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More flooding on 2nd day of CA 'king tides'

More flooding on 2nd day of CA 'king tides'
By By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA LEFFAssociated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - King tides swelled again Friday along the Southern California coast but only minor flooding was reported in a few areas. Television news reports showed ankle-deep water on some streets in the Sunset Beach area

Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes

Treasury spells out rules on taxing of tribes
By By SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Taxes cannot be levied on honoraria to a shaman or spiritual leader for religious services, but could be assessed on per-capita payments from gambling revenues to tribal members, under a proposal for taxing Native Americans by the Internal

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad's fall

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad's fall
By By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's attempt to backpedal after a top diplomat said Syrian President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country reflects the dilemma Moscow faces as opposition fighters gain ground. Throughout the Syrian crisis, Russia has tried

Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections
By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug trafficking and that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has dogged him for more than two

Army sergeant gets life in Colo. soldier's death

Army sergeant gets life in Colo. soldier's death
By By DAN ELLIOTTAssociated Press FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - An Army sergeant convicted of unpremeditated murder in the stabbing and choking death of a fellow soldier at Fort Carson said he was by "horrified" by the crime and takes full responsibility for his actions. But he said he doesn't

Injury dashed mall shooter's hope of being Marine

Injury dashed mall shooter's hope of being Marine
By By STEVEN DUBOIS AND RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - His mother died before he was 3 years old, and he was estranged from the aunt who raised him. His dream of becoming a Marine was dashed by a broken foot, he hadn't yet settled on a career path, and a new plan, to

Transgender college hoops player keeps head high

Transgender college hoops player keeps head high
By LISA LEFFAssociated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The women's basketball team at Mission College expected the bleachers to be full and the hecklers ready when its newest player made her home court debut. In the days leading up to the game, people had plenty to say about 6-foot-6-inch

Sunset Grocery, Customer Robbed At Gunpoint

Sunset Grocery, Customer Robbed At Gunpoint
SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane police responded to an armed robbery at the Sunset Grocery just before 10:00pm Thursday night. Officers tell KHQ that two men, wearing masks, entered the store, pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. They grabbed an unknown amount of cash from the register. At

Smithsonian parallels Emancipation, Civil Rights

Smithsonian parallels Emancipation, Civil Rights
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Civil Rights were 100 years apart, but both changed the nation and expanded freedoms. Beginning Friday, the Smithsonian's

4 doused with flammable liquid, set afire in Colo.

4 doused with flammable liquid, set afire in Colo.
By By THOMAS PEIPERTAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - Police searched Friday for two men who used a pump sprayer to douse four people with a flammable liquid at a Denver apartment and then set them on fire. One woman was seriously injured in the attack that rattled a northwest neighborhood. "Who