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Old party returns to govern changed Mexico

Old party returns to govern changed Mexico
By By MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - The political party that ruled Mexico for seven straight decades is back, assuring Mexicans there's no chance of a return to what some called "the perfect dictatorship" that was marked by a mixture of populist handouts, rigged votes

Gary Dourdan pleads no contest to domestic violence charges

Gary Dourdan pleads no contest to domestic violence charges
By Liz Raftery, Former CSI star Gary Dourdan has pleaded no contest to domestic violence charges stemming from a dispute with his ex-girlfriend a year ago, TMZ reports.

Gary Dourdan pleads no contest to domestic violence charges

Gary Dourdan pleads no contest to domestic violence charges
By Liz Raftery, Former CSI star Gary Dourdan has pleaded no contest to domestic violence charges stemming from a dispute with his ex-girlfriend a year ago, TMZ reports.

NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens

NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens
By By GEOFF MULVIHILLAssociated Press PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) - A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. After

Consumer watchdog asks FDA to revisit compounders

Consumer watchdog asks FDA to revisit compounders
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to re-inspect more than a dozen specialty pharmacies with prior records of violations, in light of a recent deadly outbreak tied to compounded drugs. Contaminated pain injections from a Massachusetts

Tips led to arrest of NH couple in burned boy case

Tips led to arrest of NH couple in burned boy case
By By JAY LINDSAY and LYNNE TUOHYAssociated Press PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - Tips from acquaintances and others helped authorities track a fugitive New Hampshire couple to Florida, where they were arrested at the Universal Studios theme park on charges stemming from the beating and burning of the

Peanut butter plant closure angers New Mexico town

Peanut butter plant closure angers New Mexico town
By By JERI CLAUSINGAssociated Press PORTALES, N.M. (AP) - Farmers in a revered peanut-growing region along the New Mexico-Texas border should be celebrating one of the best harvests in recent memory. Instead, millions of pounds of their prized sweet Valencia peanuts sit in barns at a peanut butter

Nearly 200 released as result of drug lab scandal

Nearly 200 released as result of drug lab scandal
By By STEVE LeBLANCAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - Nearly 200 inmates have been released from prison and their cases put on hold as a result of a Massachusetts state drug testing lab scandal. Public Safety Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan told lawmakers at a public hearing Wednesday that while

Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus

Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus
By By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSAssociated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won't be able to light up. Most universities have codes of conduct banning marijuana use, and they get millions of dollars in

Dallas trucker talks about time in Mexican prison

Dallas trucker talks about time in Mexican prison
By By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press DALLAS (AP) - Jabin Bogan spent seven months sleeping on the floor of a cell in a maximum-security Mexican prison, detained after he accidentally crossed the border at El Paso with 268,000 bullets in his truck. Nine people lived in Bogan's cell, with