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- Ray Williams dies: NBA star who rebounded from homelessness
Ray Williams dies: The former NBA star struggled financially after his career. Williams was homeless in 2010, until former Boston Celtics teammates helped him.
- Airport sign kills boy: Faulty construction to blame?
Airport sign kills boy: A 10-year old boy died after an airport sign fell on a family of four. The boy's mother is in critical condition. The sign was in a newly renovated section of the Birmingham airport.
Drought, warm spring predicted for USDrought: The National Weather Service said Thursday above-normal temperatures are predicted across most of the Lower 48 states and northern Alaska.
Harlon Hill dies: Former football star namesake of NCAA Div. 2 MVP trophyHarlon Hill dies after long illness Thursday in his home state of Alabama. Harlon Hill dies after the NCAA honors the Div. 2 national football player of the year with a trophy named for Hill.
Jerry Sandusky interview to air on 'Today'Jerry Sandusky defense lawyer Norris Gelman said Friday that John Ziegler interviewed Sandusky over the phone and perhaps in person in recent weeks.
Pink-striped license plan scrapped by N.C.Pink-striped license: The state learned that such licenses are easier and more efficient to produce if they're similar to the traditional licenses issued to other drivers, said spokesman Mike Charbonneau at the state Transportation Department.
MLB sues Biogenesis clinic over banned player drugsMLB lawsuit: The lawsuit filed Friday in Miami-Dade Circuit Court seeks unspecified damages from Coral Gables anti-aging clinic Biogenesis of America and its operator, Anthony Bosch.
Man arrested for being in airplane cockpit, impersonating a pilotA French national was taken into custody after being found in the cockpit of a Philadelphia-to-West Palm Beach flight Wednesday night.
March Madness: Do you agree with Obama's pick?March Madness is in the air, and even the leader of the free world can't resist the appeal. President Obama told ESPN his pick before he left for the Middle East.
Tears, cheers as Colorado governor signs civil unions into lawGay marriage is still forbidden by the Colorado state constitution, but the new law gives same-sex couples in Colorado most of the state-level protections of marriage.
House passes Ryan's budget, bans Obamacare. Again.The non-binding budget plan keeps the $85 billion in 'sequester' cuts and makes deeper cuts in social program, including eliminating Obamacare. It will not pass the Senate, which passed its own, very different, budget plan yesterday.
- 12-year-old arrested in Minnesota for shooting prank
12-year-old arrested: A boy in New Prague, Minn., claimed that a shooter with an AK-47 was in his school. The 12-year-old was arrested after it was learned the call was a prank.
Senate passes short term spending measureOn Wednesday the U.S. Senate passed a bill, which if passed by the House as expected, will avert a government shutdown. The House and the Senate; Republicans and Democrats have differing views on how to resolve the country's longer term budget challenges.
Colorado: Shooting death precedes governor's gun law signingThe morning after the head of Colorado's Department of Corrections was shot to death at his home, the governor signed new gun control bills into law. Police have not yet identified any suspects in the crime, which does not appear to have been a break-in, robbery, or random act.
12-year-old arrested in Minn. school lockdown after 911 call12-year-old arrested: The 8 a.m. emergency call prompted a lockdown at the middle school, high school and Central Education Campus buildings in New Prague, 45 miles southwest of Minneapolis. The male caller said he was inside one of the school buildings, Scott County Sheriff Kevin Studnicka said.
Facebook photo raid? Family says NJ overreacted to boy's Facebook gun photo.Facebook photo raid? Shawn Moore said he gave his son Josh the gun as a present to use on hunting trips. The elder Moore was at a friend's house when his wife called, saying state child welfare investigators, along with four local police officers, were at the house, asking to inspect the family's guns.
Ashley Judd Senate speculation shines light on ambiguous Ky. residency requirementsKentucky election law raises questions about whether candidates can have their names placed on ballots if they're not registered to vote in the state. That could be key, considering only legal residents can be registered to vote.
Kentucky upset in NIT first round by Robert MorrisRelegated to the National Invitation Tournament due to a poor regular season and SEC tournament finish, the Wildcats lost on the road to the Colonials Tuesday night.
After Aurora, tougher gun control laws passed in ColoradoThe new gun control laws, signed into law Wednesday, thrust Colorado into the national spotlight as a test of how far politicians may go in placing new restrictions after the mass shootings at Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo..
Nude beach shut down in Wisconsin on weekdays onlyNude beach shut down to curb sex and drug use at a beach on the Wisconsin River near Mazomanie. The popular nude beach, which draws from around the country, is shut down on weekdays, but not weekends.
