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Helicopter carrying 3 crashes near Baltimore; no fatalities
Associated Press | April 17, 2016 3:04 amBALTIMORE (AP) — A helicopter carrying three people crashed Saturday near the Baltimore airport, authorities said. Lt. Ariel Jackson with the Anne Arundel Fire Department… -
Zookeeper mourned a day after being fatally injured by tiger
Associated Press | April 17, 2016 2:54 amMIAMI (AP) — South Florida zoo staffers and friends of a veteran keeper attacked and killed by a Malayan tiger met Saturday morning to mourn… -
Michigan urges toughest lead rules in US after Flint crisis
Associated Press | April 17, 2016 2:00 amLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan would have the toughest lead-testing rules in the nation and require the replacement of all underground lead service pipes in… -
Judge won’t reduce bond for girls in Slender Man stabbing
Associated Press | April 17, 2016 1:44 amWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set for two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their… -
Spring snowstorm ramps up in the Rockies
Associated Press | April 17, 2016 12:25 amDENVER (AP) — The latest on Rocky Mountain weather (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A spring snowstorm along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in… -
Chess’ 1st black grandmaster enters Hall of Fame
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 11:09 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Ashley was 14 when he saw a high school friend playing chess and challenged him to a match. He lost… -
Mississippi governor signs law allowing armed church members
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 9:54 pmJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A holstered gun sat on top of a Bible on Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk Friday when he signed a law… -
Stolen in 1955, famous ‘inverted Jenny’ stamp resurfaces
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 6:02 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Opening a new chapter in an infamous stamp-world mystery, a valuable “inverted Jenny” stamp has surfaced six decades after it was… -
Military brass to gather in Vermont to highlight ROTC origin
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 3:31 pmNORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Almost 200 years after Vermont native Alden Partridge set up the nation’s first private military college on the banks of the… -
The Latest: Wrongly convicted man is released in Illinois
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 3:02 pmSYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — The Latest on a retired Washington state police officer who an Illinois prosecutor says was wrongly convicted in a 1957 slaying…