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Brazen Conn. warehouse heist nets $75M in pills (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind — not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs.
Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.
Ivy League's Cornell responds to 3 gorge deaths (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month.
State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972 (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.
Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama 'birthers' (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here.
Police: Man may have had images of missing women (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - Relatives and friends of four women who have been missing since the 1970s told investigators they recognized their loved ones in photos found in the locker of a convicted serial killer, police said Tuesday.
Hearing set in lesbian teen's suit to force prom (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get "guys" to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls against slow dancing with each other because that could "push people's buttons," according to documents filed Tuesday in federal court.
Mexico-bound bus crashes in Texas, killing 2 (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - A crowded bus carrying young families and spring breakers toward Mexico went careening off a Texas highway and flipped onto its side Tuesday, killing two people and forcing dozens of bloodied passengers to climb to safety through broken windows and an emergency exit.
Woman tells of attack similar to San Diego teen's (AP)
March 17, 2010
AP - A 23-year-old woman allegedly attacked by a registered sex offender at the same park where he is accused of killing a San Diego teenager two months later said Tuesday that she believed he was going to rape her.
A beach, a jogger, a failing plane, and death (AP)
March 17, 2010AP - Robert Gary Jones was a pharmaceutical salesman on a business trip, looking forward to getting home to celebrate his daughter's third birthday. He was enjoying a moment to himself on this resort island, jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod.
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