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Legal expert links PSU, Catholic church scandals

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

By MARK SCOLFORO and MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Legal experts say emails and other evidence from the Penn State sex abuse case suggest that Joe Paterno and other university officials put boys in danger with their failure to report sexual abuse

More Lightning Tonight?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 14th

>>>TRACK LIVE WEATHER RADAR USING HD DOPPLER 6i Monday: A pleasant day with partly cloudy skies…Then, a weak disturbance traveling from south to north fuels passing T-Storms during for the evening…Low/High 60°/86° Tuesday: May be very similar to Monday

Suicide bomber kills 23 at Afghan wedding

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By DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZAssociated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up among guests at a wedding hall Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing 23 people including a prominent ex-Uzbek warlord turned lawmaker who was the father of the bride. The attack was the

Md. officer kills man armed with sword

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REISTERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Police in suburban Baltimore are investigating the fatal shooting of a sword-wielding man by an officer executing a warrant. Authorities said Baltimore County police went to a Reisterstown home late Thursday seeking two other people for a Howard County shooting. Police say

Church bus crashes in Ga., minor injuries reported

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ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities say 18 Florida schoolchildren were sent to the hospital after a church bus crashed northwest of Atlanta. WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/Ol1FGV ) reports that the children were taken to Gwinnett Medical Center after the Friday crash. Police say the injuries appear to be minor. The

3 men get 5 years in videotaped beating of gay man

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ATLANTA (AP) - Three young men have been sentenced to five years in prison for the videotaped beating of a gay man on an Atlanta street corner that was captured in a widely viewed video. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/NmT0I5 ) reports that Dorian Moragne, Dareal Demare Williams and

EPA drops proposed livestock farm reporting rule

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won't adopt a proposed rule that would have required large livestock farms to report information about their operations. The EPA announced late Friday that it instead would collect information on concentrated animal feeding operations,

Feds to reroute SF Bay ships to protect whales

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By JASON DEARENAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal maritime officials have approved a plan to protect whales in and around San Francisco Bay after seeing an uptick in the number of collisions between the marine mammals and large ships. There have been many victims of such accidents in

Son of Sylvester Stallone dies in LA

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By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - The 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone was found dead in his Los Angeles home Friday, leaving the actor grief-stricken as authorities investigated the cause, a publicist and authorities said. Sage Stallone was found unresponsive by

Police: Kerry Kennedy, NY gov's ex-wife, arrested

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 13th

NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ex-wife, Kerry Kennedy, was arrested Friday for driving while impaired by drugs after she accidentally struck a tractor-trailer and fled, police said. Kennedy is the seventh of 11 children of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. State police said she