NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Defense attorneys said the juror, 31-year-old Todd Easter, intentionally withheld information that he was a rape victim during the jury selection. Easter testified at a hearing last week that he didn’t withhold information because he doesn’t consider himself a victim. A Sumner County man was convicted of …
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Police say a Pennsylvania robbery suspect has diversified his criminal portfolio by exposing himself to a shop owner before taking cash and a women’s outfit from a clothing store. Richland Township police Detective Kevin Gaudlip says Tuesday’s heist at the King and Queen Shoppe near Johnstown “was …
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BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania – A college party got a little wild when a black bear showed up. The black bear, weighing between 300 and 400 pounds, crashed the party early Saturday near the campus of Lehigh University. Emergency officials received a flood of emergency calls after the bear was spotted around …
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BOSTON – The Confederate battle flag found attached to the Boston memorial honoring black Civil War soldiers last weekend wasn’t an act of defiance by a flag sympathizer, but rather a protest. Stephen Allsop tells The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/1HrRWyM ) that he and some friends went to the memorial honoring …
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STAFFORD, Va. – More than 70 people rallied with Confederate battle flags outside the courthouse in Stafford County, attracting a smaller number of counter-protesters. Rally co-organizers Jason Sulser of Stafford and Manny Vega of Midlothian organized Friday’s rally. They said the event was intended to honor history and their Southern …
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DALLAS – American Airlines is scaling back its plans for more flying this year amid signs that average fares are declining, and the announcement set off a rally in airline stocks. Wall Street analysts have been urging the airlines to scale back growth plans to prevent fares from falling, but …
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Investigators say there may never be an explanation about what happened on a Rhode Island beach when a mysterious boom was heard and a woman was thrown into a rock jetty. State police Col. Steven G. O’Donnell said Monday that investigators have found no physical evidence of …
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LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Snohomish County authorities say two thieves suspected of stealing an ATM machine from a business made it as far as the parking lot, but the machine fell out of the getaway van. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Monday that deputies have recovered the ATM machine. They believe …
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VINITA, Okla. – A day care center in northeast Oklahoma shut its doors Tuesday after a mother reported her two young sons were severely sunburned during an outing to a local water park Happiness is a Learning Center day care in Vinita agreed to cease operations while the Oklahoma Department …
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who claimed to be Tarzan has been arrested after he allegedly climbed a tree and tried to get into the monkey exhibit at a Southern California zoo. A zookeeper called 911 Tuesday morning to report that a shirtless man plastered in mud had climbed …
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