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• NY state Senate candidate accused of stalking

  Democratic New York state Senate candidate David Mejias has been charged with three counts of stalking a former girlfriend. Mejias, an attorney and...  

• BP removes cap from Deepwater Horizon well

  BP said Thursday it successfully removed a capping stack above the Deepwater Horizon well, another step toward the replacement of a broken blow-out...  

• Lawyer: Ford, Mets prospect family settle in player crash death

  JACKSON, Miss. -- Ford Motor Co. on Thursday settled a Mississippi lawsuit over a 2001 accident in which a New York Mets prospect was killed when his...  

• Two men arrested in connection with shooting that killed four Israelis

  Two men were arrested by Palestinian authorities Thursday in connection with the killing of four Israelis near Hebron, in the West Bank, Haartez...  

• Former 'car czar' Rattner rats on Obama in new book

  Former Obama administration car czar Steven Rattner is coming out with a new book that depicts him swashbuckling through the financial crisis and shows...  
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  Sarah Palin slams 'impotent,' 'whack' reporters in radio interview

  Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin slammed reporters who write about her using anonymous sources Thursday, calling them “impotent” and “whack.” The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee made the remarks in an appearance on Sean Hannity’s WABC...  

• Campaign promotes rail service to Newark airport

  NEWARK, N.J. — Two transportation agencies have launched a campaign to encourage travelers to take the train to Newark’s airport. Officials of NJ...  
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  Nassau County has its 1st West Nile death

  NORTH HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — West Nile virus has claimed its first victim this year in Nassau County. The Nassau County Health Department said Thursday that a North Hempstead resident over the age of 80 has died. The unidentified victim is one of 24...  

• Wash. acid attack victim says sunglasses saved her sight

  A woman who suffered severe burns from an unprovoked acid attack in Vancouver, Wash., was doing well after surgery and said Thursday that a pair of...  

• Divers discover 200-year-old beer in Baltic Sea shipwreck

  Divers salvaged the world's oldest drinkable beer from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea Thursday, just days after work began to retrieve dozens of bottles...  

• Mideast peace envoy announces second round of peace talks

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's special envoy for Mideast peace says the leaders of Israel and the Palestinians concluded a productive first...  

• Window-wash-fall wife: Jumper & kin face long, hard road

  Tom Magill’s future will likely be riddled with painful years of surgeries and grueling rehabilitation for injuries that may never fully heal — and his...  
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  Madoff investors oppose payments to bankruptcy trustee

  Hundreds of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's victims today challenged the latest bill from his bankruptcy trustee, which seeks more than $34 million for 120 days of work. The Aug. 20 bill, for services rendered between Feb. 1 and May 31, works out to...  

• Comptroller says state retirement fund employer contribution rates will increase in 2012

  ALBANY -- With the economy continuing to show signs of weakness, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced today increases over the previous year in the...  
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  Hurricane Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding

  BUXTON, N.C. — The last ferries pulled away from North Carolina’s vulnerable barrier islands Thursday as Hurricane Earl spun closer with winds near 125 mph, putting the East Coast all the way to Canada on alert for what could be a blustery Labor Day...  
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  Mideast peace envoy announces second round of peace talks

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas concluded the first round of direct peace talks Thursday and will meet again on Sept. 14 and 15 in the region, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, George...  
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  Oil platform fire in Gulf extinguished, all workers rescued

  A fire aboard an offshore platform owned by Mariner Energy, about 100 miles south of Louisiana's Vermilion Bay, has been extinguished after burning for about six hours, the Coast Guard said Thursday. Thirteen workers sent overboard by an explosion...  

• Sick and dead animals found in L.I. home

  WEST HILLS, N.Y. — A triggered automatic fire alarm has led to the discovery of dozens of malnourished and dead animals at a spacious Long Island home....  
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  Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

  A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday. Ardi Rizal shocked the world when a video of him drawing heavily on cigarettes...  

• Dell drops out of bidding war for 3PAR

  Dell announced Thursday it was dropping out of the closely-watched bidding war with competitor Hewlett-Packard for the data storage company 3PAR. "We...