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Nelly detained after cops find drugs, gun at infamous Texas checkpoint

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By Kate Stanhope, When will celebrities learn to stay away from Sierra Blanca, Texas?

Boston announces plan for inmate releases

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BOSTON (AP) - Boston officials have announced plans to manage the release of potentially hundreds of jail and prison inmates whose drug cases were tainted in a state lab testing scandal. Mayor Thomas Menino said Thursday a "crisis re-entry" team will manage individual cases, beginning with

Video shows naked student before he's shot

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By MELISSA NELSON-GABRIEL and PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Video of the fatal shooting of a naked Alabama college student shows him with his arms outstretched and his palms open seconds before a campus police officer fired. The Mobile County Sheriff's Department played

Wash. could become first state to OK pot sales

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By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state is on the verge of becoming the first in the nation to let adults over 21 buy taxed, inspected marijuana at state-licensed shops. It might not clear up more than a decade of confusion that resulted from the state's medical

Washington Could Become First State To OK Pot Sales...What Do You Think About This?

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SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state is on the verge of becoming the first in the nation to let adults over 21 buy taxed, inspected marijuana at state-licensed shops. Supporters of Initiative 502 say allowing recreational pot sales could make drug laws a little more reasonable, prevent

IPO market shows signs of life with 4 big gains

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By BREE FOWLERAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - After a string of disappointing debuts, the IPO market showed signs of life Thursday, with shares of four newly public companies each shooting up more than 20 percent in their first day of trading. All of the companies - Realogy, the owner of

CDC: Meningitis outbreak growing, 14 people dead

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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBEAP Medical Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials have tracked down 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who may have received contaminated steroid shots in the nation's growing meningitis outbreak, warning Thursday that patients will need to

Lawyer: Video doesn't justify shooting of student

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By PHILLIP RAWLSAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A lawyer for the family of an Alabama college student killed by university police said Thursday a surveillance video of his death doesn't justify the shooting. Jere Beasley described the videotaped death of University of South Alabama

Ohio ice cream maker recalls some products

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UTICA, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio ice cream maker is voluntarily recalling some of its peanut-butter flavored products because of possible salmonella contamination. Velvet Ice Cream said Thursday that some of the peanut products bought from Sunland Inc. for use in the ice cream flavors could be

New Yorkers accused of selling meds on Craigslist

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By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The Craigslist ad was placed by a self-described "friendly NYU student." It offered "pain and anxiety relief." Just in case there was any confusion, it signed off with, "(asterisk)(asterisk)perc roxy(asterisk)(asterisk)" and a smiley face. Narcotics