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WORCESTER, Mass. The founder of a defunct Muslim charity has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for lying to an FBI agent about his travels to Afghanistan.
AP PHOTO This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 2:15 a.m. EDT shows a swirl of clouds off the Southeast Coast associated with Tropical Storm Cristobal. The storm is expected to move northeastward along the eastern seaboard over the next few days. Clouds over the Upper Midwest are associated with an area of heavy rain and thunderstorms moving through the area.
CHARLESTON, S.C. Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first system to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, strengthened slightly off the North Carolina coast Sunday, and was expected to dump several inches of rain in some areas of the drought-stricken state.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. Construction crews began removing row after row of Xcel Energy Center seats. Forklift drivers slid load after load of electrical equipment off semi trucks. And the arena's manager handed over a ceremonial key to the building.
NEWARK, N.J. A federal judge on Wednesday upheld the corruption convictions of former Newark Mayor Sharpe James and his one-time mistress, but indicated that James probably will get less than the 15- to 20-year prison sentence prosecutors are seeking.
SALT LAKE CITY A Las Vegas man who devised a calendar that features shirtless Mormon missionaries is facing a disciplinary hearing and possible excommunication because of the project.
HAMILTON, Bermuda Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean Tuesday after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island.
CHICAGO In a story July 12, The Associated Press reported that federal immigration officials have ordered the deportation of Flor Crisostomo, a Mexican immigrant living in a Chicago church.
NEW YORK A supervisor assigned to investigate fraud in New York City's child services agency was among four people charged with embezzling $450,000 meant for needy children.
SAN DIEGO Two Marine Corps reservists have been charged in connection with an alleged information theft ring that involved the compromise of classified files.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Authorities in Florida are investigating why the child of a bride-to-be was left to die in a hot car on his mother's wedding day.
NEW YORK A retired police sergeant whose erratic behavior frightened his family into committing him to a psychiatric hospital fled the ward Tuesday and was killed by officers during a gun battle outside his home.
HARRISBURG, Pa. A state lawmaker, a former legislative leader and 10 other people connected to the state House Democratic caucus were charged Thursday over allegations that millions of taxpayer dollars were illegally siphoned to underwrite political campaigns.
NEW ORLEANS It's the running of the bulls, New Orleans style.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. A Marine sniper charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two Syrians should face lesser charges, the investigating officer has recommended.
NEW ORLEANS The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter. Discoveries behind St. Louis Cathedral include a small silver crucifix from the 1770s or 1780s and traces of previously unknown buildings dating back to around the city's founding in 1718.
NEWARK, N.J. A woman has sued the call girl linked to the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, claiming Ashley Dupre used her lost driver's license to appear on a "Girls Gone Wild" video.
IN THE EVERGLADES, Fla. It's 7 a.m. in the marsh, and like some sort of cigar-chomping swamp cowboy, biologist Lindsey Hord is about to reach for something that could cost him a few fingers - or worse - if he's not careful.
ST. LOUIS Police in Missouri say a man has killed his wife and her sister, and has brutally beaten his brother in law, before taking his own life in a community outside St. Louis.
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. A man who fatally shot a sheriff's deputy Tuesday had been ordered by a court to undergo a mental evaluation and had twice left a hospital before barricading himself in a home and triggering a shootout with police, authorities said.
PHOENIX As a wildfire bore down on a mountain community north of Phoenix late last month, the town was protected in part by fires intentionally set in previous years.
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