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APNewsBreak: Pa. police to end tickets for cursing

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Firing off four-letter words won't be considered a crime anymore in Pennsylvania.State police have agreed to stop citing the public for mere cursing as part of a settlement Tuesday of a federal free-speech lawsuit.The American Civil Liberties Union represents Pennsylvanians who have been ticketed for cursing at an overflowing toilet, a swerving motorcyclist and a parking ticket issuer.The citations can lead to hundreds of dollars in fines and legal costs.ACLU lawyer Mary Catherine Roper says ... Quick Read

US calls Iran's offer of nuke tour a PR stunt

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The State Department is belittling Iran's offer to let some countries — but not the U.S. — visit its nuclear facilities, calling the offer a "magical mystery tour."Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Tuesday that the offer is no substitute for Iran fully cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency to prove that its nuclear program is strictly for peaceful purposes and not to build a bomb.Reporters asked Crowley how the U.S. felt about Iran's decision not to include ... Quick Read

Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection

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The Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee has directed its attorneys to file for bankruptcy protection, saying pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it with debts it can't pay.Archbishop Jerome Listecki said Tuesday the archdiocese was undergoing Chapter 11 reorganization so that it would be able to continue its mission as a church while compensating victims of sexual abuse."In my installation homily on January 4, 2010, I spoke of the devastation of sin and its effect on us personally and as a ... Quick Read

1 roe-deer saved, 1 drifting on ice in Poland

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A local governor says that firefighters have saved one of two roe-deer drifting on sheets of ice on the Baltic Sea off northern Poland's coast.Jerzy Kolakowski from Ustronie Morskie said on TVN24 on Tuesday the animals were spotted in the morning, some 200 meters (yards) from the beach.Firefighters were able to chase one of them onto the land and into the woods, but another drifted away on a separate piece of ice.Kolakowski said the rescue efforts to save the second deer were halted for lack of ... Quick Read

Bosses charged in Zambia mine shooting skip court

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A Zambian judge has issued arrest warrants for two Chinese coal mine managers after the defendants failed to appear in court on accusations of firing upon striking workers.Xiao Li Shan and Wu Jiu Hua have been charged with 12 counts of attempted murder after nearly a dozen miners were shot in a pay dispute on Oct. 15. They were released on a $10,700 bail in October.Prosecutors applied for arrest warrants Tuesday after the mining officials did not attend the preliminary hearing. Magistrate Jacob ... Quick Read

Obama admin. hits back against health care repeal

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President Barack Obama's top health care official says Republican repeal of his overhaul law would take away personal freedoms and put power back in the hands of insurance companies.Previewing the administration's counterattack, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that new benefits under the law have freed millions of Americans from worry that they'll lose or be denied coverage, while making it easier for small businesses to sponsor a policy for their ... Quick Read

'Granddad Bandit' to plead in Al., Ark. robberies

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The so-called "Granddad Bandit" suspected of robbing 25 banks in 13 states has told court officials he will plead guilty to three heists in Alabama and Arkansas.Michael Francis Mara is being held in Virginia facing two bank robbery charges. His trial is scheduled Jan. 13.Mara signed court papers in December seeking to move charges related to one robbery in Arkansas and two in Alabama to Virginia so he can plead guilty and be sentenced here.The FBI dubbed the balding and graying suspect the ... Quick Read

Venezuelan ex-leader's burial in limbo due to feud

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Relatives of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez have been unable to agree on sending his body from Miami to Venezuela, leaving the former leader's burial in limbo.Carolina Perez is one of the late leader's daughters. She told the Venezuelan television channel Globovision on Monday night that a plan to fly the body to Caracas was suspended after Perez's longtime companion and daughters in the United Stat ... Quick Read

CAPITAL CULTURE: DC full of do-not-enter entrances

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The capital is a city of magnificent front entrances that people can't enter.On Constitution Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue and Capitol Hill, sweeping marble staircases, sculptures, manicured gardens and ornate doors beckoned citizens of the past. Now most stand empty and sealed.The Supreme Court has become the latest to shoo people from its front steps, to the displeasure of several justices who think it's wrong for an open society to close its most majestic portals.Across the street, the U.S. ... Quick Read

Police: Woman fatally stabs lawmaker in east India

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Police say a school principal fatally stabbed a Hindu nationalist lawmaker while he was meeting with supporters at his residence in an eastern Indian state.Neelmani, the top police officer in Bihar state, says Rupan Pathak pulled out a knife from her shawl and stabbed Raj Kishore Kesri, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker, in his stomach Tuesday, killing him instantly.Neelmani, who uses one name, says Kesri's guards overpowered Pathak and beat her up. She was hospitalized in critical ... Quick Read

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APNewsBreak: Pa. police to end tickets for cursing

US calls Iran's offer of nuke tour a PR stunt

Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection

1 roe-deer saved, 1 drifting on ice in Poland

Bosses charged in Zambia mine shooting skip court

Obama admin. hits back against health care repeal

'Granddad Bandit' to plead in Al., Ark. robberies

Venezuelan ex-leader's burial in limbo due to feud

CAPITAL CULTURE: DC full of do-not-enter entrances

Police: Woman fatally stabs lawmaker in east India

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