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A taxpayer-backed bank for pot money? Maybe in California
LOS ANGELES - California officials announced Tuesday that they will take a detailed look at the possibility of creating a taxpayer-backed bank to handle what could be billions of dollars in revenue ge...
Jan 30, 2018
Louisiana man freed from life sentence, cleared in 1979 rape
GRETNA, La. - A Louisiana man imprisoned for nearly four decades walked free Tuesday after his conviction in a 1979 rape was thrown out and prosecutors agreed to dismiss the charge. Malcolm Alexander,...
Jan 30, 2018
Massachusetts high court to examine drug lab misconduct case
BOSTON - Massachusetts’ top court will examine a case sparked by the misconduct of a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years. ...
Jan 30, 2018
Porn star weaves tangled tale on alleged affair with Trump
NEW YORK - The latest twists in the tangled tale of what happened between Donald Trump and an adult film star more than a decade ago have the woman both firmly denying an extramarital affair with Trum...
Jan 30, 2018
Trump's time, Democrats' grumbles, Melania's white pantsuit
WASHINGTON - Scenes from the Capitol on a night of pomp, pageantry and politics for the State of the Union address: ___ It wasn’t the longest State of the Union address. That designation still g...
Jan 30, 2018
Judge rejects Brazil's Lula da Silva request to avoid prison
RIO DE JANEIRO - A high court judge on Tuesday rejected a request by lawyers for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to block his arrest for a graft conviction that was upheld last we...
Jan 30, 2018
Trial begins for Syrian man accused of supplying bomb parts
PHOENIX - A trial began Tuesday in the case of a Syrian man accused of supplying a component of improvised bombs used in the Iraq War, with a prosecutor saying the man had sympathized with a group tha...
Jan 30, 2018
Budget talks bogged down by immigration, deficit concerns
WASHINGTON - A week after a standoff forced a three-day government shutdown, congressional budget talks remain bogged down by Democrats’ demands to protect “Dreamer” immigrants and G...
Jan 30, 2018
Sanctioned Russian spy official met with counterparts in US
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration let a top Russian spy official visit the United States last week for meetings with U.S. intelligence officials even though there are sanctions against him that ty...
Jan 30, 2018
Worst-hit reactor at Fukushima may be easiest to clean up
OKUMA, Japan - High atop Fukushima’s most damaged nuclear reactor, the final pieces of a jelly-roll shaped cover are being put in place to seal in highly radioactive dust. Blown apart by a hydro...
Jan 30, 2018