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Hawaii moves to crack down on campsite rentals on Airbnb
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 7:57 amHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are taking aim at a burgeoning vacation rental market: online brokers offering up tents to tourists on the islands’ world-class… -
Standing Rock Sioux sets up camp to protest oil pipeline
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 7:07 amCANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux has set up a camp in North Dakota to protest a planned pipeline to carry crude… -
Recalls this week: flashlights, infant cradle swings
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 7:02 amA line of flashlights are being recalled because the batteries can overheat and start a fire. Other recalled consumer products include defective infant cradle swings… -
Kenya: Group launches case seeking to decriminalize gay sex
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 6:55 amKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Kenyan rights group says it is going to court to decriminalize gay sexual relations between consenting adults. The Kenyan National… -
Georgia mom: Tears, regret over kindergartner’s paddling
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 6:50 amMONTICELLO, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia mother says watching a video of a school principal holding her kindergartner down for a paddling as he screams… -
Stinking drunk? Police say “inebriated” man used fart spray
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 5:58 amATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia have arrested a man for allegedly causing a stink at a bar. The Athens Banner-Herald (http://bit.ly/1Mx8avn) reports that… -
High copper or lead levels seen in 19 Detroit schools’ water
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 5:30 amDETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s hard-pressed school system has found elevated levels of lead and copper in nearly a third of its elementary schools, contamination that… -
Rights groups eager for papal spotlight on Europe’s refugees
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 5:01 amMORIA, Greece (AP) — Municipal crews washed down streets with pressure hoses, pruned trees and tidied up building facades on the Greek island of Lesbos… -
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Himalayan nation of Bhutan
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 4:21 amGAUHATI, India (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Bhutan on Thursday, meeting with the Himalayan nation’s popular king and queen with whom… -
US government to buy wild blueberries to help prop up prices
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 4:04 amPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to 30 million pounds of wild blueberries to help stabilize prices and supply…