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May 15, 2013 - 4:42pm
1 week 2 days ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arrested a man after discovering explosive material in his car and potential explosive devices in his apartment.

Sgt. Rudy Lopez says the bomb squad responded today to an apartment complex in the Palms neighborhood. Four buildings have been evacuated and several blocks have been sealed off.

Lopez says a routine traffic stop Tuesday night led to the findings after officers discovered a clear liquid containing...

May 15, 2013 - 4:41pm
1 week 2 days ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn by a girl who was 2 years old when Kansas City priest Shawn Ratigan took pornographic photos of her has tentatively been settled for $600,000, a Minnesota attorney representing the girl said Wednesday.

Gregg Meyers of the St. Paul, Minn., law firm Jeff Anderson and Associates told The Associated Press about the deal before it had been officially announced. He said...

May 15, 2013 - 4:29pm
1 week 2 days ago

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shootings say laws on insanity and the death penalty are constitutional and don't need any of the explanations requested by the defense.

Attorneys for the state filed their response Wednesday to motions by James Holmes' lawyers saying the laws are vague. The defense also argues the laws violate Holmes' rights by possibly barring him from calling witnesses to testify about his mental health during the trial's...

May 15, 2013 - 4:26pm
1 week 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service's telephone records.

In exchanges that often turned testy, Holder defended the inquiry while pointing out that he had removed himself from any decision on subpoenas. The attorney...

May 15, 2013 - 4:23pm
1 week 2 days ago

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman has sued Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, claiming he or a body guard hit her, threw a drink at her and tossed her off a party bus on the New Jersey Turnpike last December.

The woman, identified by the fictitious name Mary Roe in legal papers, filed the suit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on May 10.

She's asking for more than $50,000 in damages.

She says she was one of about 15...

May 15, 2013 - 4:23pm
1 week 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government information leaks and collisions with the media date back decades and decades. Think back to the Pentagon Papers.

In the early 1970s, the Justice Department went to court to prevent further publication in The New York Times of portions of a top-secret study, dubbed the Pentagon Papers, which was packed with damaging details about America's conduct of the Vietnam War. It led to a landmark First Amendment case before the Supreme Court, which...

May 15, 2013 - 4:22pm
1 week 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says a serious national security leak made necessary the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press.

Holder today stood by the investigation during testimony to a House committee, though he insisted he had no involvement in it. That prompted one Republican to complain that there seems to be no "acceptance of responsibility for things that have gone wrong."

The attorney general...

May 15, 2013 - 4:21pm
1 week 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held assets last year that were worth between $1.8 million and nearly $7 million, according to federal financial disclosure forms the White House released Wednesday.

Required by law, the forms allow public officials to list their assets in broad ranges, such as between $1 million and $5 million, which makes it difficult to determine a precise net worth.

Obama signed the eight-page...

May 15, 2013 - 4:16pm
1 week 2 days ago

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing higher after shaking off a morning slump.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 60 points to close at 15,275 Wednesday, a gain of 0.4 percent.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose eight points to 1,658, or 0.5 percent. Both the Dow and S&P are at record highs.

The Nasdaq composite rose nine points to 3,471, or 0.3 percent.

Macy's rose after beating Wall...

May 15, 2013 - 4:15pm
1 week 2 days ago

COVERAGE OUTLOOK

Planning for 05/15/2013:

HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ADVISORY

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SMARTPHONE CYBERCRIME - Federal Reserve warns fraudsters are targeting banking apps. See National.

CANNES KICKS OFF - Steven Spielberg talks about leading Cannes jury as film festival begins. See Entertainment.

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