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Christie’s to sell Elizabeth Taylor’s art, including Van Gogh pieces

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January 16, 2012

LONDON (AP) — A Vincent van Gogh landscape and other paintings from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction in London. Christie's auction house says 38 works belonging to the late actress...

Italian firefighters conduct search operations on the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia that ran aground of Isola del Giglio, Italy, on Jan. 15.

CEO blames captain error for ship grounding off Italian coast

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January 16, 2012

ROME (AP) — The jailed captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from the programmed course, a blunder that led to its deadly crash against a reef, the ship's...

Trial opens for cops charged in Katrina shooting

By The Associated Press
December 5, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans police officer lied under oath to conceal that he shot a man in the back and left him to die outside the city's convention center in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath,...

President Obama addresses gestures while speaking at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. Obama was in Kansas to deliver a major speech on the economy.

Obama embracing Roosevelt’s middle-class appeal

By The Associated Press
December 5, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is channeling President Theodore Roosevelt, embracing a mantle of economic fairness for the nation's middle class Tuesday that draws parallels to the progressive...

Cops clear Occupy New Orleans camp; judge unhappy

By The Associated Press
December 5, 2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans says he isn't happy about the city's early morning eviction of protesters and homeless people from the site where they had been camped since early...

Jindal fundraising for Rick Perry presidential bid

By The Associated Press
December 5, 2011

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal headed to Texas to attend fundraisers for Rick Perry's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Jindal's office says the governor traveled Tuesday...

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at Tommy's Ham House in Greenville , S.C. For three decades, the Republican who won South Carolina's presidential primary has also won the GOP nomination. That strong record helps explain why Gingrich is working more aggressively than any of his competitors to organize activists and volunteers ahead of the Jan. 21 primary.

Gingrich bets on unconventional primary strategy

By The Associated Press
December 4, 2011

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Back from the political dead, Newt Gingrich has momentum on his side just a month before the first voting in the GOP nomination fight. But he has never fully rebuilt his organization...

Louisiana taxpayers owed $1.3M in undelivered tax refunds

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December 1, 2011

(AP) — Louisiana taxpayers are owed $1.3 million in undelivered tax refunds. The Internal Revenue Service is looking to return the money to the nearly 1,400 Louisiana taxpayers who are due refund...

Suit filed after New Mexico teen cuffed for burping in class

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December 1, 2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque school principal, a teacher...

Japanese prime minister wants status of royal brides studied

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December 1, 2011

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's prime minister said Thursday the government should study the possibility of allowing women in the royal family to keep their imperial status after marriage. Japanese law requires...

Clinton meets former prisoner Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers

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December 1, 2011

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton dined Thursday with former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, forcefully underscoring a U.S. challenge to Myanmar's leaders on her historic visit:...

Men accused of having dogs attack hog in backyard

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December 1, 2011

SLIDELL (AP) — Three Slidell residents apparently put a hog they had captured in a man's backyard to see if three dogs would attack it. Police say 41-year-old Dewayne Menefee claimed his three mastiffs...