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Mediator: Nixing court orders speeded Argentina settlements
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 5:06 amNEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court ruling has speeded settlements between Argentina and bondholders and set the stage for the South American nation to… -
Man leaves anonymous $1,000 tip for college-bound waitress
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 4:12 amGUN BARREL CITY, Texas (AP) — A customer eating alone at a Texas restaurant left a big surprise behind for an 18-year-old waitress — a… -
Air Force airman from Maryland dies in Southwest Asia
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 3:45 amGLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — Authorities say an Air Force airman from Maryland has died after extreme winds caused structural damage to the building in… -
United Airlines workers ratify new contracts
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 3:13 amUnited Airlines workers have ratified a set of new contracts that will increase their pay and benefits over the next five years. Airline and union… -
Bryant signs bill banning second-trimester abortion method
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 2:27 amJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor has signed into law a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure, setting the state up for a… -
Utility to provide apartments to those displaced by gas leak
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 1:59 amLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Southern California Gas Co. says people who have been living out of hotels since a gas leak prompted them to… -
Panel OKs parole for former Manson cult member Van Houten
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 1:30 amCHINO, Calif. (AP) — A California panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she and… -
Market boycott due to LGBT law could hurt state’s economy
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 12:54 amHIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Furniture retailer Ron Werner usually spends $2 million a year at North Carolina’s gargantuan, semiannual furniture market, but he’s skipping… -
US researchers see more signs NKorea is producing plutonium
Associated Press | April 16, 2016 12:33 amWASHINGTON (AP) — As North Korea intensifies testing of its ballistic missile technology, a U.S. website said Friday it also sees further signs from satellite… -
Legal group poised to quiz Clinton aides about email server
Associated Press | April 15, 2016 11:24 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has agreed to a conservative legal group’s request to question several current and former government officials about the creation…