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Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coast

Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coast
By FREIDA FRISAROAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - Heavy rain was pouring across much of Florida early Thursday as the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed toward the state's western coast and a new tropical storm warning was issued for a swath of the U.S. East Coast.

FBI looking at Calif. lawmaker's water legislation

FBI looking at Calif. lawmaker's water legislation
By DON THOMPSON and TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The FBI investigation of state Sen. Ron Calderon involves legislation he introduced for a Los Angeles-area water district that uses his brother as a consultant, according to two people questioned by federal agents. The FBI

FBI looking at Calif. lawmaker's water legislation

FBI looking at Calif. lawmaker's water legislation
By DON THOMPSON and TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The FBI investigation of state Sen. Ron Calderon involves legislation he introduced for a Los Angeles-area water district that uses his brother as a consultant, according to two people questioned by federal agents. The FBI

FBI looking at Calif. lawmaker's water legislation

FBI looking at Calif. lawmaker's water legislation
By DON THOMPSON and TAMI ABDOLLAHAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The FBI investigation of state Sen. Ron Calderon involves legislation he introduced for a Los Angeles-area water district that uses his brother as a consultant, according to two people questioned by federal agents. The FBI

Tropical Storm Andrea nears Fla.'s west coast

Tropical Storm Andrea nears Fla.'s west coast
MIAMI (AP) - The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Andrea, formed Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to bring wet weather to parts of Florida's west coast over the next few days. Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning for a swath of Florida's west

Defense report: Post-bin Laden raid security lapse

Defense report: Post-bin Laden raid security lapse
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Several weeks after overseeing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the raid commander in a speech attended by the writer of the film "Zero Dark Thirty," according to a draft report by

Allegations of sex, drugs roil Baltimore jail

Allegations of sex, drugs roil Baltimore jail
By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) - Inmates often complain of idleness, but Tavon White apparently had no trouble keeping busy behind bars. Investigators say the man nicknamed "Bulldog" impregnated four female corrections officers at the Baltimore jail while running a sophisticated

Allegations of sex, drugs roil Baltimore jail

Allegations of sex, drugs roil Baltimore jail
By ERIC TUCKERAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) - Inmates often complain of idleness, but Tavon White apparently had no trouble keeping busy behind bars. Investigators say the man nicknamed "Bulldog" impregnated four female corrections officers at the Baltimore jail while running a sophisticated

DHS: A hunch is enough for searching your laptop

DHS: A hunch is enough for searching your laptop
By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler's laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study

DHS: A hunch is enough for searching your laptop

DHS: A hunch is enough for searching your laptop
By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler's laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study