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U.N. organizers meet to create $100 billion climate change fund

August 25, 2012

GENEVA (AP) — A new global fund on climate change that aims to channel $100 billion a year in aid to poor countries selected officials from South Africa and Australia as its leaders at its first...

Auction cancelled for South Dakota land, considered sacred by Indians

August 25, 2012

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The planned auction of nearly 2,000 acres of land in South Dakota’s picturesque Black Hills that is considered sacred by American Indian tribes has been cancelled,...

Police: Rodney King death accidental, caused by drugs and alcohol

August 25, 2012

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned in June, a coroner’s report released Thursday concluded. ...

Lance Armstrong to be stripped of Tour de France titles, receive life ban

August 25, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he declared he was finished fighting the drug...

Minister, anti-gay activist, convicted of obscenity after exposing himself

August 25, 2012

GRETNA (AP) — A 55-year-old minister known for his bullhorn-amplified protests at an annual gay festival in the French Quarter has been convicted of obscenity for exposing himself while masturbating...

Wildlife officials: reality shows add to increase in gator violations

August 25, 2012

(AP) — Louisiana wildlife officials say alligator hunting violations are rising, and one reason appears to be the popularity of outdoor reality television shows. The number of alligator violations...

U.N. organizers meet to create $100 billion climate change fund

By The Associated Press
August 23, 2012

GENEVA (AP) - A new global fund on climate change that aims to channel $100 billion a year in aid to poor countries selected officials from South Africa and Australia as its leaders at its first meeting...

Auction cancelled for South Dakota land, considered sacred by Indians

By The Associated Press
August 23, 2012

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The planned auction of nearly 2,000 acres of land in South Dakota's picturesque Black Hills that is considered sacred by American Indian tribes has been cancelled, though it wasn't...

Paralympics competition has full TV coverage, just not in United States

By The Associated Press
August 23, 2012

LONDON (AP) - This year's Paralympics are expected to draw their largest ever live television audience - except in the United States. U.S. audiences must contend with five and a half hours of programming...

Lance Armstrong to be stripped of Tour de France titles, receive life ban

By The Associated Press
August 23, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas - The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he declared he was finished fighting the drug charges...

 

1930s fresco painting of Christ accidentally disfigured in Spain

By The Associated Press
August 23, 2012

MADRID (AP) - A small Spanish town is trying to figure out what to do with a 20th-century painting of Christ that has been disfigured by a local artist who was trying to restore it. Juan Maria Ojeda, an...

Wildlife officials: reality shows add to increase in gator violations

By The Associated Press
August 23, 2012

(AP) - Louisiana wildlife officials say alligator hunting violations are rising, and one reason appears to be the popularity of outdoor reality television shows. The number of alligator violations has...