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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Prosecutor wants stalking suspect punished under hate crime law

By Elizabeth Dinan / / Seacoast Online

PORTSMOUTH — A Rochester man accused of mailing racist and "sexually charged" packages to a city police officer during the past 15 months, mailed them...

Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher

Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s dispatch center yesterday.

By Associated Press

NORWALK, Calif. — A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while...

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Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap

This 2009 photo released by Constance McMillen’s family via The ACLU of Mississippi, taken in Fulton, Miss., shows Constance McMillen, 18, a student at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School.

By Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. —An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district...

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Man charged with stalking N.H. police officer

By Elizabeth Dinan / Portsmouth Herald

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — For the past 15 months, a former resident has been mailing...

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Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in post-Katrina shooting cover-up

By Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly...

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Indiana man who murdered 2 executed in Texas

By Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — An Indiana man whose cross-country crime spree with his...

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Group still needs millions for Hollywood sign land

A nature conservation group said it is $3 million away from the $12.5 million it needs to buy and preserve hilltop property beside the world-famous Hollywood sign.

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — It’s a Hollywood cliffhanger, in more ways than one. The...

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Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall

By Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s school superintendent said Thursday the plan to shutter nearly half the district’s...

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Court upholds ‘under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance

By Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance...

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Dispensaries part of Maine medical pot plan

By Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s had a medical marijuana law for more than a decade, but it did not include a way to...

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Driver in Camry mishap blames gas pedal

By Associated Press

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A 76-year-old Connecticut woman is blaming a stuck gas pedal after her Toyota Camry went out of control, struck the front steps of...

Report: 1 third of NH bird species in decline

By Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — A first-of-its kind study of New Hampshire’s bird species found that about a third of them are...

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NY man dies after police use stun gun on him

By Associated Press

RHINEBECK, N.Y. - State police say they’re investigating the death of a 44-year-old Hudson Valley man who died after...

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Lawyers appeal Phil Spector’s conviction

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his...

FBI looking into NJ man linked to attack in Yemen

By Associated Press

HADDONFIELD, N.J. — The FBI is investigating the case of an al-Qaida member from New Jersey who’s accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital...