiana, a day after severe thunderstorms across the Southeast killed one person.

AP IMPACT: Empty neighborhoods fill Rust Belt

CINCINNATI — Meet the forgotten housing crisis. While most attention has focused on the wave of foreclosures sweeping mostly middle-class, suburban Sunbelt neighborhoods from California to Florida, the nation's emptiest neighborhoods have remained c

Obama announces plan to close tax loopholes

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is proposing to close tax loopholes for companies and individuals with operations or bank accounts overseas.

Court rules for immigrant in ID theft case

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an undocumented immigrant who uses a phony Social Security number to get work shouldn't be considered an identity thief unless prosecutors can prove he knew the number belonged to a real person.

Dems: Opportunity as gay marriage acceptance grows

WASHINGTON — Gay marriage legalization in several states and the public's growing acceptance of same-sex unions have Democrats sensing political opportunity and some Republicans re-evaluating their party's hard-line opposition to an issue that long

Jackson says NAACP must help save auto industry

DETROIT — Pushing for Blacks to have equal access to jobs has been part of the NAACP's mission for much of the civil rights organization's 100-year history.

Missouri professor eyes Sudan presidency

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A University of Missouri history professor is returning to his home country of Sudan to seek its presidency.

Feds dropping charges against pro-Israel lobbyists

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal prosecutors moved Friday to dismiss espionage-related charges against two former pro-Israel lobbyists accused of disclosing classified U.S. defense information, ending a tortuous inside-the-Beltway legal battle rife with na

Ill juror replaced in Fla. trial of Liberty City 6

MIAMI — A federal jury was told Friday to forget several days of deliberations in a long-running terrorism case and start from scratch after one of the panelists became ill and had to be replaced.
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