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[AP] Cops: Men mistook Bible for purse during snatching

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ARMAGH, Pa.Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman's Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground. The Indiana Gazette reports that 26-year-old Christopher Scott Ludwig and...... Full story

[AP] Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs

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DALLAS Poison control centers across the United States are reporting a rise in cases of children swallowing laundry detergent packets.The tiny, brightly colored packets are marketed as a way to get rid of the mess that comes with bulky bottles and...... Full story

[AP] Wisconsin theft victim uploads video of suspected thief

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MILWAUKEE A Wisconsin man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded to YouTube a video that the suspect took with the camera, a clip in which the man reveals his name, shows his face and...... Full story

[AP] Remains ID'd as Lubbock man killed 21 years ago

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LUBBOCK Remains found near a Lubbock apartment complex were identified Wednesday as those of a man who disappeared 21 years ago.Scott Dunn was 24 when he was reported missing, and his mother issued a statement saying the decades since have been a...... Full story

[AP] Rake-wielding man arrested for East Texas robbery

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LUFKIN Lufkin-area authorities say a parolee has been arrested after employees at a convenience store say he wore a towel around his face as a mask and used a rake as a weapon during a robbery this week.A surveillance video at the store showed the...... Full story

[AP] Border agents find $610,050 in pickup spare tire

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BROWNSVILLE — A man is in federal custody after border officers in Brownsville found 49 bundles of cash totaling $610,050 duct-taped into a spare tire on his pickup truck. Domingo Quezada-Hernandez is facing cash smuggling charges when he's...... Full story

A container of moon rocks and a small Nicaraguan flag are shown at the office of lawyer Richard Wright Friday, May 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. The plaque and moon rocks were originally presented as a gift to the people of Nicaragua by President Nixon.

[AP] Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon. If they're real, they were plucked...... Full story

Ohio family’s stolen swine statue returned

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CINCINNATI A life-size swine statue is back at home after disappearing in the city once dubbed “Porkopolis.”The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Maggie Gieseke and her family have kept the heavy, 2-foot-tall statue for a decade in their...... Full story

Marilyn Sixx hugs her son, Chris Sixx, during a ceremony marking the anniversary of a deadly tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., a year ago on Tuesday. The twister killed 161 people as it cut a wide swath through Joplin.

[AP] Joplin remembers deadly tornado, 1 year later

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JOPLIN, MO. Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the...... Full story

[AP] Texas airline exec found guilty in child porn case

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BROWNSVILLE Jurors convicted the founder of a Texas cargo airline on child pornography charges Monday, siding with prosecutors who said he had explicit online chats with undercover officers posing as young teenage girls and collected numerous...... Full story

[AP] Central Texas ed board hopefuls set for primary

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AUSTIN A Central Texas Republican primary contest for the State Board of Education is shaping up to become one of the races that could define the board for years to come.Each of the 15 seats on the State Board of Education is on the ballot this...... Full story

[AP] Texas lawmakers study food shortages across state

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AUSTIN Texas lawmakers are investigating the causes of food shortages across the state and how to solve them.The House Human Services and Public Health Committees have asked experts to explain why so many families don't have enough food and why some...... Full story

In this April 17, 2012, file photo, Javier Perea speaks to reporters after the city council appointed him mayor during a council meeting in Sunland Park, N.M. The state on Monday, May 14, 2012, began a partial takeover of the troubled border town after the state auditor released a report accusing officials of using the town's multi-million dollar budget as personal slush funds.

[AP] Troubled NM border city cancels mayor meeting

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SUNLAND PARK, N.M. Councilors in a troubled New Mexico border city have canceled another meeting to appoint a mayor days after the state began taking over some of the city's functions amid a number of scandals.Last Monday the Sunland Park City...... Full story

[AP] Woman uses 2 kids in theft of expensive puppy

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HOUSTON A Houston woman used her two small children to help in the theft of an expensive puppy from a Houston pet store. A surveillance video shows the woman and two kids, accompanied by two men, ask to see a $3000 English bulldog...... Full story

FILE - This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. He faces up to life in prison if convicted of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the most serious of the six charges on which he's being tried at his federal trial in Waco, Texas.

[AP] Trial starting for Fort Hood bomb plot suspect

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WACO Police officers suddenly rushed the young man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap as he walked out of a motel toward an idling cab near a Texas Army post. They ordered him to lie face down, took off his backpack and then questioned...... Full story