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NY poised to be 1st to pass post-massacre gun bill

NY poised to be 1st to pass post-massacre gun bill
By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A key New York Senate leader said he expects the state Legislature to vote Monday to enact what would be the nation's first gun control measure following last month's Connecticut school shooting. "I think when all is said and done, we

NY Mayor Bloomberg urges fed gun control reforms

NY Mayor Bloomberg urges fed gun control reforms
By BRIAN WITTEAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling for federal gun control reforms. Bloomberg outlined his proposals Monday at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at a summit on reducing gun violence. The two-day summit began exactly one

EU police agency opens unit to tackle cybercrime

EU police agency opens unit to tackle cybercrime
By MIKE CORDERAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The European Union's police coordination agency opened a new cybercrime unit Friday to combat online offenses from banking fraud to peddling images of child sex abuse. But as the European Cybercrime Centre, or EC3, formally opened its

Inaugural pastor withdraws over anti-gay remarks

Inaugural pastor withdraws over anti-gay remarks
By RACHEL ZOLLAP Religion Writer The evangelical pastor chosen to give the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration withdrew from the ceremony Thursday after remarks surfaced that he made two decades ago condemning the gay rights movement. The Rev. Louie Giglio of Passion City

UPDATE: ‘Naked Burglar’ Arrested After Striking Again In Spokane

UPDATE: ‘Naked Burglar’ Arrested After Striking Again In Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. – Imagine the surprise: you come home to your apartment, only to find your door open and a man standing in the hallway wearing only underwear and your girlfriend's belt around his neck.  That's exactly what happened in Browne's Addition Tuesday night. 

UPDATE: ‘Naked Burglar’ Arrested After Striking Again In Spokane

UPDATE: ‘Naked Burglar’ Arrested After Striking Again In Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. – Imagine the surprise: you come home to your apartment, only to find your door open and a man standing in the hallway wearing only underwear and your girlfriend's belt around his neck.  That's exactly what happened in Browne's Addition Tuesday night. 

UPDATE: Investigators In DEA Shooting Name Suspect

UPDATE: Investigators In DEA Shooting Name Suspect
Coeur d'Alene Police Department UPDATED Press Release 1-9-12:  Idaho State Police have confirmed the suspect arrested for trafficking methamphetamine is Charles E. Gibson, 41 years of age of Spokane Washington. No further details will be released about the incident as it remains under

White House tries to keep momentum on gun control

White House tries to keep momentum on gun control
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Less than a month after a horrific elementary school shooting, the White House is fighting to keep the momentum for new gun legislation amid signs it's losing ground in Congress to other pressing issues. Vice President Joe Biden has

AP's Honduras correspondent navigates violent land

AP's Honduras correspondent navigates violent land
By ALBERTO ARCEAssociated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Every Saturday morning, one of my taxi drivers pays about $12 for the right to park his cab near a hospital, about two blocks from a police station. But it's not the government that's charging. An unidentified man pulls up in a

Woman said to be drug lord's daughter is freed

Woman said to be drug lord's daughter is freed
By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - A pregnant woman who identified herself to U.S. border inspectors as a daughter of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord returned to Mexico after pleading guilty to an immigration charge. Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, 31, pleaded guilty in San