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Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Four gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., all canceled. A show in White Plains, N.Y., — brought back a few years ago after being called off for a decade because of the Columbine shooting...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Firearms, Columbine High School, Government, Waterbury
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Survivors of Indianapolis blast waiting for answers
RICK CALLAHAN,Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Survivors of a deadly explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood are trying to rebuild their lives even as they await answers about what caused the massive blast. Investigators are focusing on natural gas-fueled...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board, Home Heating, Explosions
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Indy investigators looking at appliances in blast
RICK CALLAHAN,Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators in the Indianapolis explosion that killed two people and decimated a neighborhood believe natural gas was involved and are looking at appliances as they search for a cause, a state official said Tuesday....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Explosions
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Concerns about furnace fuel Indy blast probe
TOM LoBIANCO,Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As investigators try to determine what caused a deadly explosion that ravaged an Indianapolis subdivision, an expert says people shouldn't be alarmed by a homeowner's suggestion that his faulty furnace could be to blame....Tags: Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Emergency Incidents, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board, Explosions
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Man sentenced for stealing lobsters for drug habit
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man could spend up to 25 years in prison for stealing lobsters he planned to sell to support his drug habit. Authorities say 47-year-old Charles Shumanis III repeatedly stole lobsters and meat from Allentown-...Tags: Prisons, Lehigh County, Punishment, Judges, Justice System
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Pa. car thief swiped earrings off baby left inside
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Pennsylvania thief stole an SUV with a baby inside as the mother unloaded groceries, then swiped the little girl's gold earrings before ditching the vehicle. The 1-year-old was unhurt and quickly reunited with her...Tags: Criminals, Theft
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1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education
CHICAGO (AP) — One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those...Tags: Virginia Commonwealth University, Autism, U.S. Department of Education, Health, Colleges and Universities
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Woman who died in NH standoff had dated gunman
GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) — The woman who died during a standoff in New Hampshire that also killed a police chief was a 26-year-old cosmetologist who had dated the gunman on and off and had gone to him in recent days to help him sort through issues...Tags: Greenland, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Shootings, Injuries and Wounds
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Prison ordered in Pa. 'hot girlfriend' shooting
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been sent to prison for at least seven years for shooting another man because the victim looked at his "very hot girlfriend." The Morning Call of Allentown reports that 22-year-old Joel Ciprian was...Tags: Prisons, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Judges, Justice System
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Police: Pa. man beat girl, 2, to toughen her up
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man faces attempted homicide charges for allegedly beating his fiancee's 2-year-old daughter because he thought the girl's upbringing had been too lenient. Investigators say 24-year-old Brandon Bishop told...Tags: Crimes, Pennsylvania, Crime, Law and Justice
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Trench collapse kills 1, injures another in Pa.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a trench collapse in eastern Pennsylvania has killed one construction worker and injured another. Allentown fire officials say the workers were on a bridge when the trench in which they were working collapsed,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Pennsylvania
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'Teen Mom 2' star crashes car in Pa.; no one hurt
NAZARETH, Pa. (AP) — A star of the reality show "Teen Mom 2" says she wrecked her car after rear-ending an SUV in eastern Pennsylvania. Authorities say no one was hurt. Kailyn Lowry was taking her 1-year-old son Isaac home from day care when the...Tags: Television Industry, Nazareth, MTV (tv network), Pennsylvania
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