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Residents in blast-shaken subdivision want answers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

By CHARLES WILSONAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - When a house two blocks away exploded with a deafening boom, the staggering force knocked Billie Chipman to the floor. The freckled 16-year-old hasn't slept since. "I was walking to the couch and I fell," she said Thursday. As clocks and

Cops: Teens got lap dances at party for NY boy, 16

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SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - Exotic dancers performed lap dances on teenagers at a boy's surprise 16th birthday party in an upstate New York village, police said, and investigators were trying to determine whether any organizer of the celebration committed a crime. South Glens Falls Police

Socialite's climb halted by unfolding scandal

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By ALLEN G. BREED and DONNA CASSATA and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jill Kelley's climb to the top of Tampa's social ladder may be as spectacular as her fall from it. Accounts of lavish parties at her bay front mansion with politicians and military generals have been

BBC settles libel suit from wronged politician

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By GREGORY KATZAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - The BBC reached a settlement Thursday with the Conservative politician wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal. The BBC has already apologized for linking 70-year-old Alistair McAlpine, a member of the House of Lords, to child sex abuse that

Seattle police produce a user's guide to pot

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By PHUONG LEAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) - When Washington state voters overwhelmingly legalized the recreational use of marijuana on Nov. 6, Seattle police knew they'd be getting a lot of questions. And while many details surrounding the state's Dec. 6 decriminalization of pot remain

Greek protesters target German officials at event

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By COSTAS KANTOURISAssociated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) - Dozens of Greek anti-austerity protesters forced their way into an exhibition site where Greek and German government officials were holding a conference Thursday, with some demonstrators almost breaking into the meeting before

With pot legal, police worry about road safety

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By GENE JOHNSON and KRISTEN WYATTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - It's settled. Pot, at least certain amounts of it, will soon be legal under state laws in Washington and Colorado. Now, officials in both states are trying to figure out how to keep stoned drivers off the road. Colorado's

Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding

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By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy "until the rebuilding is complete" after getting an up-close look at devastated neighborhoods rendered unlivable. Obama brought the

Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding

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Spokane Co. Prosecutor on Convicted Officer Karl Thompson: 'He Got Special Treatment'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 15th

SPOKANE, Wash. - One day before former Spokane Police officer Karl Thompson's sentencing, Spokane County prosecutor Steve Tucker sat down with KHQ to talk about the controversial case. "It took way too long," Tucker said. Thompson confronted Otto Zehm in the North