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Philly officer who punched woman at parade charged

Philly officer who punched woman at parade charged
By PATRICK WALTERSAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former police lieutenant caught on video punching a woman in the face while responding to a disturbance at a Puerto Rican Day parade festival was charged Thursday with simple assault, prosecutors said. Jonathan Josey, a veteran supervisor

GOP senator outlines $68 billion in defense cuts

GOP senator outlines $68 billion in defense cuts
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense spending could be slashed by $68 billion over 10 years if the military stopped spending millions on running grocery stores, operating its own schools and even developing a roll-up version of beef jerky, insists one of the Senate's

Questions on sex scandal: Top officials testify

Questions on sex scandal: Top officials testify
By NANCY BENAC and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Top national security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the David Petraeus sex scandal as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked service chiefs to review ethics training for military

Questions on sex scandal: Top officials testify

Questions on sex scandal: Top officials testify
By NANCY BENAC and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Top national security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the David Petraeus sex scandal as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked service chiefs to review ethics training for military

ACLU-Idaho says prison may be violating settlement

ACLU-Idaho says prison may be violating settlement
By REBECCA BOONEAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The ACLU of Idaho says Corrections Corporation of America appears to be violating a settlement reached with inmates in a so-called "Gladiator School" lawsuit over violence at an Idaho prison run by the company. The organization sent CCA a

Business Highlights

Business Highlights
By The Associated Press ___ Obama presses GOP on taxing rich to avert 'cliff' WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama challenged congressional Republicans Wednesday to let taxes rise on the wealthiest Americans on both economic and political grounds, noting he campaigned successfully

What does it take to get people to flee a storm?

What does it take to get people to flee a storm?
By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Despite days of dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders as Superstorm Sandy closed in. Now, after scores of deaths and harrowing escapes, emergency

JUDGE SENTENCES KARL THOMPSON TO 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS

JUDGE SENTENCES KARL THOMPSON TO 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS
SPOKANE, Wash. - After more than six years, on Thursday a federal judge sentenced former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson to 51 months (4 years, 3 months) in the beating death of disabled janitor Otto Zehm. PREVIOUS STORY: SPOKANE, Wash. - After more than six years, a federal judge will

JUDGE SENTENCES KARL THOMPSON TO 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS

JUDGE SENTENCES KARL THOMPSON TO 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS
SPOKANE, Wash. - After more than six years, on Thursday a federal judge sentenced former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson to 51 months (4 years, 3 months) in the beating death of disabled janitor Otto Zehm. PREVIOUS STORY: SPOKANE, Wash. - After more than six years, a federal judge will

JUDGE SENTENCES KARL THOMPSON TO 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS

JUDGE SENTENCES KARL THOMPSON TO 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS
SPOKANE, Wash. - After more than six years, on Thursday a federal judge sentenced former Spokane Police Officer Karl Thompson to 51 months (4 years, 3 months) in the beating death of disabled janitor Otto Zehm. PREVIOUS STORY: SPOKANE, Wash. - After more than six years, a federal judge will