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NYPD: Getaway car found in slaying of Calif. man

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By By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Police revealed Wednesday that they found a getaway car used in an execution-style daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a busy Manhattan street - a possible break in a case that has defied easy answers. No motive or suspects have been

Sick girl who left Phoenix hospital appears safe

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By By BRIAN SKOLOFF and BOB CHRISTIEAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The family of an 11-year-old leukemia patient whose mother unexpectedly took her from a Phoenix hospital last month has a history of removing the child from medical facilities against the advice of doctors, police said

Police: Oregon Mall Shooter Used Stolen Rifle

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Indy to replace entire fleet with electric, hybrid

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By By RICK CALLAHANAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis is aiming to become the first major U.S. city to replace its entire fleet with environmentally friendly vehicles, in a move the mayor said is aimed at reducing the nation's reliance on foreign oil. Mayor Greg Ballard

Deutsche Bank: co-CEO, CFO part of tax probe

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Deutsche Bank says its co-chief executive Juergen Fitschen and chief finance officer Stefan Krause are under investigation as part of a tax evasion probe linked to the bank's emissions trading business. The bank said Wednesday Fitschen and Krause are being investigated

Greece to buy back 31.9 billion euros of bonds

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By By NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece will buy back €31.9 billion ($41.5 billion) of its bonds from private investors at a third of their nominal price, the debt agency said Wednesday, lightening its crushing debt load and meeting a key condition to receive vital

Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai

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By By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Barack Obama will decide shortly how many U.S. troops he wants to keep in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition military mission ends in December 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday as he opened

Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai

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Amsterdam to ban smoking pot in school

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By By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - Amsterdam's mayor said Wednesday he would formally ban students from smoking marijuana at school, making the Dutch capital the first city in the Netherlands to do so. Eberhard van der Laan's introduction of a law that in other

Serbia's billionaire retail tycoon detained

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By By DUSAN STOJANOVICAssociated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's billionaire retail tycoon and one of the Balkan country's most influential figures was detained Wednesday in what the nationalist government said is a major anti-corruption sweep. Miroslav Miskovic, one of the