DETROIT – A Michigan appeals court overturned a ruling on Wednesday that had sent a minister to prison for six months after warning a judge that he could be tortured by God. The Rev. Edward Pinkney was convicted in 2007 of paying people $5 to vote in a recall election …
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NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Authorities say a drunken-driving suspect bit an officer during a struggle at the Lincoln County jail in North Platte after her arrest. Police say 41-year-old Joyce Vieyra of North Platte faces several charges, including drunken driving, reckless driving, hit and run and aggravated assault on an …
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HOUSTON – Houston police on Thursday increased to eight the injury toll from a drive-by shooting at a community rally on the Texas Southern University campus. University officials initially said six people were wounded when gunfire broke out as the “family block party” event was ending about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. …
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New York women will soon be able to receive up to $10,000 for donating their eggs for stem cell research — paid for by taxpayers. A board that oversees the state’s stem cell research efforts recently voted to use state money for the payments. The decision makes New York the …
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LONDON/SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp’s new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday. Bing, launched on June 3 but available to some users a few days earlier, took 8.23 percent of U.S. …
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Following is an excerpt from a speech President John F. Kennedy made to Congress on May 25, 1961, entitled “Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs.” This part deals with his desire to put an American on the moon by the end of the decade. If we are …
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Police are investigating the discovery of a sawed-off shotgun in a bin of clothes at an Iowa City Goodwill facility. Police were called to the packing facility on Tuesday after an employee found the gun wrapped in a shirt while sorting through donated clothes. The clothes …
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LAWRENCE, Mass. – A Massachusetts youth baseball league targeted in an equipment theft is getting help from donors across the country, including former Boston Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn. Thieves made off with $1,500 in baseball gear from the South Lawrence East Little League this week, and the league said …
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Turns out David Letterman doesn’t just live on a TV show. He also lives in a glass house, where for years he’s hurled comedy zingers at misbehaving politicians, even as he brashly engaged in hanky-panky of his own. In March 2008, Letterman was taking potshots at Eliot Spitzer, then governor …
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This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” June 3, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. JENNIFER GRIFFIN, FOX NEWS HOST: In what could be the most blatant example in history of the pot calling the kettle black, “Octomom” Nadya Suleman …
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