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Los Angeles buildings emptied after devices found

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 15th

By TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A police bomb squad detonated 17 homemade explosive devices found in an apartment on Wednesday after officers spotted an explosive liquid in a man's car during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. Robert Wilson, 29, was booked on felony

UPDATE: Airway Heights Corrections Center Investigating 2nd Staff Member For Sexual Misconduct

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>>>CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW TWEETS FROM ALEX ROZIER AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a second staff member at the Airway Heights Corrections Center for alleged sexual misconduct with an inmate. According to court documents, an employee is accused of

UPDATE: Airway Heights Corrections Center Investigating 2nd Staff Member For Sexual Misconduct

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 15th

>>>CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW TWEETS FROM ALEX ROZIER TWEET FROM ALEX ROZIER: Apparently the second person accused has met the inmate's family while he was in jail, according to phone calls recorded involving the two. TWEET FROM ALEX ROZIER: The other employee, exactly 30 years younger, is

Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite

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By ROBBIE COREY-BOULETAssociated Press KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) - Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down

Swiss to crack down on business, sports bribery

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GENEVA (AP) - The Swiss government wants to broaden its anti-corruption laws to make bribery a criminal offense in almost all cases. The move follows criticism from anti-graft advocates who claim Switzerland doesn't do enough to prevent bribery by businesses and international sports

Swiss to crack down on business, sports bribery

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Syria rebels, regime troops fight in Aleppo prison

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By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Rebel fighters battled regime troops inside the walls of the sprawling central prison compound in Syria's largest city Wednesday, hours after blowing open the gate with twin car bombs in an attempted jailbreak, activists said. The orchestrated assault

Sheriff urges caution after 5 slain in northern NV

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By SCOTT SONNERAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) - A quiet northern Nevada community is on edge after a spate of killings left five people dead in a single day, including a married couple in their 80s, a 67-year-old woman, and a man found dead not far from the Mustang Ranch brothel. Lyon County

Boy accused in killing of his sister due in court

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By TRACIE CONEAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister in their Central California home is due in juvenile court Wednesday after his attorney said the boy had been charged with murder. Attorney Mark Reichel told KTVU-TV Tuesday

Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS

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By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is investigating potential civil rights violations at the Internal Revenue Service after the agency acknowledged the agency had singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday. Other